Sierra Leone News: Renaissance Movement takes IG to Supreme Court over right to protest
To allow citizens to exercise their right to a peaceful protest or demonstration is seemingly at the whim and caprices […]
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Lawyer Augustine Sorie-Sengbe Marrah Takes ECSL to Supreme Court
A legal battle of immense significance has emerged in Sierra Leone as prominent pro-democracy lawyer and human rights activist, Augustine
Augustine Sorie-Sengbe Marrah Esq. Requests Certified & Verified District Level Election Results from ECSL
Prominent public interest advocate and democracy activist, Augustine Sorie-Sengbe Marrah Esq., in his attempt to address concerns raised by political parties
Democracy, Good Governance, Journal, Rule of Law, Women's rights
Saptieu Saccoh’s stellar public sector leadership in the depoliticisation and democratisation of registration of instruments in Sierra Leone
Saptieu Saccoh’s stellar public sector leadership in the depoliticisation and democratisation of registration of instruments in Sierra Leone In
Nigeria should set good example for West Africa in democracy and not become a self-appointed warrior-in-chief!
Nigeria should set good example for West Africa in democracy and not become a self-appointed warrior-in-chief! On 26 July 2023,
Accountability, Good Governance, Institutionalism, Social Issues, Women's rights
OPEN LETTER TO DR. JULIUS SPENCER ON THE STRING OF RESIGNATIONS AT RADIO DEMOCRACY (98.1 FM)
Dear Dr. Julius Spencer, Growing up as a teenager, your voice including those of Hannah Foullah and Alie Bangura, was
Mrs. Hannah Iris Ahmed née Palmer: A Matriarch in the law sleeps on…
Mrs. Hannah Iris Ahmed née Palmer: A Matriarch in the law sleeps on… The year was 2011, and there I
Accountability, Human Rights, Personal Stories, Social Issues, Women's rights
The Margaret Davies Story: Alleged Sexual Harassment and Discrimination in the Workplace (Part One)
What is alleged to have happened to Margaret Davies, former Company Secretary and Legal Adviser of Rokel Commercial Bank, is
Children’s Desiderata
Our dear child, When you anchored at the quay of life, The earth quivered in wonderment, You are, and a
Human Rights, Judicial Justice, Social Issues, Women's rights
An ounce of injustice undermines a pound of development!
News of the sacking of Mrs. Margaret Davies, the lady lawyer and company secretary of Rokel Bank who complained of
Democracy, Social Issues
May we NOT FORGET!
May we NOT FORGET! I was 13 during the January 6, 1999 incursion; my late father held my hand while
Toggling between griefs, two years later…
Two years today, my mother transitioned from time to eternity. Since I got that call from my younger brother Michael,
Misgovernance and injustice don’t take a break, but activists should!
Activism can be pretty exhausting. No doubt about that. In a place like Sierra Leone where every facet of society
AN EVENING WITH CHIMAMANDA NGOZI ADICHE—MARIAM KOROMA
Let me start by disclosing that I have an inherent bias for anything Chimamanda. But I can’t help it. She
Homecoming: First visit to where my father called home…
We left Kabala in the northern province of Sierra Leone around 8am for Bambukoro Village, my father’s (Stephen Karifala Marrah)
LAWS ALONE CAN’T COMBAT SEXUAL & GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE (UMU-KULTHUM SESAY)
Rape and other modes of sexual violence have always been a part of society. These offences have been mentioned in
IS THE CASE OF LAC’S PARDON AN ABUSE OF THE PREROGATIVE OF MERCY? FEDERICK BOCKARIE
Prerogative of mercy is a power constitutionally conferred and exercised exclusively by the President in the context of Sierra Leone
Democracy, Good Governance, Rule of Law, Social Issues
The indefinite suspension of Lara Taylor-Pearce is unconstitutional and an affront to our democracy!
In my opinion, the suspension of Madam Lara Taylor-Peace is the second most notorious constitutional ruckus of the last decade.
Politics is our biggest problem!
Politics is our biggest problem! I am not saying that that we should trash politics from our governance. I am
PASSION FOR THE LAW: WHO’S KILLING IT? AYESHA MUNU (PART ONE)
As a young girl, I have had great admiration for lawyers. There was and to some extent still is, an