Alpha Kargbo 21 April 2012 Born, bred and educated under the auspices of SLPP (Sierra Leone People’s Party), Usu Boie Kamara gained his civil service appointment in Sierra Leone as a mining engineer in 1972, and subsequently rose to the post of Director of Mines in 2008. He is now [Read More]
20 April 2012 Nigeria is one of Africa’s most significant oil producers, but with corruption and economic mismanagement, the perennial problem of fuel shortage and the increasing rising cost of petrol at the pump is adding pressure on the economy and sparking social instability. Reporting for Africa Renewal, Yemisi Akinbobola [Read More]
Abdul R Thomas 19 April 2012 Common sense tells us that when GDP growth forecast is based on a predicted rise in exports, such forecast can only be relied upon as long as production and market conditions continue to hold true. And one should rightly expect a responsible government to [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 18 April, 2012: Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa remains strong and is poised for lift-off after growing at 4.9 percent in 2011, just shy of the pre-crisis average of 5 percent. But the region remains vulnerable, with drought in the Sahel and high governments spending on fuel [Read More]
Yusuf Keketoma Sandi 18 April 2012 In a country where the recent 2012 US Embassy statement on ‘Sierra Leone Investment Climate’ estimates that over 72 percent of the country’s population live on less than $1 per day – and in extreme poverty, you can laugh your head off whenever you hear [Read More]
16 April 2012 In 2007 Ernest Bai Koroma – leader of the opposition APC party caught the imagination of the electorate with his ‘Agenda for Change’ election campaign and manifesto title, and went on to win the elections. What was remarkably significant and odd about the 2007 elections, was that [Read More]
John Pa Baimba Sesay 15 April 2012 As the November 17th presidential and Parliamentary elections draw closer, the President of the republic of Sierra Leone – Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma has said that; based on the performance of his government in the last five years, he is sure of not [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 12 April 2012: Yesterday, the International Monetary Fund issued a worrying statement on the state of the Sierra Leone economy, after meeting with president Koroma, the finance minister and the governor of the Central Bank. It could not have been a happy meeting of friends. The government of [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 11 April 2012: President Koroma’s government has run out of cash. Bills and salaries remain unpaid, as it tries to honour its higher than expected spending budget. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) told reporters today, that; “The authorities agreed with the mission on the need to enhance fiscal [Read More]
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