13 November 2012 Presidential and general elections are just four days away and the government of president Koroma has issued a press statement, aimed at convincing the people of Sierra Leone that its five years in office have been exemplary. But will the voters be convinced? The statement from the [Read More]
By a Concerned Citizen Sierra Leone Telegraph: 13 November 2012 President Ernest Bai Koroma, the Universal Declaration on Human Rights, clearly states that it seeks to strengthen the conventions on the elimination of all forms of discrimination against women, as well as protecting the rights of the child. These conventions [Read More]
11 November 2012 ECOWAS has called on Member States and other stakeholders to evolve a comprehensive and concerted Action Plan that will advance the development of infrastructure programme and projects in the West African region. Speaking at the opening of a two-day Regional Experts Meeting in Yamoussoukro, Cote d’Ivoire, on [Read More]
Dr. Sama Banya 9 November 2012 For reasons of holding on to power, it would appear that the Koroma government and its co-conspirators have so quickly forgotten what the poor people of this country went through, during those eleven long brutal years. And it all came about, because of the [Read More]
Dr. Sama Banya 7 November 2012 Puawui had said it. Now the Carter Centre echoes it. I have on several occasions in this column expressed concern and repeatedly called attention to the vexed and critical question of the unclaimed voter registration cards, that are in the possession of the National [Read More]
6 November 2012 Former Nigerian president – Army General Olusegun Obasanjo, is said to have struck highly lucrative oil exploration deal with president Koroma of Sierra Leone, which analysts believe could be worth billions of dollars. Sierra Leone’s offshore oil production potential has been sold off by president Koroma’s government [Read More]
Raymond Dele Awoonor-Gordon 5 November 2012 I am aware that in our part of the world, when the season of politics is in full flow, truth not only becomes a scapegoat, it is often made to beat a hasty retreat. However, election is about the future – not the past, or [Read More]
5 November 2012 The seventh African Economic Conference ended on the 2nd November, 2012 in Kigali, Rwanda, after prominent speakers including economic policy experts called for a change in the shape and direction of economic development policies in Africa. According to APO, participants at the closing session of the [Read More]
3 November 2012 Many a time it has been argued that Mendes do not like to venture out and work in many areas in the Northern Province of the country. What most of those who make such assertions fail to research is: why is it that Mendes do not feel [Read More]
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