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Our President Is Optimistic About United Nations General Assembly Meetings, But Is Dependency Theory Still Relevant Today? by Mahmud Tim Kargbo Dependency thoughts haven’t lost their relevance yet. Today, they are useful in analysing recurring financial crises, the reckless use of natural resources, and widening inequalities across the African continent and other developing countries. The [&...

Improve Communication Technology in Sierra Leone: 25 Essential Questions on the SLPP’s 2018 Commitments By the Sierra Leone Live Team Today, we invite you to engage in an exercise of democratic accountability and transparency. It’s time to assess the fulfilment of promises that were made to us under the New Direction of the SLPP government […]

25 Pertinent Questions on the SLPP’s 2018 Manifesto Pledges for Improving the Management of Mineral Resources Dear Citizens of Sierra Leone: As active members of our society, your opinion and your voice are essential in shaping the future of our nation. We’re reaching out to you today with a set of 25 questions that revolve […]

By Mahmud Tim Kargbo Amid the disheartening continuous reception of pervasive indifference in sharing national wealth pierced by shrieks of criticism against this current government of ours, the ordinary people received an extraordinary tax increase in all essential commodities under the “Earn More Eat Less” IMF Structural Adjustment Programme Austerity Measures. It’s very import...

By Mahmud Tim Kargbo The first principle of unalienable rights recognises that everyone is naturally endowed by their Creator with certain rights that cannot be infringed or given away. Amongst these rights are life, liberty and pursuit of happiness. In order to secure or safeguard these vital rights, “…..governments are instituted among men, deriving their […]

By Mahmud Tim Kargbo Economics and very exploitative politics have always been at war – silent, sometimes violent. Like water and fuel, they don’t mix well.‎ In developing countries like Sierra Leone, politics tends to enjoy the upper hand, often rubbishing the best of economic sense. These impasses are impregnable walls to stop an economic […]

By Mahmud Tim Kargbo Eighty-Seven (87) per cent of the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) COVID-19 loans are requiring Sierra Leone and other developing countries that have been denied equal access to vaccines and are facing some of the world’s worst humanitarian crises to adopt tough, new austerity measures that further exacerbate poverty and inequality. New […]

By Jaime Yaya Barry Imagine spending so much time and resources on changing electoral laws to help you remain in power, and immediately you lose the elections right after changing the rules. Then the very laws you wanted to use against others eventually start working against you. The same laws now make it harder for […]

By Mahmud Tim Kargbo More is expected from the workplace than ever before. The Government of President Julius Maada Bio is asked to develop foundational skills (compensate for the school systems). The government of President Bio is expected to be a place all employees can find fulfilment and meaning (compensate for the home, mosques and […]

Johnny Smythe was one of very few West Africans to fly with Britain’s airforce during WW2. He was a navigator with a bombing crew and was shot down over Germany in 1943. Source: BBC News – Witness History https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3cszmnk