Mayor Yvonne Aki-Sawyer has been upset, angry, and frustrated for a very long time. But with her incessant calls now for “Prayers for Sierra Leone” after last week’s carnage in Freetown, Mayor Yvonne Aki-Sawyer’s anger, and frustration are at their peak. The Mayor’s city was on the brink of collapse; in real-time biblical Armageddon. Let me assure the Mayor or …

𝐁𝐲 𝐒𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞 𝐅𝐨𝐟𝐚𝐧𝐚. The Chairman of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government, His Excellency President Umaro Sissoco Emballo of the Republic of Guinea Bissau, has come and gone. He came to Freetown on a solidarity visit after the violent insurrection of August 10 that killed innocent citizens including at least five law enforcement officers (Police officers). President …

By Sorie Fofana. The appointment of John Benjamin as Senior Adviser to the President and Ambassador-At-Large did not come as a surprise to some of us. At the SLPP National Delegates’ Conference held in Bo in December last year, John Benjamin and President Julius Maada Bio exchanged warm, friendly smiles. The President’s intent to bring JOB into his government was …

By Sorie Fofana. On 5th September, 2017, Dr. Kandeh Kolleh Yumkella officially resigned from the SLPP after failing to get the Party’s endorsement as flag bearer ahead of the March 2018 elections. He said, “It is with heavy heart that I hereby publicly declare that with effect from today 5th September, 2017, I cease to be a member of the …

By Sorie Fofana When Dr. Austin Demby was appointed as Minister of Health and Sanitation, one newspaper commentator described him as ‘a new broom’ sent to clean up the Ministry. Dr Demby set himself the arduous task of establishing a delivery team in his Ministry full of special advisers to get things done and done properly and speedily. His determination …

Ali and Hisham Mackie have opened a hospital in Koidu City in memory of their late father, Pa Hussein Mackie. They have transformed the house their father built and in which they grew up into a free for all medical facility. The late Pa Mackie was a prominent diamond magnate and philanthropist. He was highly respected by the people of …

By Sorie Fofana. The Minister of Transport and Aviation, Kabineh Kallon, has insisted that he is not personally against any project that is a vote winner for the SLPP. But, he has insisted that, those behind the Bo Airport Project must follow due process before embarking upon such a vital national project. The Bo Airport Project can only go on …

England’s Covid travel rules and refusal to recognise vaccines administered across huge swaths of the world have sparked outrage and bewilderment across Latin America, Africa and south Asia, with critics denouncing what they called an illogical and discriminatory policy. The Transport Secretary, Grant Shapps, described England’s rules, unveiled last Friday, as “a new simplified system for international travel”. “The purpose …

By Lansana Fofanah. The recent development at the Kissy Oil Refinery between the All Petroleum Products and the National Petroleum (SL) Ltd, should serve as a wake -up call for the Government of Sierra Leone. Due to the proactive leadership of the Executive Chairman, Dr. Brima Baluwa Koroma, the downstream sector has manifested growth and developments in recent time as …

By Sorie Fofana. In 2018, the electorate voted the APC Party out of office after eleven years in power. The electorate had become fed-up with the failed leadership of the APC Party. The APC administration had become so unpopular that even the country’s bilateral and multi-lateral partners decided to stop dealing with the Government, by suspending their programmes and activities …