The recent approval of the Finance Bill 2024 has triggered widespread discontent among Sierra Leoneans, primarily due to the imposition of several new taxes, notably a 5% import duty on rice. Sierra Leone,...
I have been following events relating to the latest increment of prices of mobile data and calls in Sierra Leone. Amidst the current economic hardship bitting every Sierra Leonean save those enjoying...
Dear Honorable Minister, I am here to address a pressing concern that is slowly but surely killing our education system - examination malpractices. It is a matter of utmost importance that we take immediate...
I have transversed or crisscrossed Sierra Leone extensively. Among the 16 districts in the country, it's only Kailahun in the East that I haven't visited. In all the entry points of these districts I...
A Sierra Leonean has written an open letter to the President of the Republic of Sierra Leone, his Excellency President Julius Maada Bio on current issues and happenings in the country. His letter reads: Dear...
My Krio relatives would have said, “Dis tin full me mot” in relation to the Communiqué that was fathered by the mediated Dialogue of October 16 to18 this year, between the ruling Sierra Leone People’s...
To many who wanted an amicable resolution of the electoral dispute between the SLPP and APC, it was a relief to see an agreement signed to end the post-election impasse. Alas, the APC would end its boycott...
Over twenty months have passed since President Bio took the controversial step of unconstitutionally sacking the Auditor General of Sierra Leone, Lara Taylor Pearce. Her dismissal came in the wake of the...
In an unprecedented move in the geo - political history of Sierra Leone, the international partners, particularly the Commonwealth, the AU and ECOWAS have successfully brokered a peace dialogue between...
The return to governance of the All Peoples Congress (APC) elected representatives as stated in the recently signed Communique of the October 16th – 18th, 2023, dialogue between the SLPP government and...
