The Sierra Leone Telegraph: 19 May 2013 Sierra Leone has one of the worst crime figures in West Africa. A survey conducted last year found that the majority of people in the country do not trust the police force. Over 70% of people also said that the police force is [Read More]
Elias Bangura The Sierra Leone Telegraph: 18 May 2013 On 24 May last year, I went to Kailahun with the Peace Project to donate crutches to the disabled. And whilst I was there, the blind also requested we help them with walking canes. We promised to be back with the [Read More]
Raymond Dele Awoonor-Gordon The Sierra Leone Telegraph: 17 May 2013 Actions it is said have consequences. Plans have implications. Sadly, policy paralysis is leaving many ordinary Sierra Leoneans in the cauldron of agony, as hunger, poverty and economic hardship, caused by the lack of an appropriate and relevant structural transformation [Read More]
The Sierra Leone Telegraph: 15 May 2013 A new report on Africa’s economic competitiveness published last week, says that the strides made by African economies in achieving economic growth, must be accompanied by efforts to boost long-term competitiveness, if the continent is to ensure sustainable improvements in living standards. The Africa [Read More]
The Sierra Leone Telegraph: 15 May 2013: When a king decides to disrobe the king-maker, there are bound to be alarm bells ringing as rumours of treachery and betrayal make their rounds. But, was the unceremonious disrobing of the king-maker a mere act of showing who is in charge of [Read More]
The Sierra Leone Telegraph: 12 May 2013 Sierra Leone’s economy is classed amongst a group of ten African economies, whose annual growth rates have far exceeded the continent’s average of 4%. This is largely the result of recent increase in Foreign Direct investments (FDI) and export revenue. However, there are [Read More]
The Sierra Leone Telegraph: 7 May 2013 African countries are gradually coming to the realization that they cannot continue to marginalize and ignore the economic potential of two-thirds of their population – women. Although the reality for most of Africa is that women have for centuries acted as the invisible [Read More]
The Sierra Leone Telegraph: 6 May 2013 The pervasive fear of violence and intimidation in Zimbabwe’s 2013 elections contradicts political leaders’ rhetorical commitments to peace, and raises concerns that the country may not be ready to go to the polls. Zimbabwe: Election Scenarios, the latest briefing from the International Crisis [Read More]
The Sierra Leone Telegraph: 6 May 2013 There is something disturbing about the way the Koroma led APC government of Sierra Leone makes decisions about spending. And the impact of that decision making process on the country’s parliamentary democracy and the fight against corruption is enormous. When a finance minister [Read More]
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