Former Inspector General of the Sierra Leone Police Force, Brima Acha Kamara is out of the police headquarters at George street after heading that force for seven (7) unbreakable years, the second longest serving IG after the late James Bambay Kamara. Ever since the Press Release from the Office of the President was released last Friday relieving Brima Acha Kamara as Inspector General, operatives of the Sierra Leone Peoples Party (SLPP) had a field day in lampooning and vilifying Brima (...)

A British newspaper described her as the diva in a beehive because of her immaculate dress sense, enviable talent as a catwalk queen and a sixties type hair style (beehive) she had had done for this special occasion: her appearance at the Hague to testify at the Special Court for Sierra Leone against the former war lord, Charles Ghankay Taylor of Liberia. Let me be clear from the onset. I am a huge fan of Naomi Campbell. Not because of her long legs, but because she kicks real arse. She (...)

I would rather be doing something else like enjoying the beautiful summer California weather in the city (San Francisco) this weekend; or maybe stick with the World Cup. But I can’t stand the fact that our collective intelligence as a nation is being insulted by these proponents of inquests and compensations for the families of Bambay Kamara and others murdered in the aftermath of the NPRC coup. In 2009 I wrote a piece on the same subject illuminating how the APC has chosen to bring (...)

By Nanette Thomas – President, APC Texas Chapter. A society, to me, is made up of a group of people who work together towards common goals, has its own unique practices, rituals, beliefs and even language, and also has rules and standards that help to maintain and keep it organized. A society can be considered effective or functional when all these traits are present. Of course, other traits can define a society; however they are not nearly as essential to the society’s (...)

World War 2 veteran: When I was your age I defeated the Nazis in Holland Young man: With X-Box or PlayStation? This is a joke conveyed in a cartoon in the freely available on Canadian newspaper, Metro News (metronews.ca), on Friday May 7, 2010. It is a portrayal of the attitudes of younger Canadians to the Second World War, as Canada marked ‘Victory in Europe’ Day on Saturday May 8 2010. VE Day is the annual commemoration of the allied powers’ acceptance of formal (...)

By Arolyn I. Koroma Washington, DC The convergence in Ohio State on Jan 15, of all the APC rank and file from all walks of life underscore the itch which was in the air for this particular day to come for the election of a new chairman. Bravo to the newly elected vibrant, interested and intellectually sound Chairman of Hope and Peace Mr. Al Hassan Aziz-Turay. He was elected amid a chaotic period in the life of APC N/America. Thanks to the dynamic, pragmatist and invigorating former (...)

By Dylan Sogie-Thomas, London, UK. The main aim of this article is to highlight how poor governance has led to increase in fraud and corruption and why it is important for APC to change their practices in order to fight poverty and promote development. This article should be used as a guide in assessing our present government as they continue to award contracts and deal with the present rice scandal. The word corruption is not new to Sierra Leoneans as they have observed politicians and (...)

If any one should argue that state collapse and widespread political instability in Guinea would destabilize the sub-region, such an argument would fall right on the nexus of West Africa’s turbulent political spectrum. The mineral and agricultural resource country serves as not only a bread basket of the sub-region through its agricultural products, but also a bastion of trade and ethnic interconnectedness across the western peninsula of the African continent. Through its Futa Jalon (...)

By Essa Thaim-Kurugba, Publisher – Footprint News, USA. Good attitudinal change is found within you. Your attitude and feelings will infect or affect the moods, and feelings of those around you. If you face your comrades with a cheerful expectant attitude around them, they will definitely try to know you more than ever. Therefore, if you are positive, expect more positive results from your attitude and your performances accordingly. But if you face your fellow comrades with an (...)

By Essa Thaim Kurugba, Publisher, Footprint News, USA. The starting point of everyone’s successful journey in life depends on his or her own attitude. Whether you call it your disposition, manner, temperament, spirit, approach, position, personality, posture, outlook or opinion your attitude has a major bearing on the level of your success, believe me. People cry out that politics is all about numbers, yes, it’s true, but what makes these numbers are not self gratification, (...)