28 December 2012 Amid raving economic forecasts that Africa will be the next big emerging market, chronic food shortages remain stubbornly immune to solutions. The African Union is aware of this weak link and is working to convince its members to boost investments in agriculture. It’s a tall order. But [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]
27 December 2012 More than 60% of the population in West Africa is made up of young people aged 16-35, whose governments are fast losing hope of providing meaningful daily existence and hope of a better future. Poverty, illiteracy and lack of job opportunities are blighting the lives of hundreds [Read More]
Dennis Kabatto 24 December 2012 A new report by Amnesty International has warned of an increasing risk of Sierra Leone becoming a safe haven for suspected war criminals escaping prosecution, for some of the most serious offences known to humanity. The report warns that unless legal loopholes in the laws [Read More]
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]
Dr. Sama Banya 20 December 2012 I believe that President Ernest Bai Koroma is beginning to see the light. The indications are that this time round he is anxious to separate the grain from the chaff. How many of those pretenders who crossed over to him from the opposition, and [Read More]
John Pa Baimba Sesay: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 20 December 2012: On the 14th December 2012, President Ernest Koroma delivered a statement at the House of Parliament, on the occasion of the state opening of the first session of the fourth parliament of the second republic of Sierra Leone. Delivering a [Read More]
Dr. Sama Banya 16 December 2012 Whoever advised that we should look right, look left , look right again and then cross the road, must have written that advice about road safety before the birth of my grandfather Kailondo. As a matter of reality, there were no automobiles in Kailondo’s [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]
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