opinions

By Dr. Abdul Deen Bangura I have just read a press release issued by Sierra Leone’s Petroleum Regulatory Agency (PRA) announcing an upward review of fuel pump prices from NLe21.50 to NLe25.00 effective 1st August 2023. Unlike some people who have chosen to castigate President Bio’s administration, I have chosen to pity his government because

By Cornelius Oguntola Melvin Deveaux The de-facto leadership of the All People’s Congress (APC) has hoodwinked some supporters and members of the public to presume true the nonparticipation of APC elected representatives in governance will provoke a constitutional crisis, create a picture of a one-party system and consequently invoke the wrath of development partners in

By Chernor Bah My home country, Sierra Leone, in West Africa, recently held its sixth general multiparty elections since 1996, a year that marked our transition from military rule amid a civil war. This bold commitment to democracy was then supported mainly by Western aid. Twenty-seven (27) years later, in a testament to the country’s

By EL The National Elections Watch (NEW), which provided independent observation monitoring of all polling stations across the country) published their report yesterday (27 June 2023) in which they stated that no presidential candidate was able to score 55%. NEW claims to have used a statistical tool called Process Results Verification for Transparency (PRVT) to

By Babatunde Rashid I have just watched a recorded news carried by CNN on the elections in Sierra Leone and I was left with a few questions. By the way, the reporter, Stephanie Busari, has a great reputation as a journalist in Nigeria and beyond. That is not to say we can’t ask questions if