Raymond Dele Awoonor-Gordon 25 March 2012 An old African saying states that; ‘when a child trips, he looks ahead of him to see who is watching; but when an elder falls, he looks behind to see what caused his downfall.’ What has crystalised in recent months in Sierra Leone is [Read More]
Dr. Ngozi Achebe 24 March 2012 By the time the funeral cortege of General Emeka Odumegwu Ojukwu arrived in Eastern Nigeria – the home of the former secessionist enclave known as Biafra, he had already done the rounds of Nigeria. Ironically, Ojukwu was actually born in Zungeru, [Read More]
23 March 2012 The head of the United Nations Peace Building Mission to Sierra Leone – Mr. Michael Schulenburg, who was withdrawn from the country by his bosses in New York, because he was ‘deemed unfit for office’ and hence declared ‘persona non grata’ by president Koroma’s government, has spoken [Read More]
22 March 2012 When the United Nations lifted its decade long sanctions placed on the importation of arms and ammunition into Sierra Leone last year, many peace-loving Sierra Leoneans in the country and abroad, were horrified at the prospect of a proliferation of military grade arms and weapons, in a [Read More]
22 March 2012 Rwanda, like so many countries in Africa – such as Sierra Leone and Liberia are invariably making the fight against poverty a national priority. In Sierra Leone the obscene levels of poverty seen five years ago, remain entrenched. Over 65% of the population in Sierra Leone live in [Read More]
John Baimba Sesay: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 21 March 2012: The rebranding effort of the government needs the support of every Sierra Leonean. In our little ways we can contribute to the development of the country. I am a strong believer in the fact, that despite the challenges we are still faced [Read More]
20 March 2012 The Sierra Leone Chamber of Agribusiness Development (SLeCAD) in collaboration with IOM Netherlands, has concluded a three weeks training in Business Development, Communication Management and Web Management skills development for farming organizations in the Western Area. The training session was conducted by trainers from the Netherlands – [Read More]
Alpha Kawusu: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 20 March 2012: Over the years, Sierra Leone has experienced shortages mainly in electricity, drinking water, petrol, and certain basic food items. But what is different this time is that at least twice in the last six months, this trend has been extended to the [Read More]
Yusuf Keketoma Sandi 20 March 2012 As we draw closer to ‘Red letter day’ – 17th November, it has become more obvious that our elections will be fought out between two opposing sets of people. On the one side, there are those political opportunists – the vested interests and APC [Read More]
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