Mohamed Kallon Fmr. Leone Stars Capt. detained then released on bail in Sierra Leone

After voluntarily reporting to the police, Mohamed Kallon, the former captain of Sierra Leone’s national football team, was today detained for 7 hours and later released on bail according to a statement made by his lawyer Emmanuel Abdulai. Kallon was allegedly  detained for intimidating, and assaulting Isha Johansen, the nation’s Football Association president. Many were [...]

Sierra Leone’s constitutional review is not transparent, ‘fatally flawed” says Dr Omodele Jones

  As he tenders his resignation from Sierra Leone’s constitutional review committee Dr. Omodele Jones speaking to Awoko says that the process is “fatally flawed”. The constitutional review committee was set up last year and launched by the President of Sierra Leone in July 2013. The committee was supposed to make recommendations to the government, [...]

Locals skeptical of Sierra Leone’s central bank clamp down of US dollar regulation

Author: Emma Fofanah The Central Bank of Sierra Leone is trying to tackle the ‘dollarization’ of the country’s economy. The Bank wants to limit the usage of foreign currencies especially the US Dollar, which is used in parallel to the Leones by well off individuals, and businesses. By limiting the use of the Dollar, the [...]

Sierra Leone Telco providers say they’ll sue, as government threatens ACE shutdown

Three telecommunications companies in Sierra Leone have threatened to sue the government over the cancellation of the original ACE underground cable arrangement. In a joint statement Afcom, Africell, and Limeline claim that upon assuming office, the current minister of Information Alpha Kanu, ‘informed service providers that they were no longer shareholders in SALCAB, removed them [...]

Sierra Leone’s David Sengeh makes 2014 Forbes 30 Under 30 in Technology

Most Sierra Leoneans have heard of Kelvin Doe but not David Sengeh. When the government gave out its annual awards for accomplishments in 2013, they gave one to Doe and not Sengeh. Doe  who shot to internet fame as part of Sengeh’s Innovate Salone is celebrated locally as a tech genius, after an internet video [...]

15 years after January 6: Economy of the Streets of Freetown, Sierra Leone

“We live off the fools of the street” ~ ICE T – Jew Man Business Every year we try to look back on the events of January 6 1999, to remember so we don’t forget what we lost. This year we should try to look at the present. For the people living on the fringe [...]

‘Radiance of tomorrow’ is first novel from Long Way Gone author Ishmeah Beah

Ishmael Beah the 33-year-old best selling Sierra Leonean author who made his writing debut with A Long Way Gone has a new novel. The Radiance of Tomorrow which will be out on January 7th is Beah’s first work of fiction. Like his memoir, Radiance of Tomorrow is also set in Sierra Leone, and deals with issues [...]