Austin Thomas 11 February 2012 Sierra Leone’s economic tragedy is not that we are poor; the tragedy is that we lack a ruling class that is committed to overcoming our state of poverty. Real politics here has little to do with social and economic reconstruction. The observation of the assassinated [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 9 February 2012: With African leaders now calling for a continental free trade area by 2017 to boost trade within the continent, a new World Bank report shows how African countries are losing out on billions of dollars in potential trade earnings every year. This is because [Read More]
Dr. Lansana Gberie 8 February 2012 The announcement that Michael von der Schulenburg, the charismatic Executive Representative of the UN Secretary General and head of the UNIPSIL, has been withdrawn from Sierra Leone did not come as much of a surprise to anyone who has been following the vicious attacks [Read More]
8 February 2012 A series of press statements issued by the opposition SLPP in the last few days, have provoked a bitter response from the ruling APC party and government, who are now threatening Court action against the SLPP. They are accusing the opposition SLPP of “seditious libel”. Yesterday’s heated [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 7 February 2012: The sixth Africa Economic Forum – ‘Shaping Africa’s Future’, organized by Global Pacific & Partners, will be held in Cape Town, South Africa, on the 5 – 7 March, 2012. Dr Duncan Clarke, Chairman & CEO of Global Pacific & Partners, says: “Our focus [Read More]
Sheku Lexmond Koroma Why has president Koroma failed to heed to the oath he took when the presidency was awarded to him in 2007? Since he came to power, his government has embarked on using brow-beating tactics and actions to scare the opposition and deny them justice, by continually twirling [Read More]
7 February 2012 In 2003 the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD), the continental development plan, initiated the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM). Since then 30 countries have joined the voluntary arrangement. How well has this process been working, and what lies ahead? A member of the APRM’s Panel of [Read More]
Yusuf Keketoma Sandi: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 6 February 2012: For the past three or more weeks, our political discourse has been overshadowed by one evil: political violence. Understandably, most well-meaning Sierra Leoneans have been appalled by the re-surfacing of the spate of political violence, as we continue to live with [Read More]
Dennis Kabatto 4 February 2012 A spokesperson for the UN Secretary-General, announced in a statement released Thursday, that Mr. Michael von der Schulenburg – the Executive Representative of the UN Secretary-General and head of its mission in Sierra Leone, will depart Freetown for New York on Monday, February 6, 2012. Though, Mr. [Read More]
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