Sierra Leone Telegraph: 22 November 2012: When news broke in the early hours of yesterday Wednesday, that the Chairman of Sierra Leone’s Electoral Commission will be hosting a press briefing, there was high octane media excitement, as the nation held its breath with heightened expectations. Millions of voters glued to [Read More]
20 November 2012 It is now three days since the people of Sierra Leone went out to elect their leaders last Saturday. But instead of positively looking forward to an exciting announcement of the results in a few days, there are fears across the country, of a nation teetering on [Read More]
Dr. Sama Banya 20 November 2012 A local proverb says: “yai nor dey tote lode but e know which wan heybee.” (The eye doesn’t do the lifting, but could tell whether a load is heavy.) From Hamilton and beyond in the west of Freetown, from Calaba town and beyond in [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 19 November 2012 Over two million people turned out to vote last Saturday, 17 November, in Sierra Leone’s third election since the declaration of peace, after a long and brutal civil war, which took the lives of over 50,000 civilians, leaving hundreds of thousands with mental and [Read More]
Dr. Sama Banya 16 November 2012 The politicians have had their say. The ruling All Peoples Congress (APC) would like the voters to judge them by their self proclaimed unique performance in just five years. The theme throughout the period has been their ‘AGENDA FOR CHANGE’. They boast that as [Read More]
BREAKING NEWS Sierra Leone Telegraph: 13 November 2012 Report from the family of one of Sierra Leone’s bright and hard working pharmacists – Mr. Adeyemi Johnson (photo) – says that he has been murdered. His life was taken away from him early yesterday morning – 12 November – when armed [Read More]
Dr. Sama Banya 13 November 2012 It is not often that I am visibly angry, but last weekend I was, although it was not for any length of time. A couple of years back there was a huge outcry, most of which I have to confirm was hypocritical, when Sylvia [Read More]
13 November 2012 Presidential and general elections are just four days away and the government of president Koroma has issued a press statement, aimed at convincing the people of Sierra Leone that its five years in office have been exemplary. But will the voters be convinced? The statement from the [Read More]
By a Concerned Citizen Sierra Leone Telegraph: 13 November 2012 President Ernest Bai Koroma, the Universal Declaration on Human Rights, clearly states that it seeks to strengthen the conventions on the elimination of all forms of discrimination against women, as well as protecting the rights of the child. These conventions [Read More]
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