Category Archives: Politics

Gallery

Is Sierra Leone Losing Sovereignty? How the Drug Crisis Reveals a Captured State Destroying Generations

This gallery contains 3 photos.

by Fatima Babih, EdD An examination of sovereignty, state capture, and why the fight against drugs in Sierra Leone is designed to fail. For months now, we have watched Sierra Leone descend deeper into a drug epidemic that is killing … Continue reading

Gallery

A Sierra Leonean Girl Escapes Trafficking in Nigeria: Her Country’s Embassy Turns Its Back on Her

by Fatima Babih, EdD Her name is Aisha Francess Dumbuya. She is 18 years old. She is Sierra Leonean. Her case demonstrates the harsh reality of the unabated child and human trafficking in Sierra Leone and West Africa. In a … Continue reading

Gallery

Sierra Leone’s First Lady’s Dangerous Overreach: Fatima Bio Declares Herself  the Power Behind the Sierra Leone People’s Party

by Fatima Babih, EdD Fatmata Jabba, aka Fatima Bio’s continued interference in both her husband’s political party, the Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP), and national political space has entered a dangerous phase. Her most recent political rally in Freetown made … Continue reading

Gallery

Fatima Bio’s OAFLAD Presidency: A Detriment to the Struggles of Sierra Leone’s Girls and Women

by Fatima Babih, EdD Fatima Bio’s “Big OAFLAD Achievement” Means Nothing for Sierra Leone’s Girls Left Behind In recent months, Sierra Leone’s “First Lady,” Fatima Bio, has paraded her rotational presidency position in the Organisation of African First Ladies for … Continue reading

Gallery

50,000 VIEWS…And Counting.

by Fatima Babih, EdD To every reader, subscriber, and silent supporter of Mama Salone Blog, THANK YOU!! There are days it feels like I’m writing into the void… but this milestone is proof that the message is reaching people, and … Continue reading

Gallery

Justice for Her: Is Sierra Leone’s Judiciary Run by Predators?

When those sworn to protect are the predators, who will protect our daughters in Sierra Leone? The answer must be: We will. All of us. Together as Sierra Leoneans. by Fatima Babih, EdD The Scandal That Won’t Die Sierra Leone’s … Continue reading

Gallery

A Picture Is Worth a Thousand Words: Fatima Bio’s Corrupt Recruitment Tour of the Diaspora

This gallery contains 1 photos.

by Fatima Babih, EdD They say a ‘picture is worth a thousand words,’ and this one of Sierra Leone’s First Lady, Fatima Jabbie Bio, says it all. Draped in a sash made of U.S. dollar bills, she smiles proudly as … Continue reading

Gallery

The Uncivilized Streak of Fatima Jabbie Bio: “Men Are Uncivilize”

by Fatima Babih, EdD Earlier this week, Fatima Bio attended the funeral of a member of the SLPP in Kailahun. One would think such a solemn occasion might inspire reflection and humility. But Fatima Bio wasted no time turning grief … Continue reading

Gallery

Fatima Bio’s 38% Victory Claim: A Proxy Victory or Plain Nonsense?

by Fatima Babih, EdD Fatima Jabbie Bio and her paid agents think they are playing smart politics. But every time I read the propaganda they churn out in her praise, all I see are not-so-smart stunts. The latest example is … Continue reading

Gallery

When a First Lady Is a Liability for a Country: The Fatima Jabbie Bio Burden on Sierra Leone

By Fatima Babih, EdD In Sierra Leone today, the heavy cost of one woman’s political interference is no longer an abstract idea, it has names, numbers, and graves. Fatima Bio, the First Lady of Sierra Leone, openly instructed striking mine … Continue reading