Raymond Dele Awoonor-Gordon Sierra Leone Telegraph: 25 December 2014 Amidst the hurly-burly of economic stagnation, social meltdown and ravaging epidemic, you might be forgiven for taking your eyes off the political micro-pampas and ever decreasing altruism in our democracy. Which is why I am breaking off the ‘Diet of Hard [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 22 December 2014 The Ebola crisis in Sierra Leone has brought out the worst of human character – including the embezzlement of funds meant to feed the sick and the concealing of the infected by relatives. But no one expected a well respected group of university researchers [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 20 December 2014 Tonight, unconfirmed, though reliable reports from Freetown, say that one of the Koroma government’s most powerful parliamentarians – Osho Williams, who represents Constituency 107 in the capital Freetown, is suspected to have contracted the Ebola virus. Osho Williams is believed to be seriously ill [Read More]
Reflections of an eyewitness Sierra Leone Telegraph: 20 December 2014 “Operation Octopus”, “Operation Barras”, “Operation Final Push”. These were some of the code names for specific military assaults against the Revolutionary United Front during Sierra Leone’s civil war. Not to be undone in ‘operational expressions’, the rebels also declared their [Read More]
Raymond Dele Awoonor-Gordon Sierra Leone Telegraph: 19 December 2014 James Garfield once said, “The truth will set you free, but first it will make you miserable”. My belief is that Sierra Leone is gradually approaching the other side of midnight, when the farce and tomfooleries that have been our diet, [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 18 December 2014 Sierra Leone’s top physician – Dr. Victor R. Willoughby, this morning succumbed to the deadly Ebola virus, just four days after he was officially pronounced Ebola positive by the country’s chief medical officer – Dr. Brima Kargbo. (Photo of Dr. Willoughby, taken just days [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 17 December 2014 After much speculation as to whether there will be a national Ebola lockdown this Christmas, and uncertainty as to the extent of such an action, latest report from Freetown says that President Koroma has this morning announced a military style – house to house [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 15 December 2014 Tonight, as rumours of the death of Sierra Leone’s most popular and highly respected surgeon – Dr. Victor Willoughby makes the round across the world-wide web, news of the arrival of the much needed Convalescent Serum Therapy (CST) equipment was being overshadowed. (Photo: Dr. [Read More]
Raymond Dele Awoonor-Gordon Sierra Leone Telegraph: 14 December 2014 Benjamin Franklin s’ famous “Two wolves and a small lamb voting on what to have for dinner”, aptly describes the realities of our convulsing, blood-soaked Sierra Leone today. Between Ebola and razzmatazz governance, stand the distressed masses. With our leaders obviously [Read More]
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