22 January 2013 Sierra Leone’s main opposition party – the Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP) is tearing itself apart. The National Secretary-General – Sulaiman Banja Tejan-Sie is accusing the Chairman – John Oponjo Benjamin of telling “half truth, aimed at misleading members and supporters of the SLPP, as well as [Read More]
21 January 2013 The crisis in Mali is deepening and getting ugly. French troops and the army of neighbouring countries are tightening the noose around the Al-Qaeda sponsored rebel militia in the north of the country. Hundreds of thousands of civilians are said to be trapped in communities controlled by the rebels. [Read More]
21 January 2013 Africa may have weathered the global economic storm fairly well in 2012, but the prognosis is uncertain, as the chilly wind of global industrial stagnation and a slowing down of the Chinese economy continues to bite. Economic growth in Africa has been largely fuelled by large-scale infrastructural [Read More]
19 January 2013 The increasing threat of mutiny in the opposition SLPP, which could – if allowed to continue, destroy the party, appears to have been nipped in the bud by the elected party chairman and leader – John Oponjo Benjamin. He has read out the Riot Act to sections [Read More]
15 January 2013 Corruption in Africa has been identified as the number one killer of the continent’s economic development and human progress. Although several policy interventions, legislative instruments and institutional change programmes are being implemented by various governments, there is very little hope that change is going to come soon. [Read More]
John Pa Baimba Sesay 12 January 2013 The Agenda for Prosperity is explicit in terms of government’s readiness to deepen democratic rights and the rule of law. Generally, prosperity and stability can be a far cry, in any country that is neither democratic nor peaceful. Prior to 2007, Sierra Leone [Read More]
6 January 2013 The elections in Sierra Leone are long gone, as the vast majority of people in the country get on with the arduous task of putting food on the table. There are few signs around now, of elections having taken place – just two months ago, which saw [Read More]
30 December 2012 If the latest press statement from State House Communications Unit released today is anything to go by, then the people of Freetown and tourists alike are in for a New Year’s treat. The president, for the first time, and after five years in office is about to take [Read More]
27 December 2012 The UN Security Council’s approval of international armed intervention in Mali last week, risks worsening the human rights and humanitarian crisis in the north, Amnesty International said today. According to APO, the Council voted unanimously to approve an African-led force to “use all necessary measures” at its [Read More]
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