Political Interference Threatens to Undermine Anti-Corruption Efforts in Sierra Leone

Ahmed M Kamara 02:44 pm | The criminal justice approach in combating corruption in Sierra Leone is at serious risk of failing to dismantle the economic, cultural and political forces driving a corruption zeal across the nation. Corruption is...

March 13 2010 / Your comments / Read More »
More Than 50 People Killed in Somalia Fighting

Abdulaziz Billow Ali 03:07 pm | Heavy fighting continued to rock Somalia capital of Mogadishu for the third day running, the fighting is between the Somalia insurgent group of Al-Shabab and the transitional federal government troops allied to sheikh...

March 12 2010 / 1 comment / Read More »
Didier Drogba is African Footballer of the Year

Newstime Africa 11:13 am | The Chelsea football club striker, Didier Drogba, who is also Captain of the Ivory Coast National football team has been named African Footballer of the Year. Drogba, who has been having a successful...

March 12 2010 / Your comments / Read More »
British MP Accuses Government Ministers in Sierra Leone of Misappropriating DFID Funds Meant For Aid

Ahmed M Kamara 02:18 pm | The Public Accounts Commission chairman of the British House of Commons, the Rt. Hon. Edward Leigh said he would relay the concerns of former British Foreign Minister Denis MacShane who claims that British...

March 11 2010 / 1 comment / Read More »
Anti-Corruption Commissioner Becomes Politicised as he Embarks on a Radical Witch-hunt in Sierra Leone

Ahmed M Kamara 02:09 am | It has come to the knowledge of this press that the Anti-Corruption commissioner himself may have become corrupt. Some of the allegations levied against Abdul Tejan Cole range from abuse of power to...

March 11 2010 / Your comments / Read More »
Blatant Corruption As Law Enforcement Chief is accused of  Extortion in Sierra Leone

Ahmed M Kamara 01:32 pm | The man presiding over the implementation of law and order in Sierra Leone is an unusually crafty politician, who for many years, long before entering politics, have been renowned to be corrupt and...

March 10 2010 / Your comments / Read More »
Nigerians Demand To See Their Sick President

Newstime Africa 11:30 am | In Nigeria’s capital, Abuja, thousands of people gathered for a march to the state office of the presidency to demand the appearance of their leader Musa Umaru Yar’Adua who has not been seen...

March 10 2010 / Your comments / Read More »
IGAD Calls for Peace in Sudan During Elections

Paul Mwaura 03:46 pm | IGAD’s  14th Extra Ordinary Summit Meeting held in Nairobi today  has resolved to ensure democracy prevails In Sudan ‘s elections and referendum scheduled to take place In April and January 2011 respectively. During...

March 9 2010 / Your comments / Read More »
Guinea to Elect a New President on June 27

Newstime Africa 12:59 pm | Members of the government in the West African State of Guinea have announced that the country will hold a presidential election on June 27. It will be the first since a military coup that...

March 9 2010 / Your comments / Read More »
Political Blow for Mugabe As Opposition Speaker’s Election is Upheld by Courts

Newstime Africa 12:42 pm | The High Court of Zimbabwe has refused to overturn the election of the first opposition Speaker of Parliament since the country’s independence. The decision comes after a challenge by a member of parliament from...

March 9 2010 / Your comments / Read More »
Headline News

Malawi’s President Secretly Buys a Private Jet »

Malawi’s President Secretly Buys a Private JetNewstime Africa 11:40 am | Members of the opposition United Democratic Front (UDF) party in Malawi  are furious. They are accusing President Bingu Wa Mutharika’s  government of acting  irresponsibly when it secretly purchased...

March 13 2010 / Your comments / Read More »

Presidential Embarrassment as Sierra Leone Diplomat Goes Berserk »

Presidential Embarrassment as Sierra Leone Diplomat Goes BerserkAhmed M Kamara 02:30 am | President Koroma and his rebranding diplomat How many times must the president of Sierra Leone face media embarrassment because of the lunacy of some of those he appoints as...

March 13 2010 / Your comments / Read More »

Estimated One Million Kenyans Suffering From Kidney Ailment »

Estimated One Million Kenyans Suffering From Kidney AilmentPaul Mwaura 02:29 pm | Nairobi,Kenya 12th March 2010 … Kenyan government  has  released  Kidney ailment statistics in the country which  indicated that an estimated one million people suffer from kidney ailments, 600,000...

