Tag: Opinion
“Sierra Leone’s Return To AFCON Lifts Weight Off Dented National Pride ” – Vickie Remoe
No matter what happens after Sierra Leone’s opening match against Algeria in the 2021 African Cup of Nations in Cameroon, that first game was the biggest national moment for Sierra Leoneans in ...What I’ve learned about Sierra Leone‘s Startup Democracy since 2018: The end of the elections ...
Long before the 2018 March Elections I believed we needed a change of government. Sierra Leone had strayed from the path to progress. Beyond a desire for my homeland to be a ...Sierra Leone was founded on division, not national cohesion
Every great company has an unforgettable founder and a passionate and consistent founder story. But its not just in business that a founder story matters, countries need them too. Every country needs ...Sierra Leone: Poverty has no tribe and other things politicians don’t want you to know
Two months to last year’s election, I worked for a TV station in Sierra Leone. In my first week I traveled with a crew to the North (Port Loko, Magburuka) and East ...If the President wants more time…
A friend came to visit and as good friends do if you’re from the middle to upper echelons of Salone society we began to ‘poligist’ ~ a new term I’ve created that ...Sierra Leone: Ebola thieves allowed to go free by parliament and Anti Corruption
As Sierra Leone marks one year since the first known ebola case, one thing we can say for sure is that many government functionaries used this last year to fatten their pockets. ...OP ED: Supreme Authority of Sierra Leone rests only in the Constitution
In 2012 I bought a plane ticket and flew to Sierra Leone to stand in line early one November morning to vote for Ernest Bai Koroma and the All People’s Congress. I ...Why must Sierra Leonean presidents get honorary degrees from the University?
I woke up this morning counting my joys that thanks to Hurricane Sandra, I did not have to go to work. Then for some reason, I began to think about the practice ...Sierra Leone ex-child soldier wants guilty verdict in Taylor trial
As Sierra Leone and the rest of the world anxiously await the April 26 verdict of Charles Taylor’s trial in The Hague, former child soldier and now UNICEF goodwill ambassador Ishmael Beah ...A look at Sierra Leone’s road to Telecommunications liberalization just in time for fiber optics ...
Recently the government of sierra leone announced its intention to “liberalize” the country’s international gateway. The liberalization is a precondition from the World Bank, who put up the $30million needed to fund ...