European Union member states have agreed on new sanctions against Israeli settlers over violence targeting Palestinians, after a months-long deadlock, according to a top EU diplomat. EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said on the social media platform X that EU foreign ministers had approved the move. The decision comes amid rising settler violence and settlement expansion in the…
Sierra Leone’s Leader of the Opposition in Parliament, Hon. Abdul Kargbo, has sounded the alarm over what he describes as the country’s deepening entanglement in international narcotics trafficking networks, warning that the nation risks being branded a “narco‑state” if urgent action is not taken. In an open letter to President Julius Maada Bio, Kargbo expressed “profound concern and a…
Sierra Leone’s Independence Day has sparked renewed national reflection after Dr. Ibrahim Bangura used his April 27 address to argue that the country’s 1961 liberation marked only the beginning of true independence, insisting that decades later, the nation is still struggling to complete what he described as its economic, social, and institutional freedom. In a wide-ranging message that has…
Sierra Leone’s main opposition, the All People’s Congress (APC), has formally entered what it describes as a critical phase of engagement with government representatives and international moral guarantors, as tensions surrounding the implementation of the national unity agreement and electoral reforms continue to shape the country’s political landscape. In an official communication dated Thursday, April 16, 2026, and signed…
Before the research, before the global academic framing, and before his name began to circulate in policy and political circles, Ibrahim Bangura had already carved a reputation that straddles scholarship, governance, and frontline political ambition. A senior lecturer in Peace and Conflict Studies at Fourah Bay College, University of Sierra Leone, Bangura’s intellectual work has long focused on fragile…
The European Union Ambassador to Sierra Leone, Jacek Jankowski, has expressed appreciation to Ibrahim Bangura following a high-level engagement centered on the country’s current priorities and long-term development outlook. In a message shared on his official X account, the envoy described the meeting as both productive and insightful, commending Bangura for articulating clear perspectives on national issues. “Plenti Tenki…
