21 December 2012 Few will doubt the fact that the ruling APC party won the November elections, which saw president Koroma back in office for another five years. What is certainly in dispute and has been contended is the margin of victory, largely accounted for by tribalism and a small [Read More]
Raymond Dele Awoonor-Gordon 14 December 2012 We all know that a woman who defecates in the open has invited the prying eyes of depraved men to feed on her buttocks. From all indications, that exactly sums up the main opposition SLPP that appears not to have recovered from the lukewarm [Read More]
23 November 2012 The Peoples Movement for Democratic Change (PMDC) headed by Charles Margai, may be the third largest political party in Sierra Leone, but if the unofficial results of the just concluded elections are anything to go by, then the party is set to lose every single constituency that [Read More]
Dr. Sama Banya 13 November 2012 It is not often that I am visibly angry, but last weekend I was, although it was not for any length of time. A couple of years back there was a huge outcry, most of which I have to confirm was hypocritical, when Sylvia [Read More]
13 November 2012 Presidential and general elections are just four days away and the government of president Koroma has issued a press statement, aimed at convincing the people of Sierra Leone that its five years in office have been exemplary. But will the voters be convinced? The statement from the [Read More]
11 November 2012 ECOWAS has called on Member States and other stakeholders to evolve a comprehensive and concerted Action Plan that will advance the development of infrastructure programme and projects in the West African region. Speaking at the opening of a two-day Regional Experts Meeting in Yamoussoukro, Cote d’Ivoire, on [Read More]
Raymond Dele Awoonor-Gordon 5 November 2012 I am aware that in our part of the world, when the season of politics is in full flow, truth not only becomes a scapegoat, it is often made to beat a hasty retreat. However, election is about the future – not the past, or [Read More]
5 November 2012 The seventh African Economic Conference ended on the 2nd November, 2012 in Kigali, Rwanda, after prominent speakers including economic policy experts called for a change in the shape and direction of economic development policies in Africa. According to APO, participants at the closing session of the [Read More]
3 November 2012 Many a time it has been argued that Mendes do not like to venture out and work in many areas in the Northern Province of the country. What most of those who make such assertions fail to research is: why is it that Mendes do not feel [Read More]
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