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In his Keynote Speech marking World Mental Health Day ceremony which was organised by Advocacy for Mental Health and Human Rights Sierra Leone on Monday 10th October 2016, Dr. Adonis Abboud expressed shocked over   Kissy Mess Mess Mental Hospital.  “It is in a real Mess,” he stressed. The day which was commemorated all over the world has it theme: ‘Psychiatric First Aid’ “Having seen the documentary about the inmates in that hospital, it was clear that several of them merely needed proper counseling. Instead, what you see is that the inmates are injected periodically with some kind of heavy tranquilizers,” he said. He went on to say that most traumatic events are experiences that created stressful responses and intense emotional behaviour. The crucial element, he added was the support that they give people who experienced trauma, crisis and distress, noting that they need to ensure that victims get the kind of care that is needed promptly and appropriately. He p...

Hello folks, it is with deep mixed feelings that TRACE is writing this piece considering the level of information TRACE gave to the Freetown City Council about the massive encroachment that is going on in the cemeteries especially the Circular Road cemetery.   TRACE was shocked when the news break about the 72 graves that were opened. This is what TRACE saw years ago. That is why TRACE was calling on the attention of the authorities to act but it turned out to be the mastermind of the crimes because they allowed people to construct dwelling houses and use the cemeteries for all sorts of things. The cemeteries in Freetown now have radio stations, garages and also dwelling houses among others. The authority just sit and watch without taking any action. To jug your memory, TRACE has reproduced one of series about the cemeteries in Freetown and how reluctantly Freetown City Council has acted.   Only In Sierra Leone… Killing The Dead Twice All Because Of A Radio ...

Rev. Arnold H.O. Paker of Greater Heights Global Mission which is situated at 45 King Harman Road Brookfields Freetown has published a must read book titled,   “What Must We Do?” The book which was launched by Lady Commissioner OlayinkaLaggah of the Bethel World Outrich Ministries took place at the church premises on Saturday 15th October 2016 at King Harman Road in Freetown. In his statement, Rev. Arnold Paker explained that “What Must We Do” has to do with the works of God and that it is the first book he has authored and published. He said it was never in his wildest imagination that he would write a book but sometimes around 2010, he began to have sudden surges of spontaneous inspirational thoughts and the urge to write them down. He explained further that when he began it first appeared to be random thoughts and articles but they later crystallized into a book. Rev. Arnold Paker said one of their dreams in Greater Heights is to have an arm of the Mission t...

F ollowing our fist publication about the lesbian nature of Asiatu Sankoh, formerly of 3 Patton Street off Kissy Road in the east end of Freetown who is reported to be on the run for involving in an act of lesbianism, which is against the laws of Sierra Leone, this Press has gathered that her family members, community people and even the country’s lawmakers are looking for her for engaging in such diabolic, disgraceful and shameful act which was least expected of her. According to one of Asiatu’s close friend, who begged for anonymity, she said the reason that got Asiatu into lesbianism was when she started working for one of government parastatals, where she met one Abdul Razak Koroma with whom she fell in love and had a son called Imran Koroma. She revealed that they got married but that when Asiatu was later transferred to one of the office branch in town, her husband Razak dated one of her friend in the same office. She continued that Asiatu was never expecting her husband an...

By Abdulrahman Koroma Academic Researcher, Human Rights, Peace and Security Advocate; Benjamin John Sesay is afraid for his safety if he returns to Sierra Leone. Benjamin who specifically focuses his advocacy on the effects of land grabbing on the lives of landowners in Sierra Leone is presently in Sweden contemplating his home coming. Benjamin first visited Sierra Leone in September 2013 and returned to Sweden after his research in January 2014. He revisited in June 2014 to recollect missing data from his laptop. Both visits to his native Sierra Leone were to do a research for his Thesis titled the "EFFECTS OF THE ADDAX BIOENERGY INVESTMENT ON FEMALE FARMERS’ RIGHTS TO LAND AND THEIR LIVELIHOODS IN BOMBALI DISTRICT, SIERRA LEONE" This was the time when he was a Master’s candidate in International Development and Management at Lund University, Sweden. Benjamin got himself into trouble when officials of Addax Bioenergy and few loyal community elders learnt that he ...