N. Sillah 8 February 2013 Very recently it has been made known to members of the public that there are plans afoot to convert the site of the Annie Walsh Memorial School on Kissy road, Freetown, into a market place. When I first heard this utterly ludicrous idea, I had [Read More]
8 February 2013 In 2015 the current global effort in achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) will come to an end. But the problems that the UN and countries such as Sierra Leone are trying to tackle, will sadly remain intractable. The expected reduction in the very high incidence of [Read More]
6 February 2013 According to APO, Microsoft Corporation has introduced the Microsoft 4Afrika Initiative. Through this new initiative, the company aims to actively engage in Africa’s economic development to improve its global competitiveness. By 2016, the Microsoft 4Afrika Initiative plans to help place tens of millions of smart devices in [Read More]
5 February 2013 The increasing systemic failure of the criminal justice establishment in Sierra Leone to protect against human rights abuses, epitomises the appalling level of lawlessness and break down of law and order in the country. Impunity and the abuse of human rights may not be officially sanctioned by [Read More]
3 February 2013 For many families in countries such as Sierra Leone, monies received from their loved ones overseas, provide the cushion that saves them from falling below the poverty-line. And as the global recession continues to affect employment opportunities overseas, the incomes of millions of African migrant workers continue [Read More]
1 February 2013 David Cameron, the UK prime minister and leader of the British Conservative and Liberal Democrats coalition, is on his maiden visit to West Africa, since elected to office in 2010. He is in Liberia, where he is chairing a UN High-Level Panel meeting on poverty. He will [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 1 February 2013: The World Bank has announced that Cameroon’s economy grew by 5% in 2012, after rising about 4 percent in 2011. Agriculture, construction, and the service industries are responsible for fuelling this growth, together with a significant rise in oil production. However, this economic growth has not improved [Read More]
31 January 2013 African leaders, led by Liberia’s president – Helen Sirleaf Johnson, are climbing a steep hill to raise much needed funds in order to tackle rising childhood mortality, especially caused by malaria and other deadly diseases. They are trying to raise over $3 billion. But that task has [Read More]
28 January 2013 The Chief Executive Officer of the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD) – Dr Ibrahim Mayaki, has presented the Agency’s Results-based Activity Report of July to December 2012, at the AU heads of state summit in Addis Ababa. He highlighted effort for sustaining the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture [Read More]
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