10 October 2012 Presidential and parliamentary nomination events organised by Sierra Leone’s National Electoral Commission at the country’s sports stadium in the capital Freetown, is fast becoming an opportunity for political parties to rally their supporters. But they are also reaching out to the undecided voters sitting on the fence, [Read More]
6 October 2012 As presidential and parliamentary elections draw closer in Sierra Leone, the possibility of violence and electoral conflict, pose a grim and worrying threat, for a nation that has recently come out of a brutal civil war. The Carter Center in the USA, has announced [Read More]
6 October, 2012 “With the ‘youthman dem’ and ‘De popay dem’ pulling together, she will surely make it to that better future she needs and deserves” – says the British High Commissioner to Sierra Leone, Ian Hughes. Writing in his usual Foreign Office blog, Ian is confident about the power [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 5 October 2012: Sierra Leone, Guinea and Liberia may have a lot in common, most notably, they share a common border. But there is more that distinguishes the three countries than meets the eyes – take the economy, for one. Political instability and an economy battered by [Read More]
Dennis Kabatto 5 October 2012 The high level panel discussion on the Rule of Law and Post 2015 Agenda held on Thursday, September 27, 2012 at the UN Secretariat was sponsored by the Republic of Senegal, Open Society Foundations and the Bingham Center for the Rule of Law. The [Read More]
Kingsley Ighobor: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 5 October 2012 Young men and women chat along the glittering corridors of the sprawling shopping complex. With state-of-the-art mobile communication gadgets in hand, they go in and out of the mall’s 65 shops, filling shopping bags with expensive items. Fully air-conditioned, the mall has 20,000 [Read More]
30 September 2012 As European economies struggle with a debt crisis and sluggish growth expected in the US and elsewhere, investors are looking for opportunities in Africa – thanks to the continent’s surging economy and positive growth estimates over the next few years. But the challenge is to identify the [Read More]
Dennis Kabatto 30 September 2012 Discriminatory social institutions, formal and informal laws, added to norms and practices that limit their social and economic opportunities, women are all fired up and are demanding change. Barely three days after co-hosting UN General Assembly high level event on the rule of law, focusing [Read More]
Dr. Sama Banya 29 September 2012 When it comes to their insatiable quench for power the APC will never confound their critics; on the contrary they will always do exactly as predicted. The former opposition Member of Parliament for constituency seven, which comprises Njaluahun chiefdom in the Kailahun district [Read More]
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