Mohamed Kutubu Koroma 3 February 2012 As the people of Sierra Leone brace themselves for a presidential and general elections taking place in November, 2012, questions have been raised as to whether the polls will be free, fair, transparent and non-violent. Recent political violence does not inspire much confidence. But [Read More]
Raymond Dele Awoonor-Gordon 2 January 2012 Every Sunday a pastor asks his members to pick a chorus. A rich member of the congregation was always the first to respond every time, with: “It shall be permanent; it shall be permanent, what the Lord has done for me, it shall be [Read More]
1 February 2012 “Time is short. And various options come to mind. One such option is to demand that the Police, including its paramilitary wing, do not carry live arms both in the run-up to and during the elections. Another option is to demand that they reform and correct themselves [Read More]
Abdul R Thomas – Editor, The Sierra Leone Telegraph 31 January 2012 As the people of Sierra Leone prepare to go to the polls in November, the debate as to whether president Koroma has done enough in tackling the country’s economic woes to deserve a second term in office is [Read More]
Austin Thomas 29 January 2012 “Ordinary people believe only in the possible. Extraordinary people visualize not what is possible or probable, but rather what is impossible. And by visualizing the impossible, they begin to see it as possible.”- Cherie Carter-Scott. Time and time again, when we look at history critically, [Read More]
Mohamed Kutubu Koroma 25 January 2012 Today, the civilized world unfortunately has to contend with merchants of hate and parasites of passion, motivated by the twin axis of terrorism and territorial expansionist designs, such as Guinea’s illegal occupation of what is clearly a sovereign property of Sierra Leone – Yenga. [Read More]
24 January 2012 Success in tackling poverty in Africa and driving forwards the wheels of wealth creation will come from innovation and mass utilization of new technology platforms, especially mobile telephony. Already, the impact of mobile telephone technology in Africa is immense – especially as regards people to people connectivity. [Read More]
Raymond Dele Awoonor-Gordon 22 January 2012 The central fact of our lives today in Sierra Leone is the absolute conviction that we are a society of hypocrites, who run through the hurricane and believe that we cannot get wet. It is the epitome of our selfish social and political mindset. [Read More]
Mohamed Kutubu Koroma 21 January 2012 Unlike Ghana and Nigeria, where the bulk of their Foreign Service personnel are professional diplomats, Sierra Leone on the contrary has what can be described as a ‘cross cultural service’, driven by a political agenda where appointments are made based on nepotism and political [Read More]
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