Liane Greeff 18 March 2012 Three blades — each the length of a tennis court — revolve atop a wind energy tower reaching 50 metres into the sky, equal in height to a 17-storey building. There are four such turbines whirling in the hot, dry and windy landscape near the [Read More]
17 March 2012 The people of Liberia gave their vote of confidence to President Helen Sirleaf Johnson, after a tense and sometimes violent election, which saw the president extending an olive branch to former rebel fighter – opposition leader Prince Johnson. Many have described this messy political forge as a [Read More]
Alpha Kargbo 17 March 2012 It is truly a blessing in disguise that Tom Nyuma has left the opposition SLPP (Sierra Leone People’s Party). Looking closely into his character, it is easy to note that he has a serious ability problem – a factor that led to his deportation from [Read More]
Mohamed Kunowah Kiellow 15 March 2012 On 27 February 2012, a press statement issued by Coalition for Justice and Accountability (COJA) was published in various newspapers in Sierra Leone. The press statement highlighted the illegality of the cross-border registrations that were taking place in some parts of Sierra Leone. On [Read More]
Pa Baimba Sesay 14 March 2012 If politics is all about numbers, President Koroma will definitely win the pending November elections by a landslide. And if politics is all about stronghold, I also know for certain, that President Koroma is only waiting for NEC’s Christian Thorpe to announce the results. [Read More]
14 March 2012 The death is reported of Mr. Frederick Johnson, an employee of the Kenyan Airways in Freetown, after a short illness. He passed away yesterday evening, 13th March 2012, at the 34 Military Hospital in Freetown. Frederick is the younger brother of Mrs. Violet Remilekun MacCormack, who is [Read More]
14 March 2012 The Trial Chamber One of the International Criminal Court (ICC) has this morning decided unanimously, that Thomas Lubanga Dyilo is guilty, as a co-perpetrator, of the war crimes of conscripting and enlisting children under the age of 15 and using them to participate actively in hostilities from [Read More]
Raymond Dele Awoonor-Gordon 12 March 2012 “The fly that refuses sound advice will eventually end up with the coffin in the grave.” That is my counsel to those in the corridors of power who have ears, as our society strives to put in place, new democratic ethos and ensure accountability [Read More]
11 March 2012 Since the end of the cold war and the fall of the Soviet Union, the wind of change towards liberal democracy has been slowly blowing across the African continent, bringing with it much needed reforms that promise economic progress and social development. But old habits die hard, [Read More]
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