11 February 2013 Last autumn the Office of the Auditor General of Uganda exposed the misuse and embezzlement of international aid funds by corrupt officials in the Ugandan administration. It was announced that a massive 80 million Norwegian NOK had been misused, 23 million of which came from Norway. According [Read More]
10 February 2013 The Director of the Regional Integration, Infrastructure and Trade Division of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) – Stephen Karingi, has said that the future of African trade and infrastructure is looking bright. Speaking at the 8th Session of the Committee on Trade, Regional Cooperation [Read More]
John Baimba Sesay 10 February 2013 Outgoing Sierra Leone’s Ambassador to the People’s Republic of China, Abubakarr Multi-Kamara, today met and spoke to a gathering of Sierra Leonean students studying in China. He said that there are three politically significant values, which can be instilled in Sierra Leone’s educational system, [Read More]
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]
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