The Sierra Leone Telegraph: 21 October 2013 Barely a week has passed since we published “Don’t talk about my potholes stupid”, and no one expected the presidential axe to fall so quickly and so decisively. Latest news from State House is that president Koroma has sacked both his minister of [Read More]
The Sierra Leone Telegraph: 16 October 2013 As twenty-one countries qualified last night for next year’s World Cup football competition in Brazil, Sierra Leone’s national football team – Leone Stars is now facing the agony once again, of failing to make the mark. (Photo: Ghana celebrates last night’s 6-0 defeat [Read More]
The Sierra Leone Telegraph: 15 October 2013 The growing mountain of garbage welcoming tourists and visitors to Freetown at the Bai Bureh Road – Dockyard gateway junction is now a disgrace, after six years of rebranding by the government. Major roads in the capital Freetown, such as Fourah Bay Road [Read More]
Yusuf Keketoma Sandi (London) The Sierra Leone Telegraph: 14 October 2013 On his maiden trip to the United Kingdom, which can only be described as a diplomatic success, the chairman of the SLPP – Chief Kapen was at a well attended social event organised by the SLPP UK and Ireland [Read More]
The Sierra Leone Telegraph: 13 October 2013 This year’s Annual Meetings of the World Bank Group (WBG) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF), has ended today in Washington, D.C., with the economic performance of African countries once again topping the agenda. The Annual Meetings bring together central bankers, ministers of [Read More]
The Sierra Leone Telegraph: 12 October 2013 When an elected president of a democratic West African country begins to issue threats against those in society who are appointed to police the conscience of those in power, then serious questions must be asked about where the country is heading: A dictatorship? [Read More]
The Sierra Leone Telegraph: 10 October 2013 President Koroma is yet to prove that his government is fit to manage the affairs of the country, as the abuse of office by ministers and senior officials continues unabated. While the international community may now be scratching their heads, thinking about whether [Read More]
Mohamed Kunowah Kiellow The Sierra Leone Telegraph: 8 October 2013 In an article published in August 2010, I wrote that Ernest Bai Koroma “has the potential of becoming a ‘constitutional’ dictator”. In that article I defined a constitutional dictator as a person who cleverly uses constitutional and democratic means to [Read More]
Mohamed Kunowah Kiellow The Sierra Leone Telegraph: 4 October 2013 “Where is the money that is supposed to give us clean water gone to?” – asked the people of Lungi, after several years of living without clean, safe drinking water. Since my return to London from Freetown, I have posted [Read More]
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