Dr. Sama Banya – Puawui The Sierra Leone Telegraph: 8 April 2014 One of my favourite quotable quotes, is the one about when something has to be done by everybody, and everybody thinks that somebody will do it. And in the end, it isn’t done, because nobody has done it. [Read More]
The Sierra Leone Telegraph: 8 April 2014 APO (African Press Organization) the sole press release wire in Africa and global leader in media relations related to Africa, announced yesterday that it has become an authorized agency client in Africa for NASDAQ OMX’s GlobeNewswire. GlobeNewswire is one of the world’s largest [Read More]
The Sierra Leone Telegraph: 8 April 2014 Guinea-Bissau’s elections are an important first step, but to address its economic and political fragility, the country needs strong international help, as well as political and military will for reform. In its latest briefing, ‘Guinea-Bissau: Elections, But Then What?’, the International Crisis Group [Read More]
The Sierra Leone Telegraph: 8 April 2014 Sierra Leone may have one of the lowest GDP per capita in the continent, yet it is governed by an unwieldy, largely self-serving and dysfunctional structure – made up of 28 ministries, along with a plethora of departments and agencies. After a decade [Read More]
The Sierra Leone Telegraph: 6 April 2014 When a deadly outbreak of cholera took place in both Guinea and Sierra Leone two years ago, scores of people died. In Sierra Leone, the government was heavily criticised for lack of preparedness and poor leadership. Health care systems were unable to respond [Read More]
The Sierra Leone Telegraph: 6 April 2014 Where better for president Koroma to last week meet and address Sierra Leoneans living in Belgium, than the ‘one and only’ diamond City of Antwerp? Antwerp is the home of, and shop window into Sierra Leone’s best and most valuable natural resource – [Read More]
The Sierra Leone Telegraph: 5 April 2014 When the political crisis – now fuelled by religious hatred erupted in the Central African Republic late last year, few anticipated the levels of atrocities and brutality now being inflicted on innocent citizens – all in the name of religion. Christian militias are [Read More]
Sama Banya – Puawui The Sierra Leone Telegraph: 5 April 2014 I like the following story, which makes me chuckle every time I recall it. It was at the vigil or ‘wake’, held in memory of a deceased member of society. (Photo: Kabbah and Sama Banya). His widow, who was [Read More]
The Sierra Leone Telegraph: 3 April 2014 In an environment of poverty, injustice and lack of political will for reform, Boko Haram’s growing strength and dissemination is increasingly putting local and regional stability at risk. In its latest report, ‘Curbing Violence in Nigeria (II): The Boko Haram Insurgency’, the International [Read More]
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