March 12 2010 / Your comments / Read More »

Japan Gives Kenya Yen 34.5 Billion Grant »

Japan Gives Kenya Yen 34.5 Billion GrantPaul Mwaura 11:38 am | Japan has extended Sh288 million grant assistance to underprivileged farmers in Kenya in  support of government’s initiatives to increase food security through procurement of essential inputs including fertilizer,...

March 12 2010 / Your comments / Read More »
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Political Interference Threatens to Undermine Anti-Corruption Efforts in Sierra Leone »

Political Interference Threatens to Undermine Anti-Corruption Efforts in Sierra Leone

Ahmed M Kamara 02:44 pm | The criminal justice approach in combating corruption in Sierra Leone is at serious risk of failing to...

March 13 2010 / Your comments / Read More »

More Than 50 People Killed in Somalia Fighting »

More Than 50 People Killed in Somalia Fighting

Abdulaziz Billow Ali 03:07 pm | Heavy fighting continued to rock Somalia capital of Mogadishu for the third day running, the fighting is...

March 12 2010 / 1 comment / Read More »

Didier Drogba is African Footballer of the Year »

Didier Drogba is African Footballer of the Year

Newstime Africa 11:13 am | The Chelsea football club striker, Didier Drogba, who is also Captain of the Ivory Coast National football...

March 12 2010 / Your comments / Read More »

British MP Accuses Government Ministers in Sierra Leone of Misappropriating DFID Funds Meant For Aid »

British MP Accuses Government Ministers in Sierra Leone of Misappropriating DFID Funds Meant For Aid

Ahmed M Kamara 02:18 pm | The Public Accounts Commission chairman of the British House of Commons, the Rt. Hon. Edward Leigh said...

March 11 2010 / 1 comment / Read More »

Anti-Corruption Commissioner Becomes Politicised as he Embarks on a Radical Witch-hunt in Sierra Leone »

Anti-Corruption Commissioner Becomes Politicised as he Embarks on a Radical Witch-hunt in Sierra Leone

Ahmed M Kamara 02:09 am | It has come to the knowledge of this press that the Anti-Corruption commissioner himself may have become...

March 11 2010 / Your comments / Read More »

Blatant Corruption As Law Enforcement Chief is accused of Extortion in Sierra Leone »

Blatant Corruption As Law Enforcement Chief is accused of  Extortion in Sierra Leone

Ahmed M Kamara 01:32 pm | The man presiding over the implementation of law and order in Sierra Leone is an unusually crafty...

March 10 2010 / Your comments / Read More »

Nigerians Demand To See Their Sick President »

Nigerians Demand To See Their Sick President

Newstime Africa 11:30 am | In Nigeria’s capital, Abuja, thousands of people gathered for a march to the state office of the...

March 10 2010 / Your comments / Read More »

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  • Sierra Leone’s Attorney General is Corrupt and Should Be Sacked
    March 8, 2010 | 12:28 pm

    Abdul Serry Kamal is definitely not the type of man any government want in its cabinet.  The cabinet of any government should constitute of individuals with an impeccable public service record. But I can assure you that this is not the case in Sierra Leone.  There is a  criminal who holds the office of Minister [...]

  • Zimbabwe’s Prime Minister Demands Peace-Keeping Force For The Country’s Next Elections
    March 8, 2010 | 9:56 am

    As the brutal dictator Mugabe, plans  to run for another term in office, Zimbabwe’s articulate Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai, has said that the country should invite international observers and a peacekeeping force to help ensure that the next national general election is free and fair. Mr. Tsvangirai who was addressing a party rally just outside [...]

  • Political Inconsistencies Threatens The Implementation of Sierra Leone’s Agenda for Change
    March 6, 2010 | 5:28 pm

    Good intentions alone is not sufficient to bring Sierra Leone out of its political and economic mess. Clear, consistent and thorough actions followed by strong decisions are necessary for any dramatic change in the way the people are governed. The President of Sierra Leone has been keen on demonstrating his government’s commitment to anti-corruption and [...]

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More Than 50 People Killed in Somalia Fighting »

Abdulaziz Billow Ali 03:07 pm | Heavy fighting continued to rock Somalia capital of Mogadishu for the third day running, the fighting is between the Somalia insurgent group of Al-Shabab and the transitional federal government troops allied to sheikh sheriff sheikh Ahmed administration. The total number of deaths reported as at now stand at 50 and the casualties has reached 100...

March 12 2010 / 1 comment / Read More »
More Than 50 People Killed in Somalia Fighting

Political Interference Threatens to Undermine Anti-Corruption Efforts in Sierra Leone »

Ahmed M Kamara 02:44 pm | The criminal justice approach in combating corruption in Sierra Leone is at serious risk of failing to dismantle the economic, cultural and political forces driving a corruption zeal across the nation. Corruption is simply a part of the human condition in the political life of  some officials in Sierra Leone.  Recently, the ruling party unleashed...

