Sierra Leone Telegraph: 24 December 2015 As opposition political leader Alie Kabba spent last night behind bars in Freetown as a prisoner of conscience, the people of Sierra Leone on this Christmas Eve are pondering the thought of Sierra Leone once again becoming a repressive state, ruled by a dictator. [Read More]
Dr. Denis M Sandy Sierra Leone Telegraph: 16 December 2015 Let me now take the discussion to another level in this second part of ‘Tears of FBC’. Anyone doubting the power of a pen, especially in the discussion of a national issue, must have a rethink. This is because after [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 13 December 2015 The annual state opening of parliament in December is usually an historic moment, colourful and full of optimism – depending on what side of the political fence one sits. It is an occasion when the president reads out his government’s achievements for the year [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 10 December 2015 The seriousness with which the Anti-Corruption Commission in Sierra Leone addresses rampant corruption in the country without fear or favour, has on many occasions been questioned. Sierra Leone is one of the poorest nations in the world, despite huge natural resources. Many in the [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 7 December 2015 Two weeks ago, there were newspaper reports in Freetown of an alleged leaked controversial campaign strategy, aimed at promoting Kandeh Yumkella’s presidential flagbearship for the opposition SLPP. Although a spokesman for the Kandeh Yumkella Movement had informed the Sierra Leone Telegraph that the allegations [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 7 December 2015 The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) will build on the expiring Millennium Development Goals, which were launched in 2000 to end extreme poverty by 2015. What do the SDGs mean for African countries? Carlos Lopes, the Executive Secretary of the UN Economic Commission for Africa [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 7 December 2015 Nigerian born Amina Mohammed is the United Nations secretary-general’s former special adviser on post-2015 development planning. She was heavily involved in planning the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), a new development agenda to be implemented over the next 15 years, and in getting UN member [Read More]
Jonathan Mahdi Kamara Sierra Leone Telegraph: 2 December 2015 The court case involving the proprietor of the citizen radio in Sierra Leone – Dr. David Tam-Baryoh, who is also the presenter of the good governance radio program popularly known as MONOLOGUE, and the country’s media monitoring institution – the Independent [Read More]
Alan Luke – KKY Movement (UK&I) Communications Team Sierra Leone Telegraph: 2 December 2015 Political parties usually undergo a period of soul searching, after a bruising encounter with the electorate. And the SLPP’s dismal showing in a swathe of bye-elections on the 14th of November, 2015, has triggered such introspection. [Read More]
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