Sierra Leone is to deploy a battalion of troops to Somalia in June. The militant group Al-Shabab have warned them not to step foot on the soil of their country threatening dire consequences. So should or shouldn't Sierra Leone send troops to the war-torn country? Following are two articles arguing for and against the deployment. Further down you will read an argument by Tanu Jalloh in favour of the troop deployment. But first Isaac Massaquoi argues on why sending our troops there is ill-advised.
Fabrice smiles again, but what lessons for Sierra Leone Football?
By Isaac Massaquoi
The world is gradually breathing a sigh of relief once again as Fabrice Muamba takes his first step in a London hospital. He is the Congolese-born and Bolton Wanderers footballer who clinically died for 78 minutes and came back to life with the help of remarkable medical science undertaken by some of the best brains in the business.
At large in Makeni
By Isaac Massaquoi
Imagine you are in a reasonably good open-air night entertainment spot packed with young people enjoying some of the greatest and latest hits in town. Then this happens: The music suddenly stops and the beautiful voice of a lady is heard announcing: “Ladies and gentlemen, we are sorry for that break in transmission. I just want to announce that tomorrow there will be a fashion show to which you are all invited…” Then the music continues.
The technological tail wagging the journalistic dog in Sierra Leone
Since I’ve been on the board of the Independent Media Commission, I have had to answer two questions from people who know me all over the country. People have always asked me why is it that we (IMC) have granted a license to operate a newspaper or radio station to anybody who has turned up at the IMC to make a request.
