18 August 2012 Since the outbreak of cholera and diarrhoea in the West African state of Sierra Leone several months ago, hundreds have died needlessly, as the government dithered in amassing a co-ordinated response to stem the outbreak. The government is being accused by local NGOs of indifference to the needless loss [Read More]
Mohamed Kunowah Kiellow 18 August 2012 In 2009, after my first assignment as a Legal and Policy Adviser in Sierra Leone, I wrote an open letter to our President of our beloved Sierra Leone. In that letter I pinpointed in a no-nonsense way the state of human rights in Sierra [Read More]
16 August 2012 The marginalisation of the creoles in Sierra Leone by successive governments is an issue most politicians in the country are fully aware of, but few are prepared and willing to openly discuss. Since Sierra Leone gained independence in 1961, many creoles believe that their powerbase and political [Read More]
14 August 2012 When a government finds itself in such desperate political situation, as to tell its citizens living abroad that their homeland is foreign to them – simply because they exercise their right to criticise the government, then you know that it is time for them to quit office. [Read More]
8 August 2012 The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) condemns an attack on two journalists by soldiers in Sierra Leone and calls on authorities to investigate and bring the perpetrators to justice. Soldiers in uniform attacked Poindexter Sama, senior reporter, and Alie Turay, graphic designer, both of the daily Awoko [Read More]
Michael Fayia Kallon: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 7 August 2012 Hon. Susan E. Rice – United States Permanent Representative to The United Nations, although I applaud the United Nations for halting ethnic wars in Africa, I must bring to your attention some fresh intentions of war and ethnic disunity, as African dictators have [Read More]
Alhaji Abu Komeh 7 August 2012 It is often said that the foundation of every state lies in the education of its youths. John F. Kenedy, the 35th President of the United States of America, once said that: “Our progress as a nation can be no swifter than our progress [Read More]
Raymond Dele Awoonor-Gordon 1 August 2012 One truth we need to face is that we truly need a bipartisan, mature, political consensus on the direction that the nation must take. If we are sincere, how can we carry out major reforms that will lift our nation out of the [Read More]
Mohamed C. Bah – NDA Presidential aspirant 31 July 2012 I will continue to be an advocate for a better Sierra Leone, where everyone enjoys the wealth of our nation. I will continue to introduce the psychological and hidden problems – the one we never discuss openly – about the [Read More]
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