Letter to LGSC re FCC Finance Officer Suspension
The Acting Commissioner
The Local Government Service Commission
Youyi Building
Brookfields
Freetown
5th January 2026
Dear Acting Commissioner,
RE: LOCAL COUNCILS CORE STAFF POSTINGS
I was shocked to see a letter circulating on social media last night addressed to the Freetown City Council Finance Officer…
Clearing the Thorns: How the APC’s Long March Toward Renewal May Finally Be Opening
Sheriff Mahmud Ismail
Abuja, 5th January, 2026 – For much of the period leading up to Sierra Leone’s 2023 elections, the All People’s Congress (APC) appeared less like a party preparing for power than a movement trapped in its own internal quarrels. Court battles, rival factions, disputed processes and a pervasive belief among supporters that the ruling Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP) was actively interfering in APC affairs. These factors produced what many insiders and political observers alike described as a torturous path to the party’s long delayed National Delegates Conference (NDC). The consequences were severe: organizational paralysis, loss of momentum, and a widening gap between party leadership and grassroots supporters. That history matters, because it explains why a seemingly technical development this week carries unusual political weight.
WHY PERFORMANCE, NOT POSTURING, DEFINES RADICAL CHANGE IN SIERRA LEONE
By Mahmud Tim Kargbo
Monday, 12 January 2026
The debate over whether Dr David Moinina Sengeh qualifies as a radical is not merely semantic.It exposes a deeper fault line in African political thought between romanticised disruption and disciplined transformation. Too often, radicalism is mistaken for noise, volume for vision, and confrontation for courage….
WHEN GREAT POWERS TURN INWARD THE FAILURE OF ENGAGEMENT AND THE FOREIGN POLICY TEST FACING SIERRA LEONE
By Mahmud Tim Kargbo
Monday, 17 January 2026
The collapse of the United States policy of engagement with the People’s Republic of China represents far more than a bilateral diplomatic reversal. It signals a structural transformation in the international system, one that reshapes power, expectations, and vulnerability. David Shambaugh’s Breaking the Engagement: How China Won and Lost America offers a historically grounded explanation for why engagement unravelled….
English Speakers, Party People, Jagaban and the APC Flagbearer Race
Mohamed Gibril Sesay
The contest for the APC’s 2028 flagbearer has begun long before any official declaration. It began through posture, movement, style, and the subtle work of positioning. What we are witnessing goes beyond being simply a competition of individuals. It is a clash of political types; it is about different ways of getting traction.