John Baimba Sesay – China 18 July 2012 Sierra Leone’s Foreign and Finance Ministers have arrived in Beijing, the Peoples Republic of China, along with senior officials to attend the 5th Ministerial Conference on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC). Both Ministers – Joseph Bandabla Dauda, Foreign Affairs, and Dr. Samura Kamara, Finance [Read More]
Dr. Sama Banya (Puawui): Sierra Leone Telegraph: 17 July 2012: For the last two years or a little longer, the boast of the ruling APC propagandists has been that President Ernest Bai Koroma will defeat the opposition SLPP party’s candidate – Retired Brigadier Julius Maada Bio by a landslide victory [Read More]
Dennis Kabatto 12 July 2012 Many Anti-Corruption Commissions have been “set up to fail, however they could succeed if they were given the right mandate and the right powers. In many cases those elements were lacking,” said former Anti-Corruption Commissioner of Sierra Leone – Mr. Abdul Tejan-Cole. Tejan Cole addressed [Read More]
10 July 2012 Unconfirmed report says that auditors of the African Development Bank (ADB), which has loaned the government of president Koroma hundreds of millions of dollars for infrastructural development, have uncovered huge discrepancies in the accounts. It is understood that millions of dollars earmarked for capital projects, such as [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 6 July 2012 The mother of the president of Sierra Leone – Mrs. Alice Koroma, sadly passed away last night, in her northern home town of Makeni. She was 80 years old and there have been no reports of any long illness. But there are unconfirmed reports that [Read More]
Abdul M Fatoma 5 July 2012 The culture of Political violence is not new to Sierra Leoneans. The country’s historical narrative – before and after 1977, and to date is characterised by politically motivated incidents of violence, torture, intimidation and false imprisonment. This culture of political violence is a gangrene [Read More]
Dr. Sama Banya – Puawui 5 July 2012 Wow! Danger ahead! Did you hear the alarming news on the BBC yesterday morning? A ship carrying Sierra Leone’s national flag was seized in Lebanon carrying arms, which the authorities believe were meant for war torn Syria. Obviously it is one of [Read More]
3 July 2012 When the World Bank and the European Union, just weeks ago, gave funding to the government of Sierra Leone, amounting to $23 million to help boost the country’s public sector, there was overwhelming suspicion that the money will only end up in the pockets of a few [Read More]
2 July 2012 Africa has made significant progress in poverty reduction, primary education, women’s empowerment and in its fight against HIV/AIDS. This is the conclusion of a new report to be released on 15 July, 2012, by the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), the African Union, African Development [Read More]
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