By Sorie Fofana.                                                                                    Prior to the May 25th, 1997 Military coup that toppled the SLPP led administration, President Ahmad Tejan Kabbah had complained bitterly to some of his closest friends that some of his Cabinet Ministers were using the party to engage in corrupt activities. For fear of rocking the proverbial boat, Kabbah reluctantly kept them in Cabinet. When he …

By Sorie Fofana. The Auditor General of Audit Service Sierra Leone, Mrs. Lara Taylor-Pearce and one of her deputies, Tamba Momoh were suspended indefinitely from office on 11th November, 2021. A special tribunal has been set up to investigate them “for professional performance or the lack thereof”. When the Auditor General and her deputy were suspended, some of their supporters …

By Sorie Fofana. A Politician friend of mine once made me laugh. He recalled, with fond memory, how the late President Siaka Stevens held Russian education in low esteem. He said that Siaka Stevens had several nieces and nephews. One of his nephews had dropped out of school at Saint Edwards Secondary School. He actually wanted to become a Medical …

By Sorie Fofana. On Friday, 8th October 2021, His Excellency President Dr. Julius Maada Bio signed into law the abolition of the death penalty in Sierra Leone. On the occasion of the World Teachers’ Day on Tuesday, 5th October 2021, His Excellency President Dr. Julius Maada Bio fulfilled another election manifesto commitment by publicly recognizing forty eight outstanding teachers across …

By Sorie Fofana. The democratically elected President of Mali, Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, has been forced out of office by the Malian Military in a bloodless coup. The military takeover has been condemned by ECOWAS (Economic Community of West African States) in a statement issued on 18th August, 2020. ECOWAS leaders have called on the junta leaders in Mali, to immediately …

By Sorie Fofana A report in one of the local tabloids yesterday gave the impression that there is a serious break in the relationship between His Excellency President Julius Maada Bio and his Vice, Dr. Mohamed Juldeh Jalloh. That impression is totally erroneous and misleading. In the first place, President Bio has absolute confidence in his Vice President. He has …