Ian Hughes – British High Commissioner in Sierra Leone 31 October 2012 Campaigning has begun. Boisterous crowds chant and sing, wave placards and dance behind their candidates. Walls are plastered with posters. Newspapers admire this candidate, assail that one. TV and radio bustle with comment, criticism and analysis. When the [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 29 October 2012: When the Sierra Leone Political Parties Registration Commission (PPRC) saw it fit to put out a public statement, expressing concern “about an incident, which took place in Freetown on Friday 12th October 2012, involving the motorcade of His Excellency the President – Dr. Ernest [Read More]
Raymond Dele Awoonor-Gordon 25 October 2012 Of the many absurd steps taken to dress our political system in borrowed robes, purportedly on behalf of the teeming illiterate masses, possibly the most ridiculous or hilarious, is the idea of having two of our November elections’ gladiators to take part in what [Read More]
24 October 2012 The 8th African Development Forum opened in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, last Monday, with a call on African countries to harness their huge natural resources for the benefit of their growing populations, says APO. Addressing participants at the opening ceremony, the African Development Bank (AfDB) (http://www.afdb.org) Group Operations [Read More]
10 October 2012 Presidential and parliamentary nomination events organised by Sierra Leone’s National Electoral Commission at the country’s sports stadium in the capital Freetown, is fast becoming an opportunity for political parties to rally their supporters. But they are also reaching out to the undecided voters sitting on the fence, [Read More]
6 October, 2012 “With the ‘youthman dem’ and ‘De popay dem’ pulling together, she will surely make it to that better future she needs and deserves” – says the British High Commissioner to Sierra Leone, Ian Hughes. Writing in his usual Foreign Office blog, Ian is confident about the power [Read More]
Dennis Kabatto 5 October 2012 The high level panel discussion on the Rule of Law and Post 2015 Agenda held on Thursday, September 27, 2012 at the UN Secretariat was sponsored by the Republic of Senegal, Open Society Foundations and the Bingham Center for the Rule of Law. The [Read More]
Andrew Murphy 24 September 2012 Is it totally inconceivable that a single political party can so destructively subject its people to so much inhumane conditions for so long? In Sierra Leone today, everyone wonders why the country is in such appalling condition. Will the ruling APC ever learn good political [Read More]
Messeh Kamara 19 September, 2012 As a scholar of law and government, I am disturbed by President Koroma’s action to “subsidize the National Electoral Commission (NEC) nominations fees”. The President’s action is not good for our democracy. It undermines the sovereignty of parliament. His decision is not about the furtherance [Read More]
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