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Behind the shadows: the Makeni riot and the call for justice

By: Ibrahim Jalloh - (Jallomy)✍️ Meet the Author The clouds of sorrow are still hanging on the horizons of Makeni city following the riot, the killings and the aftermath. The conflicting element (the relocation of the old German made standby generator) is far smaller and lesser in scale and magnitude than the action and the horrific consequences. Six young people in the prime of their lives are no more, lost to an action that could have been effortlessly avoided.  Those Young folks could have been with us today to celebrate the International Day of Youth.  Their absence by death is a shocking reality and a brutal indictment of the commonplace calculated leadership failure of the adult world.  Those Young folks were callously stampeded to early graves by error of leadership application and conduct. This is an unbearable reality,  an unacceptable conduct and, above all, a moral collapse of trust in leadership. Much has been said and done but we cannot reverse the horror. We will certainl...