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By Mohamed Sheriff Bah in Istanbul, Turkey
FBC: The consequences of failure of successive administrations
By Allieu Sahid Tunkara
The euphoria around the reopening of colleges and universities is conspicuous on the Fourah Bay College campus (FBC), University of Sierra Leone. Last Friday, a typical day since registration for courses commenced on April 14, students were assembled in long queues at the Finance building, shuffling their course forms to get them endorsed by officials of the Finance department to enable them register ahead of the beginning of lectures.
The pathetic means of survival of Serra Leone`s children
By Mohamed T. Massaquoi
For a large number of Sierra Leone`s children, survival depends on how much they can scavenge. Evidence of this is a common sight almost everywhere in the country. Recently, I saw it live at play in Bo, the southern district headquarter town.
Life in Kanekay: Poverty, prostitution & drug abuse
By Bampia James Bundu
Last month, over a hundred youths in Kanekay, a community in the east of Freetown, took a vow to rise up against prostitution and drug abuse - two phenomena that threaten a whole generation of Sierra Leone`s youths.
A ‘man of great courage’
By Kemo Cham
Last Friday about 15 people gathered at the small conference hall of the All Works of Life (AWOL) on Pa Demba Road in Freetown; the occasion was to say a “little” ‘Thank You’ to a young British volunteer social worker heading back home. Tom Stephenson arrived in Freetown early February as part of a one-man mission to help in the fight against the Ebola epidemic.
