8 February 2012 A series of press statements issued by the opposition SLPP in the last few days, have provoked a bitter response from the ruling APC party and government, who are now threatening Court action against the SLPP. They are accusing the opposition SLPP of “seditious libel”. Yesterday’s heated [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 7 February 2012: The sixth Africa Economic Forum – ‘Shaping Africa’s Future’, organized by Global Pacific & Partners, will be held in Cape Town, South Africa, on the 5 – 7 March, 2012. Dr Duncan Clarke, Chairman & CEO of Global Pacific & Partners, says: “Our focus [Read More]
Sheku Lexmond Koroma Why has president Koroma failed to heed to the oath he took when the presidency was awarded to him in 2007? Since he came to power, his government has embarked on using brow-beating tactics and actions to scare the opposition and deny them justice, by continually twirling [Read More]
7 February 2012 In 2003 the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD), the continental development plan, initiated the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM). Since then 30 countries have joined the voluntary arrangement. How well has this process been working, and what lies ahead? A member of the APRM’s Panel of [Read More]
Yusuf Keketoma Sandi: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 6 February 2012: For the past three or more weeks, our political discourse has been overshadowed by one evil: political violence. Understandably, most well-meaning Sierra Leoneans have been appalled by the re-surfacing of the spate of political violence, as we continue to live with [Read More]
Dennis Kabatto 4 February 2012 A spokesperson for the UN Secretary-General, announced in a statement released Thursday, that Mr. Michael von der Schulenburg – the Executive Representative of the UN Secretary-General and head of its mission in Sierra Leone, will depart Freetown for New York on Monday, February 6, 2012. Though, Mr. [Read More]
Mohamed Kutubu Koroma 3 February 2012 As the people of Sierra Leone brace themselves for a presidential and general elections taking place in November, 2012, questions have been raised as to whether the polls will be free, fair, transparent and non-violent. Recent political violence does not inspire much confidence. But [Read More]
Raymond Dele Awoonor-Gordon 2 January 2012 Every Sunday a pastor asks his members to pick a chorus. A rich member of the congregation was always the first to respond every time, with: “It shall be permanent; it shall be permanent, what the Lord has done for me, it shall be [Read More]
1 February 2012 “Time is short. And various options come to mind. One such option is to demand that the Police, including its paramilitary wing, do not carry live arms both in the run-up to and during the elections. Another option is to demand that they reform and correct themselves [Read More]
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