Sierra Leone’s Voter Registration Data Discredit the Mid-term Census Data: What are the implications for the Presidential Election of June 2023?
By
Yusuf Bangura
Nyon, Switzerland
April, 2023
Statistics Sierra Leone carried out a mid-term population and housing census in December 2021. The declared purpose of the census was...
Slums in Freetown: The need to ensure access to improved primary health services
By patricai.ngevao@awokoewspaper.sl
Freetown, SIERRA LEONE - On a hot April afternoon in Kroobay Community, one of the densely populated slum areas in Freetown, the capital...
HENRY IS GONE -THE THRILL IS GONE (For H E Henry Macauley, aka Macox)
By Oumar Farouk Sesay
Henry is gone
A huge cavity
Is left in the world’s smile
Furrows of grief furrowed
the sky’s forehead as the
dissonant note of his final...
Despite challenges… Women are now making inroads in legal practice
By mohamedj.bah@awokonewspaper.sl
Freetown, SIERRA LEONE - “In every profession women face intimidation from their male counterparts and the public, and the legal profession is not...
Online threats against female journalists continue unabated in Sierra Leone
By sulaiman.sesay@awokonewspaper.sl
Freetown, SIERRA LEONE - In July 2022, the Sierra Leone Association of Women in Journalism (SLAWIJ) launched a report titled "Threats Against Public-Facing...
0ur National Flag: Let Us Do It Correctly
By
Soulay Daramy,
Protocol Consultant.
Some time ago, I wrote a protocol piece of something of huge sentimental value to all Sierra Leoneans – ‘RESPECT FOR OUR...
