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By: Abdulai Mansaray The great American country has always prided itself as the High Priest of democracy and even prescribed it as its major export commodity to the world. We all know how very many dictators and other leaders have risen and fallen; thanks to coups, uprisings and political interregna that have been fuelled in distant lands by this great nation- all in the name of democracy.  But is America democratic? Has America ever been democratic? If democracy is government by the people, for the people and of the people, then America in the strictest sense of the word has never been democratic. American democracy is the biggest fallacy open to mankind.  Donald Trump took tenancy of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue in 2016. Among many other firsts, it will be remembered as one of the elections where the candidate with the majority vote, Hillary Clinton was the loser; thanks to the Electoral College. It will also be remembered as the election during which the right of Americans to choose the...

Commentary   By: Abdulai Mansaray Last Sunday’s polling day in the Republic of Guinea has passed with relative calm, but it is the coming 72 hours that is causing jitters in this high-stakes presidential elections.  There is no question that the stakes are high, and this has been marinated by ethnic tensions between the two dominant Malinke and Fulani tribes; with both Alpha Conde and Cellou Diallo accused of gas-lighting the tribal fissures for their political advantages. Both have been accused of using hate speech to cement their appeals in their respective camps. With almost 5.5 million eligible voters for roughly 15,000 polling stations, the results are not expected for several days. But as if that was not incendiary enough, Cellou has reportedly declared himself a winner even before the ballots have been counted.  It is nice to be self confident, but it could be an entirely different case to dance your lame, when the main dance is yet to come. This is especially so, when you consi...

By: Sumner Kongbap In furtherance of his support to his people and the vision of His Excellency President Dr. Julius Maada Bio, to promote Kono District and the country at large, Sierra Leone’s Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Germany, with accreditation to Italy and Austria, His Excellency Dr. Mbaimba Lamin Baryoh on Saturday 31stOctober 2020 donated two sets of complete football jerseys to the Diamond Stars Football Club (DSFC) for home and away matches at an impressive donation ceremony at the Koidu City Council Hall, Kono District. At the well-attended ceremony, the chairman of DSFC, Hon. Paramount Chief Paul Garba Saquee commended all for attending the program; highlighting that the event is to encourage others to emulate the sterling example of Ambassador Dr. Mbaimba Baryoh to promote youths and sports not only in the district but nationwide.  He recalled that when Ambassador Dr. Mbaimba Baryoh was in the country last year, he visited the team while in training, that the tea...

By: Amadu Wurie Timbo It was all great on Sunday 18th October, 2020 at the premises of the Destiny College of Management, Theology and Technology situated at 35 Azzolini Highway in Makeni where various dignitaries including Staff and Students of the college converged for the inaugural ceremony of Shebora Kanu, the institution’s newly elected student leader. Shebora Kanu, haven won the highest support from the institution’s student body, becomes the second student union president elect to be inaugurated by the college since the institution was established in 2016, the Acting Register at DeCMaTT, Mr. Gibrilla Turay remarked. He further remarked that “the occasion ends the government of Patrick M. Dumbuya who is set to write his NCTVA examination along with his colleagues in the final year of study  with Kanu been handed a mandate of stirring the students affairs for one year.” A Higher National Diploma student from the Human Resource Management department, Kanu defeated Philip B. Mansara...

By: Alusine Rehme Wilson  “Twelve years ago, my son Hassan Aziz Bakarr started his innovative journey with passion to widen Technology in Sierra Leone and the entire African continent, his mother Madam Kadijatu Cashor Wellington told journalists in Freetown during a press conference held to mark the launch of Techfrica’s most recent app: Videofrica.  Today, Hassan’s innovation through Techfrica Company covers web design, development of multiple software applications and online platform such as Audiofrica, Livefrica, Ridefrica, Supfrica, ABCfrica, Vidsfrica including its latest application Videofrica which was  unveiled at the country’s head office located at #383 Bai Bureh Road, Mamboreh junction. With age long interest to Promote African Music in 2007 the Sierra Leonean born, from his residence in the US launched an online radio named: Africa Radio assisted by a lone engineer and became the first African to own an online radio in the United States of America and later produced more br...