Alhaji Kallon The Sierra Leone Telegraph: 19 February 2014 Since the APC government led by President Koroma came to power in September 2007, the Ministry of Energy and Water Resources has seen three or four Ministers and deputies come and go. All of the appointees, with the exception of Minister [Read More]
The Sierra Leone Telegraph: 8 February 2014 The global debate on the circumcision of women – dubbed by those calling for the banning of the practice as ‘female genitalia mutilation’ took centre stage once again this week, as the UN celebrates its ‘International Day of Zero Tolerance of FGM’. In [Read More]
The Sierra Leone Telegraph: 26 January 2014 The former presidential election candidate of Sierra Leone’s main opposition party – the Sierra Leone Peoples’ Party (SLPP) – Julius Maada Bio (Photo), has today made a scathing attack on president Koroma’s record in office. Analysts say that this is the most powerful [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 19 January 2014: “God has been very good to me. Last year I experienced a lot of illness; my blood pressure nearly gave me a stroke, but I trod on; waking up at 2am and heading to work – exhausted sometimes, aching in my body and soul, [Read More]
Raymond Dele Awoonor-Gordon The Sierra Leone Telegraph: 3 January 2014 As I was saying in my response to President Koroma’s puzzle about our national existence and the scars of our society, probably what best sums up our beloved country right now, is what the playwright, Ola Rotimi said in his [Read More]
The Sierra Leone Telegraph: 24 December 2013 I am writing concerning the situation in South Sudan. Like you, we have been following the country’s descent into civil conflict with growing dismay and concern. Crisis Group has been greatly encouraged by the calls you have been making for a decisive international [Read More]
The Sierra Leone Telegraph: 24 December 2013 Dr. Kandeh Kolleh Yumkella – a man strongly tipped for political leadership in Sierra Leone, delivered a sobering and soul searching speech on the 22nd December 2013, at the Freetown Dinner Club’s end of year celebrations, which took place in the hall of [Read More]
Elias Bangura The Sierra Leone Telegraph: 23 December 2013 The Opposition Sierra Leone People Party’s minority leader in Parliament should be kicked out of her position – with jackboots, if possible, even though the courts have issued an injunction making that unlikely. Dr. Bernadette Lahai is good wine gone sour, [Read More]
The Sierra Leone Telegraph: 6 December 2013 Leaders of Africa are meeting in Paris, amid global outpouring of grief and sadness over the passing of Nelson Mandela. They are looking for solutions – including military, to ending the civil conflict that is now raging in the Central African Republic (CAR). [Read More]
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