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If I Were IG Fayia Sellu…

If I Were IG Fayia Sellu…

I was in the Sierra Leone Parliament last week to witness the approval (or not) of various Presidential nominees including the Inspector General (IG) of the Sierra Leone Police (SLP) designate Fayia Sellu...

Is Sierra Leone’s Democracy Failing?

Is Sierra Leone’s Democracy Failing?

Politicians in Sierra Leone must understand that the rule of law and democracy are crucial to capital markets. A free market balanced by a democratically elected, transparent and capable government, and...

Sierra Leone and the Global Food Crisis

Sierra Leone and the Global Food Crisis

Billions of people (including Sierra Leoneans) are facing the greatest cost of living crisis in a generation due to rising food and energy prices amid rapid inflation and increasing debt, leaving the most...

Keep Politics Out of Fuel Prices

Keep Politics Out of Fuel Prices

The latest reduction in the prices of fuel should not be directed by political considerations, as both government supporters and critics are trying to score political points from it. After the Petroleum...

I Shed a Tear This Morning For Sierra Leone

I Shed a Tear This Morning For Sierra Leone

If it is not intimidation and detention of political opponents, it is police brutality against the people and rival politicians of the governing party. If it is not electoral hurly-burly, it is inciting...

In Sierra Leone, a Rare Opening For Press Freedom

In Sierra Leone, a Rare Opening For Press Freedom

Amid the spread of disinformation-fueled “opinion media” in democratic societies, and government censorship and propaganda in autocracies, press freedom is declining globally. Sierra Leone, however,...

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