Sierra Leone Telegraph: 4 February 2016 The debate as to whether foreign aid is good or bad, or whether it works or not, is as old as the humanitarian gesture itself, and is set to continue, as long as there are donors willing to give and recipients happily ready to [Read More]
Erica Adkins Sierra Leone Telegraph: 3 February 2016 Much has been said about the Safe Abortion Act that was recently passed by parliament in Sierra Leone, but now stuck in parliamentary red tape, after president Ernest Bai Koroma refused to give his assent on religious grounds. Religious leaders in the [Read More]
Bashiru Vandi Sierra Leone Telegraph: 31 January 2016 It’s amusing to read the differing explanations put forward, regarding the current electoral predicaments and palpable ineptitude of the SLPP. Indeed, one is constantly entertained by the valiant efforts of factional camps within the SLPP, implicitly or overtly pointing the accusing finger [Read More]
Dr. Denis M Sandy Sierra Leone Telegraph: 30 January 2016 In parts one and two of the series of articles, lamenting the plight of Fourah Bay College (FBC), the University of Sierra Leone, published in 2015, I explained the difficulties that FBC is going through. In particular, I discussed the [Read More]
Kealeboga J Maphunye Sierra Leone Telegraph: 30 January 2016 This year, like 2015, promises to be yet another busy year in Africa’s electoral democracy stakes. More than a third of the continent’s 54 countries will conduct polls. (Photo: Sierra Leone 2015 Constituency 107 by-election). All elections are important, but in some [Read More]
John Baimba Sesay – CHINA Sierra Leone Telegraph: 29 January 2016 Imagine these figures. Trade between Africa and China is reported to have risen to $220 billion in 2014, which is believed to be about three times that of trade between Africa and the United States. This is indicative of China’s [Read More]
David E Kiwuwa The Sierra Leone Telegraph: 19 January 2016 The violent and chaotic events in Burundi have once again brought into sharp focus the perennial problem of leadership change in sub-Saharan Africa, says David Kiwuwa, writing in theconversation.com last May. In this article, David explains why it is not business as usual for [Read More]
Claudine Vidal Sierra Leone Telegraph: 19 January 2016 On 31 December 2015, in his greetings to the nation, Rwandan president Paul Kagame announced that he would run a third term. “You asked me to continue to lead this country after 2017. Given its importance to you, I can only accept.” [Read More]
Dr. Denis Sandy Sierra Leone Telegraph: 18 January 2016 In part one of this article published yesterday, I discussed Sierra Leone’s efforts in achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). And I concluded that Sierra Leone did not make any progress in meeting any of the eight former MDGs, that have [Read More]
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