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Ibrahim Jalloh - (Jallomy)✍️ Meet the Author It is a month now since the Makeni incident of horror took place but the wound of the distardly incident is still festering! The killings and destruction of public and private properties are still deeply entrenched in the minds of sons and daughters of Makeni with a mixture of bitterness, disdain and sorrow. Two of the remains have been buried but the remaining four continue to pierce the sad memories and bitter reactions of residents of a city that is yet to come to terms with the fundamental root causes of an action that has caused irreparable loss. The burial has been segmented and significantly delayed due to prolonged negotiations involving the security sector, bereaved families and local leaders, inclusive of the district representatives in Parliament. The security sector is concerned about potential eruption of violence that will jeopardize the fledging peace and stability. This is due, in part, to security intelligence gathered and, ...

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...

By: Ibrahim Jalloh - (Jallomy)✍️ Meet the Author Emmerson has become a generational singer, politically speaking. He prefers to use music as a medium for pointing at what he perceives to be the ills or shortcomings of a generation in governance. He seems to be taking the place of social critics and political analysts save that he harps on the seamy side of things. The fundamental question is how much has his songs changed over time. If anything, he offers, through songs, a spirit of relief and extreme exuberance to a generation in opposition. He has become a generational musical celebrity. Ironically, he has today ceased to be SLPP party pikin!  Not too long ago those who forgot his Borbor Belle Album classified him as having gone to his roots. Well, I am yet to hear what will be his new classification. As Emmerson mentioned Confusion.com, we are indeed a confused society. The prism is that it is wrong when not in our favour but right when in our favour.

By: Ibrahim Jalloh - (Jallomy) ✍️ Photo of the Author The Makeni riot and attendants consequences are pluralistic in definition, interpretation and discernment. Disproportionate apportioning of blame was heaped up and, most times, callously shifted! However, there are elements of convergence: condemnation of the entire debacle, call for justice, upsurge of humanitarianism and the commitment to "never again". In reverse order, there were outcomes and consequences     characterized by the killings and destruction of public and private properties.   There was a riot action that led to the outlined outcomes and consequences. The riot action was engineered by causative factors and/or fundamental root causes and this level is where we need to search for the beast! The chaotic ingredients of the Makeni riot can be outlined thus: 1. Ignorance 2. Break in communication 3. Misinformation 4. Failure of local leadership 5. Invisible political incitement 6. Disregard for the due process ...

Today from our Northern Times Archives we bring you a reflection of one of the tragic effect of Poro men on a young lady called Satta. Her biological sister a year ago narrated this to us (Northern Times Newspaper)✍️

PRESS RELEASE 28 July, 2020 Sierra Leone: IFJ hails repeal of criminal defamation law The Sierra Leone Parliament has unanimously repealed on 23 July, 2020 its criminal libel law. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliate the Sierra Leone Association of Journalists (SLAJ) to celebrate a great victory for freedom of expression and press freedom. Parliamentarians unanimously approved on 23 July the Independent Media Commission (IMC) Act 2020 and repealed the 1965 Public Order Act (POA) that criminalized libel and sedition. In a statement celebrating the repeal of the libel law, SLAJ said: “the biggest beneficiary of the repeal of this bad law is Sierra Leone. Our beloved country has now joined the enviable community of progressive nations where free and responsible speech is guaranteed and protected by law. This is a huge milestone for freedom of expression and democracy in Sierra Leone.” The President of SLAJ, Ahmed Sahid Nasralla, said: “Freedom comes with g...