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Fatima Bio vs. Edwina Jamiru: As A First Lady Disgraces Herself, A Young Woman Stands Tall for Her Dignity

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by Fatima Babih, EdD When a Young Citizen Cautions a First Lady to “Respect Your Boundaries,” You Know She Has Been Pushed Too Far! Her Attack on Edwina Jamiru Reveals Fatima Bio’s Lack of Self-Respect and Respect for Others Sierra … Continue reading

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“We Are Hard Workers Both Day and Night:” How Julius Bio Failed to Demonstrate Policy Literacy on Population Growth

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by Fatima Babih, EdD When a sitting president faces a serious policy question on the global stage, the world expects substance. What Sierra Leone got instead was a sound bite that trivialized one of Africa’s most pressing development challenges. In … Continue reading

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Sierra Leone’s ACC Chief & First Lady Laugh at the People: How Francis Ben Kelfala Shields Fatima Bio’s Corruption 

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by Fatima Babih, EdD Corruption in Sierra Leone no longer hides in back rooms. It poses for photos. It jokes in Facebook posts. It campaigns in plain sight even though it is not yet campaign season. And worst of all, … Continue reading

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First Lady by Day, Genital Mutilator by Night: Fatima Bio’s Deadly Power Grab

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by Fatima Babih, EdD She calls herself a champion for girls. Now she holds the blade that cuts their body parts! In what may be the most grotesque inversion of her Hands Off Our Girls slogan, Sierra Leone’s First Lady … Continue reading

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Patriotism Against Corruption: Why I Stand Against Fatima Bio

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by Fatima Babih, EdD What exactly is holding you down against Madam First Lady? Are you jealous of her achievements all over the world? This message greeted me today when I opened Facebook Messenger, which I seldom do because it … Continue reading

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Julius Maada Bio’s Empty Ritual: A Day of Remembrance Without Reform Is a Betrayal and Insult to Sierra Leone’s War Victims

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by Fatima Babih, EdD Honoring the war victims while repeating the causes of the war betrays the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s warning! On January 18, Sierra Leoneans were asked to pause to remember the horrors of a brutal civil war … Continue reading

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First Lady Responds and Removes All Our Doubts: Tarawally vs Mrs. Bio Reveals Weak Governance in Sierra Leone

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by Fatima Babih, EdD A constitutional democracy demands that power flows from law, not proximity. But in today’s Sierra Leone under Julius Maada Bio, a public exchange between a ruling-party insider and the First Lady has exposed a deeper and … Continue reading

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When a First Lady Becomes a Political Liability: Why Musa Tarawally’s Warning to Maada Bio Matters

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by Fatima Babih, EdD …If you are not controlling her, then we will control her in the political space in the interest of the nation and the stability of the nation… (Musa Tarawally) By any serious democratic standard, a First … Continue reading

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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