March 13 2010 / Your comments / Read More »
Political Interference Threatens to Undermine Anti-Corruption Efforts in Sierra Leone

Minaret Collapses Killing 36 and Injuring 71 Moroccans »

Hafsa Oubou 12:11 pm | 300 worshippers were in the mosque for the Friday afternoon prayer when the minaret collapsed causing a human disaster in Meknes, Morocco. While the Imam (the preacher) was about to start his sermon for 300 worshippers who were in the mosque Bab Berdieyinne for the Friday prayer, the four-century old minaret collapsed killing 36 and...

February 20 2010 / Your comments / Read More »
Minaret Collapses Killing 36 and Injuring 71 Moroccans

Malawi’s President Secretly Buys a Private Jet »

Newstime Africa 11:40 am | Members of the opposition United Democratic Front (UDF) party in Malawi  are furious. They are accusing President Bingu Wa Mutharika’s  government of acting  irresponsibly when it secretly purchased a multi-million dollar presidential jet. The (UDF) party’s Fahad Assani says last year’s purchase signifies the misplaced priorities of Mr. Mutharika’s government. Mr Assani went on to...

March 13 2010 / Your comments / Read More »
Malawi’s President Secretly Buys a Private Jet

Former Rwandan President’s Wife Arrested and Released on Bail in France »

Newstime Africa 12:30 pm | Just hours after her arrest in France, Agathe Kanziga Habyarimana, widow of former president Juvénal Habyarimana was released on bail. Her arrest on an international warrant, issued by the Rwandan government came barely a week after French President Nicolas Sarkozy visited Rwanda, in the first visit by a French president in over a quarter decade....

March 3 2010 / Your comments / Read More »
Former Rwandan President’s Wife Arrested and Released on Bail in France

West Africa

Political Interference Threatens to Undermine Anti-Corruption Efforts in Sierra Leone

Political Interference Threatens to Undermine Anti-Corruption Efforts in Sierra Leone »

Ahmed M Kamara 02:44 pm | The criminal justice approach in combating corruption in Sierra Leone is at serious risk of failing to dismantle the economic, cultural and political forces driving a corruption zeal across the...

March 13 2010 / Your comments / Read More »

East Africa

More Than 50 People Killed in Somalia Fighting

More Than 50 People Killed in Somalia Fighting »

Abdulaziz Billow Ali 03:07 pm | Heavy fighting continued to rock Somalia capital of Mogadishu for the third day running, the fighting is between the Somalia insurgent group of Al-Shabab and the transitional federal government troops...

March 12 2010 / 1 comment / Read More »

Estimated One Million Kenyans Suffering From Kidney Ailment »

Estimated One Million Kenyans Suffering From Kidney Ailment

Paul Mwaura 02:29 pm | Nairobi,Kenya 12th March 2010 … Kenyan government  has  released  Kidney ailment statistics in the country which  indicated that an estimated one million...

March 12 2010 / Your comments / Read More »

Japan Gives Kenya Yen 34.5 Billion Grant »

Japan Gives Kenya Yen 34.5 Billion Grant

Paul Mwaura 11:38 am | Japan has extended Sh288 million grant assistance to underprivileged farmers in Kenya in  support of government’s initiatives to increase food security through...

March 12 2010 / Your comments / Read More »

Southern Africa

Political Blow for Mugabe As Opposition Speaker’s Election is Upheld by Courts »

Political Blow for Mugabe As Opposition Speaker’s Election is Upheld by Courts

Newstime Africa 12:42 pm | The High Court of Zimbabwe has refused to overturn the election of the first opposition Speaker of Parliament since the country’s independence. The...

March 9 2010 / Your comments / Read More »

Zimbabwe’s Prime Minister Demands Peace-Keeping Force For The Country’s Next Elections »

Zimbabwe’s Prime Minister Demands Peace-Keeping Force For The Country’s Next Elections

Newstime Africa 09:56 am | As the brutal dictator Mugabe, plans  to run for another term in office, Zimbabwe’s articulate Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai, has said that...

March 8 2010 / Your comments / Read More »
Malawi’s President Secretly Buys a Private Jet

Malawi’s President Secretly Buys a Private Jet »

Newstime Africa 11:40 am | Members of the opposition United Democratic Front (UDF) party in Malawi  are furious. They are accusing President Bingu Wa Mutharika’s  government of acting  irresponsibly when it secretly purchased a multi-million...

