By Alie Kabba In 2015, under the APC government of former President Ernest Bai Koroma, I was arrested in what I can only describe as a grave abuse of state power. With the cooperation of willing hands within the system, I was denied bail and confined to Pademba Road Prison. Constitutional principles were set aside. Justice...Read More
By Sallieu S, Kanu Sierra Leone – February 13, 2026 – The All Peoples Congress (APC) has formally opposed the proposed appointment of Mr. Edmond Sylvester Alpha as Chief Electoral Commissioner and Chairman designate of the Electoral Commission for Sierra Leone (ECSL). In a letter addressed to Mr. Fortune, the Secretary to the President, the APC...Read More
By Kadiatu Kabia Freetown, Sierra Leone — February 16, 2026 Women traders at Portee Market have taken the lead in transforming their workspace through a community clean-up exercise supported by The Carter Center under its Inform Women, Transform Lives project. The initiative, which also covered Dan Street Market and Low-Cost Market, aims to improve sanitation while...Read More
By Joseph Fitzgerald Kamara What Section 7 of the Constitution of Sierra Leone Amendment Bill, 2025 proposes is what I term the judicialization of the election, a dangerous compression of constitutional rights into rigid procedural timelines that may ultimately weaken, rather than strengthen, our democracy.Let me be clear: elections are the heartbeat of democracy. But democracy...Read More
A Fritong Post Commentary By Lawrence Williams Summary of Key Facts Parliament approved the Government’s passport production agreement with Netpage in 2013. The approved agreement expired in 2023. The Ministry of Internal Affairs and Immigration reportedly renewed the contract for five years without Cabinet and parliamentary approval. Audit Service flagged at least USD 1.1 million in...Read More
