Author: Mohamed Bernard Sheriff

The country has created institutions to prevent conflict, but lasting stability will depend on credible electoral and constitutional reform, accountable policing, and a fairer distribution of political and economic power. Sierra Leone’s journey from civil war to democratic consolidation is one of Africa’s most remarkable recovery stories. Since the end of the eleven-year conflict in…

Imagine a small business owner in Kenema who needs a business licence. For weeks, she shuttles between the local council office and a ministry in Freetown, facing endless queues, requests for “transport money” to move files between offices, and the constant anxiety that her paperwork might be lost in a dusty filing cabinet. Now imagine…