Education and Health

Universal health coverage is not an option – but a reality

The Sierra Leone Telegraph: 3 July 2013 “Poverty still remains a major barrier to healthcare access in Africa”, says Dr. Agnes Soucat, the Director of the Human Development Department of the African Development Bank (AfDB). This statement set the tone for the Africa-Asia dialogue on achieving Universal Health Coverage in [Read More]

Dele Awoonor-Gordon

An uncomfortable truth

Raymond Dele Awoonor-Gordon The Sierra Leone Telegraph: 3 July 2013 I am positive that the government and the Anti-Corruption Commission, with an eye to audience-applause, would expect us to give a standing ovation to the theatrics of its fight against corruption, following the well-publicised reports of the recent spate of [Read More]

News in Perspective

“Visit to China was a success” – says President Ernest Koroma

The Sierra Leone Telegraph: 3 July 2013 President Koroma’s week-long visit to China has been controversial. And as he returns to Freetown to face the enormity of governing a country with a population of 5 million – over 70% of whom are living well below the poverty line, converting those [Read More]

Editorial

President Koroma in China – president Obama says: “Be wary of foreign powers”

The Sierra Leone Telegraph: 2 July 2013 On the very week that president Obama landed in Africa, president Koroma decided he would visit his Chinese friends.  There is nothing more bizarre than to see a president regarded as one of the best leaders in Africa by president Obama himself just [Read More]