Andrew Murphy: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 24 September 2012: Is it totally inconceivable that a single political party can so destructively subject its people to so much inhumane conditions for so long? In Sierra Leone today, everyone wonders why the country is in such appalling condition. Will the ruling APC ever learn [Read More]
Dr. Sama Banya 21 September 2012 Like the mafia – like the APC; no one double crosses them. It is too frighteningly crude to be true and yet under the APC government, it is too crude not to be true. Here is the incredible story of the APC at their [Read More]
20 September, 2012 Latest report from the African Press Organization (APO) says that with cholera cases now reported in all 13 districts of Sierra Leone, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) have launched an emergency appeal to help contain the spread of the disease within [Read More]
20 September, 2012 The killing of a young woman by police in the northern town of Bumbuna in Sierra Leone early this year, had attracted widespread condemnation and anger. Several people were injured and properties destroyed. She and hundreds of local people had joined local mining workers in protest against [Read More]
Messeh Kamara 19 September, 2012 As a scholar of law and government, I am disturbed by President Koroma’s action to “subsidize the National Electoral Commission (NEC) nominations fees”. The President’s action is not good for our democracy. It undermines the sovereignty of parliament. His decision is not about the furtherance [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 18 September 2012: President Koroma has taken much pride in being upheld as an experienced and successful entrepreneur by his supporters and admirers, including former British Prime Minister – Tony Blair. But with eight weeks to presidential election, the president’s economic record in office is now looking [Read More]
17 September 2012 The decision of Sierra Leone’s National Electoral Commission to raise the nomination fees for the forthcoming elections, had sent alarm bells across the sub-region; sparking fears of political instability, should opposition parties be denied the right to participate on grounds of affordability. The decision to increase the [Read More]
17 September 2012 In November, US president Obama will go to the American people to seek a mandate for a second term in office. Whilst confidence of his stay at the White House after the elections may be high among voters in America, in Africa there is mixed emotion as [Read More]
17 September 2012 The recent passing of a law in Sierra Leone legalising the ownership and use of arms and weapons by individuals, has been widely condemned, especially following the government’s importation of $5 million of military grade weapons, many of which, critics believe could be used to wage political [Read More]
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