Editorial

Raymond Dele Awoonor-Gordon 15 January 2012 Someone once said that; “when you fight corruption, corruption will fight you back”. And that’s what came to mind when I heard about and read the report that a key actor in the Timbergate blockbuster has secured the services of ‘one of the best lawyers [Read More]

Abdul R Thomas – Editor, The Sierra Leone Telegraph   On Tuesday, 11 January 2011, Parliament granted the request of the Minister of Finance to withdraw over Le547 Billion from the country’s Consolidated Fund. According to the Minister, this withdrawal was needed, “for the purpose of meeting expenditure, necessary to carry [Read More]

Abdul R Thomas Editor – The Sierra Leone Telegraph The furore and strong condemnation of the government’s role in the Timbergate corruption scandal, involving the country’s vice president – Sam Sumana, exposed by the Aljazeera TV documentary, was almost drowned out by an equally controversial statement, made to parliament by [Read More]

John Baimba Sesay – Beijing, China 7 January 2012 Ronald Reagan was the 40th President of the United States (1981–1989). He has always been remembered as the great communicator, as a result of his simple ability to speak to the hearts of Americans and connect with the people. The oratory [Read More]

Alpha Kawusu 6 January 2012 Many political pundits believe that a swift consolidation of democratic institutions naturally follows the establishment of a democratic regime. While this may be the case in many political formations, the Sierra Leonean experience has been different as an antiquated administrative and bureaucratic culture has failed [Read More]

Theophilus Sahr Gbenda 6 January 2012 The Regional Chairman -North, of the Sierra Leone Association of Journalists (SLAJ), Stanley Bangura, who now officially doubles as Media Consultant for Addax Bioenergy Limited, has threatened to warrant a libel suit in respect of an article published under the byline above, in which [Read More]

Yusuf Keketoma Sandi 2 January 2012 2011 was a remarkable year, as the ‘Political Hurricane Eviction’ hits ruling parties around the world. Whether in Sao Tome and Principe – August 2011, Cape Verde – August 2011, Zambia – September 2011, Spain – November 2011, and now finally Jamaica – December [Read More]

13 December 2011 Sierra Leone’s general and presidential elections will take place in November next year, and already both the two main parties – APC and SLPP, are raising the stakes to a level not previously witnessed in the country’s most recent electoral history. The unprecedented early pre-election campaigning has [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 12 December 2011 The Timbergate dust is yet to settle, after the political fracas caused by a TV documentary, exposing the country’s vice president colluding to defraud the state. Two of the culprits in the corruption scandal, acting as agents for the vice president have evaded justice, with [Read More]