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145 Sierra Leoneans Return Home

By Allieu S. Tunkara Sierra Leone welcomes home 145 Serra Leoneans from the North-African country of Niger after their journey to Europe failed. The aircraft...

Media Professionalism In Post-Criminal Law Sierra Leone

By Allieu S. Tunkara Defamation, Sedition and publication of false news are no longer criminal of fences after Part Five of the Public Order Act...

Unequal War In The Middle East… UN Caught In Crossfire

By Allieu S. Tunkara The world watches as the UN searches for a permanent solution to the war between Israel and Palestine in the Middle...

Media Poverty Is Real: Making A Case For Credible Investment In The Media

By Allieu S. Tunkara At Council of Churches Sierra Leone (CCSL) building on Kingherman Road in Freetown, Media practitioners, representatives of the Independent Media Commission...

Fears Of Ebola Outbreak

Close to five years after Ebola was defeated in Sierra Leone, fears of the dreaded virus breaking out again in the country are rife....

Fighting Sexual Violence From An African Perspective

By Allieu S. Tunkara Recording over 3,000 sexual offences every year indicates that the social menace is still a recurrent phenomenon in Sierra Leone. The...

More Popularisation For Sexual Offences Law Must

By Allieu S. Tunkara A third-year student, Lamin Kamara is in a police cell in Freetown for an alleged sexual penetration, one of the most...

No Trust In Governance… COVID Vaccines Rejected

By Allieu S. Tunkara The people of Sierra Leone have again demonstrated a lack of trust in governance in the COVID-19 period. A great number...

Transport Crisis Still Continues

By Allieu S. Tunkara In a sultry Monday morning, a commuter, Fatty Bangura sweats profusely after she had been in the queue too long at...

New Direction And The Economy

By Allieu S. Tunkara Continued hikes in prices of basic commodities signal economic hardship in the country. Inflation according to the Consumer Price Index of 2019...

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