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Ahead of the Investment Forum on Global Business Response to Ebola taking place in London on 24 & 25 February for Guinea and Sierra Leone respectively, we are publishing the following article written by, MEMUNA FORNA, a leading Sierra Leonean writer on entrepreneurship: 

John Akar, founder of the National Dance Troupe

By Kemo Cham and Hassan Ibrahim Conteh

The fate of Sierra Leone's National Dance Troupe (NDT) is on the balance.

By Dr. Habib M Sesay Senior Lecturer, FBC

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By Allieu Sahid Tunkara

Expectations for the new Constitution of Sierra Leone are running high as the public anxiously waits to see its content. As part of this waiting several questions revolving around the true reflection of the people’s aspirations exists.

By Mabinty Kamara

Due to high level of poverty and illiteracy in Sierra Leone children are constantly being abused day in day out. They face many challenges ranging from child labor, child marriage, to lack of quality education.

Residents of Pyke Street in Brookfields struggling to fetch water from a community well

By Allieu Sahid Tunkara

By Mohamed Jaward Nyallay

FIFA is going through its worst corruption scandal in its 112 year history. Its name, its image and its credibility have all been battered and public interest in the body has fallen to a record low.

There have been scandals in the football world governing body before, allegations of bribery, racketeering and sometimes the bypass of due processes but there have been nothing of this current magnitude.