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

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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

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NEWS BULLETIN: Edwina Jamiru Breaks Silence in New Video Calling for Closure

by Fatima Babih, EdD Freetown, Sierra Leone – Edwina Jamiru, the young woman whose detention sparked national and international concern over freedom of expression and arbitrary arrest, has released a new video message on TikTok addressing the people of Sierra … Continue reading

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Sierra Leone Parliament Polices Women’s Clothing: Turning Misogyny into Policy

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by Fatima Babih, EdD The recent rule enforced by the Parliament of Sierra Leone, barring women in trousers and miniskirts from entering the parliamentary well, is not about decorum. It is not about order. It is not about professionalism. It … Continue reading

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Sierra Leone’s Selective Justice: The Case of Edwina Jamiru

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by Fatima Babih, EdD Sierra Leone is witnessing a dangerous normalization of selective justice, one that punishes dissent while protecting power. In a recent interview with Liberty TV Online, the Deputy Commissioner of Police in Freetown confirmed that Edwina Jamiru … Continue reading

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Fatima Bio’s Streets Dance of Arrogance and Cruelty toward Betrayed Girls: The 7-Years “Hands Off Our Girls” Scam in Sierra Leone

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by Fatima Babih, EdD This weekend, Sierra Leoneans witnessed a disturbing spectacle. Fatima Jabbie Bio, the wife of acting President Julius Maada Bio, was seen on social media dancing in the streets of Freetown, surrounded by heavy security, and members … Continue reading

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“First Lady” Does Not Exist in the Constitution of Sierra Leone (1991): Fatima Bio’s Dangerous LIES About the Constitution

by Fatima Babih, EdD At her recent rally in Freetown, Sierra Leone’s First Lady, Fatima Jabbie Bio, boldly declared: Inside Sierra Leone, when it comes to the title First Lady, inside Sierra Leone Constitution, the only person who is entitled … Continue reading

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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

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Stage-Managed Romance: At Least Get the Kissing Angle Right

by Fatima Babih, EdD Is this couple’s public display of romance meant to distract us from leadership failure to address Sierra Leone’s urgent issues? If love is truly their message, it should be shown through justice for victimized girls, not … Continue reading

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A Weaponized First Lady: How Fatima Jabbie Bio Operates in Sierra Leone’s Most Dangerous Gray Zone

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by Fatima Babih, EdD Since 2018, Sierra Leone has lived under the influence of a First Lady unlike any before, one who is not ceremonial, but a strategically weaponized political tool, unleashed to say and do what Julius Maada Bio … Continue reading

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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