Mister Idiot and the IG

I had a premonition that the current IG is becoming too concentrated to sieve his sacred duties of policing the state. The idiot understands that this fine police was quite a solid person when he was in charge of operations but suddenly becomes a chameleon soon as he became the country’s IG. He now has [...]

Charles Taylor says prosecution ‘paid witnesses’

Charles Taylor: “Witnesses were paid, coerced and in many case threatened with prosecution, if they did not co-operate” Former Liberian President Charles Taylor has accused the prosecution of paying and threatening witnesses in his war crimes trial. Taylor, who was convicted last month, also told judges in The Hague he was “no threat to society”. [...]

New Legal Aid Law in Sierra Leone Embraces the Role of Paralegals

Sierra Leone’s parliament has just enacted one of the most progressive legal aid laws in Africa—with an innovative approach to providing access to justice for all that will reinforce the rule of law in a society still scarred by the brutal civil war that ended in 2002. In a clear demonstration of consensus, a committee [...]

Geoengineering Policies and Africa

As current weather patterns around the world increasingly get shifty and links with global warming are established, pursuing geoengineering as a means to stop or reduce global warming will remain. Geoengineering (or climate remediation) describes an array of technologies that aim, through large-scale and deliberate modifications of Earth’s energy balance, to reduce temperatures and counteract [...]

Every day is Mother’s Day

Mother’s Day is celebrated around the world on different dates. In the United States and Ghana, in West Africa, the event falls on 2nd Sunday in May, that is May 13th this year. Ghanians placed 98% more calls last Mother’s Day, than the average, registering the highest calls in the world. In the United Kingdom, [...]

Justiciability of the right to water and sanitation in Sierra Leone

The old African adage, “water is of life”, epitomizes the essence and value attached to safe drinking water and sanitation.  Access to safe drinking water and sanitation is undoubtedly and unarguably quintessential for healthy life styles. In 2002, the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (hereafter CESCR) adopted its general comment No. 15 on [...]

Mister Idiot …

Hahahahaha! It is quite interesting to know that the most celebrated, unceremonious, senseless lunatic Idiot, has discovered a state official that is mathematically square in senseless and stupid than him.  Don’t be surprised of all the adjectives used against the Idiot’s new discovery of his counterpart in shared stupidity. You may be wondering who is [...]

A serious case of “Rub Kondo Fat” – Part 3

Should the people of Sierra Leone Rejoice unreservedly, or be a bit worried?  Part Three (final part):  As our political parties prepare to engage in another set of Democratic elections on 17th November 2012, not only the UN Security Council, but also every Sierra Leonean both at home, and across our expansive Diaspora must be [...]

The role of civil society in conflict prevention in Sierra Leone

Civil society’s visibility and influence in conflict prevention and peace building has grown globally.  Civil society actors have increasingly become vital forces in discourses, initiatives and programmes that foster peace and security across the world.  Specifically, civil society has been instrumental in the reconceptualization of security from a “state-centred” process to one that is “People [...]

St Joseph’s Secondary School Alumni Association Brain Quiz & Debate

St. Joseph’s Secondary School Alumni Association announces its upcoming Intersecondary School Alumni Brain Quiz & Debate Competition. Where: Calverton Elementary School, Beltsville, Maryland When: Saturday May 5th, 2012. Debating Topic: “Life in Sierra Leone is better thn life in America” Click on flyer below for further information.   People who looked at this item also [...]

A serious case of “Rub Kondo Fat” – Part Two

The two main themes upon which I intend to base this second article under my chosen title are Leadership, and Governance.  As a retired military officer, I spent my whole career in the Royal Air Force studying, and employing effective Leadership, and this together with good Governance is what we have yearned for in our [...]

Mister Idiot: Who polices the police?

The most celebrated and senseless idiot has been contemplating over the issue of who is responsible of policing the police.  When an institution such as the senseless one we have policing people recklessly without being policed by any other institution, it is obvious for the flourishing nonsense policing doing the round. The president of the [...]

Mister Idiot: Who is this short-writ author?

When the idiot turns his senseless nose poking to issues of public concern, uncle corruption Josie the dreamer sensed he was trapped in the wedge of a love triangle. It is a saga, a commotion or controversy; I don’t know, ask the idiots who think they understand better. Some may be tempted to say the [...]

A serious case of “Rub Kondo Fat” – Part 1

Should the people of Sierra Leone Rejoice Unreservedly, or be a bit Worried? – We have come a long way, I was Secretary of  the National Association of Sierra Leone Organisations (NASLO) (UK) during the dark days of our civil conflict, and also Vice Chairman of the original Anglo Sierra Leone Chamber of Commerce, as [...]

Position on the purchase of arms and ammunition issue for the Sierra Leone police

During my recent visit to the country, I was fortunate to listen to different radio stations as well as, individual discussion programs wherein, fellow citizens expressed their concerns over the purchase of a large quantity of arms and ammunition by government for the Sierra Leone police force.  Most citizens believed the purchase of arms and [...]

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