Dr. Sama Banya – Puawui 2 August 2012 Even the APC propaganda mouth-piece – For-Di-People newspaper has called it a bombshell and that’s what it is. The National Electoral Commission (NEC) has announced a series of candidature fees for the forthcoming Presidential and Parliamentary elections. The figures for Members of [Read More]
2 August 2012 As Sierra Leone’s parliament passed a new law yesterday – ‘The Arms and Ammunitions Bill of 2012’, approving the ownership and carrying of firearms by civilians, questions are being asked about the rationale and motive for such a retrograde decision. In most countries where the ownership and [Read More]
Raymond Dele Awoonor-Gordon 1 August 2012 One truth we need to face is that we truly need a bipartisan, mature, political consensus on the direction that the nation must take. If we are sincere, how can we carry out major reforms that will lift our nation out of the [Read More]
Mohamed C. Bah – NDA Presidential aspirant 31 July 2012 I will continue to be an advocate for a better Sierra Leone, where everyone enjoys the wealth of our nation. I will continue to introduce the psychological and hidden problems – the one we never discuss openly – about the [Read More]
31 July 2012 Sierra Leone’s National Electoral Commissioner – Christiana Thorpe is never too far away from controversy. If she is not being accused of rigging votes in favour of the ruling APC party as she was in 2007, she will be accused of administrative manipulation of the voter registration [Read More]
Sierra leone Telegraph: 30 July 2012: After almost five years in office, pondering how best to retrieve Yenga – a Sierra Leonean territory, annexed by a territorial hungry Guinean authorities, president Koroma seems to have given up all hope. He is now caught in a diplomatic muddle. He has signed [Read More]
Dr. Sama Banya – Puawui 30 July 2012 Thanks to the unique efforts of President Ernest Bai Koroma, the Guinean and Sierra Leonean governments have agreed to demilitarize Yenga, and to withdraw all military presence from the area. Last Friday, a joint communiqué was signed by our own Foreign minister [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 28 July 2012 A report has chastised multinational corporations for the illicit transfer of most of the $ 1.5 trillion they make in Africa each year, back to the developed countries, draining hard currency reserves from the continent. This according to the African Press Organization (APO) is [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 27 July 2012 In the wake of allegations and counter-allegations of corruption involving the vice president of Sierra Leone, a renewed focus is being turned on to the manner with which the government has been entering into agreement, with foreign companies to exploit the country’s mineral resources. [Read More]
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