By Isaac Massaquoi Unavoidably all aspects of life in Sierra Leone were consumed by the general and presidential elections in June 2023. General and Presidential elections are high stakes issues in Sierra Leone. The whole process is treated by many Sierra Leoneans as a life and death matter and it’s easy to understand why – a good many people across the country have come to
By Isaac Massaquoi I've been waiting for years for Sierra Leone's normally vibrant Civil Society market to come up with a group called CAMPAIGN FOR CLEAN PUBLIC EXAMS or CCPE. They can easily craft out their own mandate in a crowded market where such groups continuously overlap in what they set out to do.
By Isaac Massaquoi The world woke up on Wednesday 7th January to news of an attack of grotesque proportions on the Paris offices of a satirical magazine called Charlie Hebdo. Two masked gunmen entered the office during a normal production meeting and wiped out the editorial staff in cold blood. On their way out they also murdered a police officer who was apparently responding
By Sylvester Alhaji Massaquoi Chief Immigration Officer, Abu Kanneh has provided Fourteen University Students from Pujehun District with Scholarships to help ease the challenges they encounter as they pursue their studies. The event held at the Youth Council Centre in Pujehun town was witnessed by the student–recipients, their family members and local community leaders.
By Isaac Massaquoi Let's be honest, it's not always that we read about a place like Gendema located on the southern tip of Sierra Leone, on the border with the sister republic of Liberia in our mainstream newspapers. I cannot remember the last time Jendema received the odd presidential or some high level ministerial visit that normally guarantees some coverage at least on the