Category: Opinions

Freetown, 14th April 2026- Augustine Navo’s recent report on the political leanings of Sierra Leone’s civil society and media is timely, provocative, and deeply unsettling. It warns that neutrality, the lifeblood of watchdogs, is eroding fast, leaving the country vulnerable to partisan manipulation ahead of the 2028 elections. Yet while the alarm is valid, the evidence presented raises as many questions as it answers.

Embedded in the resolution is the gendered architecture of slavery, a dimension that the international community has yet to fully reckon with. Enslavement followed the womb. A child born to an enslaved mother inherited her status regardless of the father’s; the birth canal of the enslaved African woman becoming

Freetown, April 2026- Morkor (or Morko) is a Themne word referring to a form of oath taking that involves eating raw meat as a pledge of irrevocable allegiance to an electoral candidate. It is a belief system in which the taker is said to suffer harm or death if they break their oath when voting.

By Grace Yei-yei Moore-Sourie Freetown, 9th April 2026- I am not just tired, I am angry. Angry...

Congratulations are in order to Bo School for 120 years of being in existence and contributing immensely to the development of Sierra Leone. British educationist, Sir Leslie Probyn, who founded the school in 1906, would, if he were still alive, marvel at the strides that Bo School has made in various areas of national life-way beyond his initial concept of having a school for the sons of Chiefs.