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Pondering… the start of Sierra Leone’s Civil War – 23 March 1991

Mo Farah claiming another Olympic gold at the 2016 Rio games had a BBC commentator pointing out the British athlete shared his birthday with three other gold medal winning Britons – Chris Hoy, Jason Kenny and Steve Redgrave. They were […]

Remember and Learning…

The Revolutionary United Front (RUF) incursion into Sierra Leone’s capital in the early hours of Wednesday 6th January 1999 must be remembered. However, remembering the invasion only for the death and destruction visited on the city feeds the risk of […]

Oh Yahya Jammeh

You were so close to influencing in your favour the narrative on your reign, but let the megalomania in you shape your exit and what will for many become the abiding memory. All the noise about serving the Gambian people […]

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