Dennis Kabatto The Sierra Leone Telegraph: 22 July 2013 There is an old saying: ‘The cream always rises to the top’. Barely a month after Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara honored him with the Commander of the National Order of Ivory Coast, Sierra Leone’s rising star – Dr. Kandeh Yumkella has [Read More]
The Sierra Leone Telegraph: 21 July 2013 Sierra Leone’s higher education sector is in crisis. Thousands of students are leaving university with qualifications that are unfit for purpose, and making little contribution to wealth creation. The country’s premier universities are almost bankrupt due to lack of funds. Yet institutions which [Read More]
Elias Bangura – Freetown The Sierra Leone Telegraph: 20 July 2013 Members of the Parliamentary Education Committee have on the 18th July, 2013, asked the Anti-Corruption Commission to investigate the use of the girl-child funds in Bonthe. They say that information received regarding the use of the funds is inadequate. [Read More]
Dennis Kabatto The Sierra Leone Telegraph: 19 July 2013 Evidence of the recent Transparency International (TI) Annual Global Corruption Report, which shows Sierra Leone is the most corrupt country is causing a stir. With 84 percent of people questioned say they had paid a bribe to access public services and [Read More]
The Sierra Leone Telegraph: 18 July 2013 The debate on corruption in Africa and the role it plays in undermining the economic and social development of countries such as Sierra Leone is intensifying. Africans must take full responsibility for their own destinies, by holding their leaders accountable and demand responsible [Read More]
The Sierra Leone Telegraph: 16 July 2013 Sierra Leone is the most corrupt country in the world, according to the latest report of Transparency International. The report says that over 80% of people questioned in Sierra Leone as part of their research on corruption in the country, admitted to have [Read More]
Raymond Dele Awoonor-Gordon The Sierra Leone Telegraph: 16 July 2013 At the top of Sierra Leone’s society, there is kleptomania as well as greed. And elsewhere – a sort of weary cynicism. Not only that, the effort to curb corruption by those in authority has turned out to be like [Read More]
The Sierra Leone Telegraph: 14 July 2013 Recent elections in Liberia and Sierra Leone may not have been perfect, but they provide a solid foundation upon which the democratic rights of the people of both countries can be built for the future, marking the return of a durable and sustainable [Read More]
Raymond Dele Awoonor-Gordon The Sierra Leone Telegraph: 13 July 2013 Let’s be blunt about it, the manner of our search for foreign succour is like a randy 70 year-old roaming all over town and inviting a nymphomaniac to be the live-in housemaid. The moment that happens, it’s obvious his death [Read More]
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