Dele Awoonor-Gordon

Sierra Leone: Hiring hyenas to protect our goats

Raymond Dele Awoonor-Gordon The Sierra Leone Telegraph: 8 September 2013 Thousands of people in one of Africa’s poorest countries are going hungry today, because of a biofuel “land grab” deal. ActionAid accuses the Swiss company Addax Bioenergy of threatening livelihoods in rural communities in Sierra Leone, where it runs an [Read More]

Education and Health

Childhood diseases – a major threat in Sub-Saharan Africa

The Sierra Leone Telegraph: 7 September 2013 Children in sub-Saharan Africa are now less likely to die from diarrhea and pneumonia. But these illnesses are still the most common causes of childhood death and sickness in most African countries, according to a new report published this week by the World [Read More]

In Focus

Momentum in post-conflict peacebuilding in Africa

Kingsley Ighobor The Sierra Leone Telegraph: 7 September 2013 Overall, in Africa, post-conflict countries are trying hard to deliver peace dividends – jobs, peace, freedom, democracy and rule of law. The transition from peacekeeping to peacebuilding is not easy but the continent is making great strides regarding the economy, improving [Read More]

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Editorial

Is the Sierra Leone Embassy in China a criminal syndicate? – A rejoinder

John Baimba Sesay – China The Sierra Leone Telegraph: 5 September 2013 I read with great interest an article written by one ‘Sorie Bobson Evans’, touching on the Sierra Leone Embassy in the People’s Republic of China, now parading SLPP cyber discussion groups. (Photo: Ambassador Foh). Firstly; an attack on [Read More]

Economy & Business

Sierra Leone’s mining revenue policy in focus

Teddy Foday-Musa: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 2 September 2013: Reports of the suspension of Sierra Leone by the Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative (EITI) Board, was greeted with disappointment and dissatisfaction by the people of Sierra Leone as well as the Government. The decision was made, “following the submission of Sierra Leone’s [Read More]

Dele Awoonor-Gordon

Sierra Leone: Getting our priorities right

Raymond Dele Awoonor-Gordon The Sierra Leone Telegraph: 1 September 2013 Faced with the stark choice of the interests of the nation and the preservation of party political advantage, every government with an eye on the electoral annihilation of its opponents, often think politics first, with absolutely no thought for the [Read More]