We must tap this reservoir of intellect to re-energize our workforce and bring much needed skills to our fragile economy. - Kadi Sesay

So it is understandable that many in the Diaspora are uncertain whether to engage more substantially in investment and support for Sierra Leone under its current government, despite their love for their country.

This has not been helped by the politicization of the current government’s Diaspora office. Staffed entirely by members of President Koroma’s All-Peoples’ Congress party, it has become a largely partisan operation.

Only a new government can bring equality for women.