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Insight Magazine interviews Sierra Leone's most prolific political cartoonist - De Monk

Why did you decide to be a cartoonist? I actually didn’t decide to be a cartoonist. However, I just found myself doing cartoons and now...

Memuna Forna, Editor

May 23, 20188 min read

A cartoonist's view of Sierra Leone's 2018 election: Da Monk draws it how he sees it!

#DaMonk #elections

Memuna Forna, Editor

May 3, 20181 min read

Head to Head: A reply to Allieu Sesay—(on why the APC has more MPs than the SLPP)

BY YUSUF BANGURA Allieu Sesay’s analysis fails to incorporate population or registered voter shares in discussing seat allocations for...

Yusuf Bangura

May 1, 20183 min read

Head to Head: A Response to Dr. Yusuf Bangura’s Article

By Allieu Sesay Thanks Dr. Bangura. It was a fair piece, but with a weak premise and faulty conclusion. I have done some analysis to show...

Allieu Sesay

Apr 30, 20184 min read

Why the APC has more MPs than the SLPP even though the SLPP won the Presidency

By Yusuf Bangura The argument that the APC has more seats than the SLPP in parliament because it created extra seats in its strongholds...

Yusuf Bangura

Apr 26, 20184 min read

The President and his rival - more alike than they appear

They are parishioners, political rivals and former colleagues! The body language of Sierra Leone’s new President – Rtd Brigadier Julius...

MEMUNA FORNA

Apr 9, 20182 min read

Sierra Leone’s Presidential Elections – timeline of highlights

14-15 October 2017 – At the APC convention, Dr Samura Kamara is selected by Ernest Bai Koroma as the APC’s presidential candidate, and...

Memuna Forna, Editor

Apr 5, 20182 min read

SIERRA LEONEAN POLITICAL CAMPAIGNS - PR, PROPAGANDA, AND COMMUNICATIONS

With a few exceptions, the Sierra Leonean election campaigns have been noticeable for their preponderance of propaganda, misinformation...

MEMUNA FORNA

Apr 4, 20182 min read

AYV's Anthony Navo Junior - an entrepreneur to the bone

It has been a stellar couple of years for Anthony Navo Junior. His TV station’s ‘Sierra Leone Decides’ series has become compulsory...

Memuna Forna, Editor

Apr 3, 20187 min read

3 elections in W. Africa: 1 good, 1 bad and 1 a bit of both

#Elections

Memuna Forna, Editor

Mar 21, 20181 min read

Sierra Leone’s elections - some useful figures.

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Memuna Forna, Editor

Mar 21, 20181 min read

Insight Special Report | What do Sierra Leone's voters want to see from the next Government?

On the 7th March 2018, Sierra Leoneans took to the polls for what they hope will be a better future. In this short video, the Insight...

Memuna Forna, Editor

Mar 13, 20181 min read

Sierra Leone's voting heroes wear their right to vote with pride!

This short video from Insight Media and Communications shows some of Wednesday's voting heroes as they wear their right to vote with...

Memuna Forna, Editor

Mar 9, 20181 min read

INFORMATION, DISINFORMATION AND MISINFORMATION – POLITICAL CAMPAIGNS AND WHATSAPP IN SIERRA LEONE

If I’d taken at face value the WhatsApp news on Sierra Leone in the last few days, I would have described Sierra Leone as a country...

MEMUNA FORNA

Mar 7, 20183 min read

Elections to watch out for across Africa

#Video #Elections #Africa

Memuna Forna, Editor

Mar 5, 20181 min read

Disenfranchised by Incompetence

There was a crowd of about 20 people outside the National Electoral Commission’s (NEC) East End office this morning (Wednesday 21...

Memuna Forna

Feb 21, 20181 min read

Are the elections having a positive or negative effect on your business?

Elections tend to create uncertainty about the direction of the economy. Customers, partners and government agencies enter a wait-and-see...

Memuna Forna, Editor

Feb 20, 20181 min read

The Presidential Candidates' Debate - clear losers, but no clear winners

Clear losers, but no clear winners A few images from yesterday’s Presidential Candidates’ Debate summed up for me, the significance of...

Memuna Forna

Feb 16, 20184 min read

Questions for our Presidential Candidates Debate

With the aim of helping Sierra Leone’s business community understand more about the candidates’ plans for the Sierra Leonean economy and...

Memuna Forna, Editor

Feb 12, 20182 min read

Read our editor's latest HuffPo piece

With Elections Fast Approaching, There Are Clear Signs That Sierra Leone’s Political Discourse Is Growing Up March 7 2018 is D-day for...

Memuna Forna, Editor

Jan 24, 20181 min read