I think we should listen to Late Nelson Mandela when he says: “There is no easy walk to freedom anywhere, and many of us will have to pass through the valley of the shadow of death again and again before we reach the mountain top of our desires.” Adapting this to Sierra Leone, I say,[…]

Hon. Victor Bockarie Foh was from 2013, Sierra Leone’s Ambassador to China until he was announced and sworn-in as the country’s new Vice President on 19th March, 2015, by His Excellency President Ernest Bai Koroma. A household name in the country, cherished for his steadfastness in highlighting the ideals of his Party, the APC, Vice[…]

Accounting firm, KPMG, has explained to Members of Parliament and the Public Account Committee for the Audit Report Hearings why its staff withdrew pro-bono services to the Emergency Operation Center (EOC) during the ebola response. The Senior Partner of KPMG, Vidal Decker, told the Committee that they were seriously challenged by lapses relating to improper[…]

The Ebola Czar has blasted striking burial teams in Kenema as playing politics with Ebola. In a furious mood Palo Conteh condemned the act of bringing out dead bodies from the mortuary and laying them on the paths leading to the hospital as unacceptable. We cannot agree more. While we sympathise with his (Palo) frustration[…]

There is no gainsaying that the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) is on us and raging. However whilst western nations have called in their armies to take the lead in the response, our army is still quarantined in their barracks playing only a nominal support role. Since the onset of this deadly onslaught we have called[…]

The much talked about marathon to be jointly organized by Guaranty Trust Bank (GTB), Trackline and its partners is due on Saturday, 26th April and will start off from three different points in the city. Sisto Anderma working for Trackline said his company is an international company with a local base in Sierra Leone. He[…]

At the funeral of the late Head of State (Pa Kabbah), we saw the military in full attendance. However we observed that the soldiers were all in combat fatigues and not one of them wore the red ceremonial uniform. Infact the only thing ceremonial about the dressing of the soldiers was the white gloves they[…]

Our sister country Ghana prides itself in running an open and transparent government. They are so open that they have revealed the budget for their national team’s travel and stay in Brazil if they were to go up to the finals. The figure is a staggering $20 million. They are very open to even reveal[…]

They say wonders never end in Sierra Leone, and that is so true. The on going quarrel at the SLFA will not cease to amuse people even as the actual drama is yet to unfold. We have said that it is a national disgrace and for this we only have to find out what is[…]