n 2011, Politico Newspaper hit the newsstands for the first time. That day marked the partial fulfilment of a decade-long dream and actual efforts by a group of concerned Sierra Leonean media practitioners who were concerned about the general quality of journalism and the socioeconomic situation of ordinary Sierra Leoneans and wanted to use the media to try to turn things
By Abubakarr Bah Many leaders before him criminalised free speech and used the seditious libel law to jail journalists, civil society activists and political opponents. His predecessor, Ernest Bai Koroma, promised during the 2007 elections that if he was elected President of Sierra Leone, he would repeal the law. He was elected and five years later re-elected which saw him