March 13 2010 / Your comments / Read More »

North Africa

Minaret Collapses Killing 36 and Injuring 71 Moroccans

Minaret Collapses Killing 36 and Injuring 71 Moroccans »

Hafsa Oubou 12:11 pm | 300 worshippers were in the mosque for the Friday afternoon prayer when the minaret collapsed causing a human disaster in Meknes, Morocco. While the Imam (the preacher) was about to...

February 20 2010 / Your comments / Read More »

Police Chief in Detention Over Cocaine Trafficking in Mauritania »

Police Chief in Detention Over Cocaine Trafficking in Mauritania

Newstime Africa 01:11 pm | The Police commissioner  in Mauritania, Sid’Ahmed Ould Taya has been sentenced to seven years in prison for over trafficking of cocaine in...

February 15 2010 / 1 comment / Read More »

Egyptian Government Accused of Crimes against Humanity as Two African Migrants are Shot Dead By Police »

Egyptian Government Accused of Crimes against Humanity as Two African Migrants are Shot Dead By Police

Newstime Africa 09:43 am | Two African migrants trying to find their way into Israel have been shot dead by Egyptian border police.  This makes it four,...

February 5 2010 / 2 comments / Read More »

Central Africa

One Dead and Eighteen Injured in Three Grenade Attacks in Kigali »

One Dead and Eighteen Injured in Three Grenade Attacks in Kigali

Newstime Africa 12:03 pm | Eighteen people are reported injured after three simultaneous grenade attacks in Kigali, Rwanda’s capital. The attacks that looked choreographed left one person...

February 20 2010 / Your comments / Read More »

Rwandan Opposition Parties Join Forces »

Rwandan Opposition Parties Join Forces

Newstime Africa 11:54 am | Rwandan opposition parties have decided to consolidate their efforts in a bid to end what they term as “tactical and procedural problems”...

February 20 2010 / 2 comments / Read More »
Former Rwandan President’s Wife Arrested and Released on Bail in France

Former Rwandan President’s Wife Arrested and Released on Bail in France »

Newstime Africa 12:30 pm | Just hours after her arrest in France, Agathe Kanziga Habyarimana, widow of former president Juvénal Habyarimana was released on bail. Her arrest on an international warrant, issued by the Rwandan...

March 3 2010 / Your comments / Read More »

Perspective

  • Fighting in Central Nigeria Leaves 300 People Dead
    March 8, 2010 | 9:07 am

    According to reports coming out of central Nigeria, Hausa-Fulani herders from surrounding hills attacked villagers in Dogo Nahawa, just south of the state capital Jos, shooting into the air before cutting those who came out of their homes with machetes. At least two other communities close by were also targeted, in an area close to [...]

  • Election Rigging Concerns as Togo Prepares to Vote for a New President
    March 4, 2010 | 9:35 am

    On Thursday, the West African country of Togo will go to the polls to choose a new President against a history of violence in earlier elections and opposition allegations that the current President Faure Gnassingbe may make attempts to rig the outcome. Thousands of people died in the post-election violence after the 2005 presidential poll [...]

  • Gambian President Yahya Jammeh Sacks Top Army and Police Bosses
    March 4, 2010 | 9:14 am

    Gambian President Yahya Jammeh, has ordered the sacking and detention of six top police and army officials in the latest wave of arrests targeting security bodies in the West African state. Those arrested include Inspector General of Police Ensa Badjie and Commander of the Navy Sarjo Fofona. The Gambian government has  declined to comment further [...]

  • Sanctions on Zimbabwe are Extended By U.S. President Barack Obama
    March 3, 2010 | 12:48 pm

    The dictator in Zimbabwe who recently had nothing to celebrate on his 86th birthday is coming under intense pressure from the international community once again. The U.S. President Barack Obama has made a decision to extend sanctions against Zimbabwe’s corrupt President Robert Mugabe and his key supporters for another year. In a statement on Monday, [...]

  • Al-Shabaab Bans UN Food Agency in Somalia
    March 1, 2010 | 9:24 am

    A Somali Islamist terror group on Sunday announced it will stop UN agency, World Food Programme (WFP) operations in Somalia. In a statement, Al Shabaab, an al Qaeda proxy said, “Effective as of today, all of WFP’s operations inside Somalia are terminated and the organization has been completely banned.” The group argued that it had received complaints [...]

  • African Minerals Set to Become the Most Successful Mining Company in Africa
    February 27, 2010 | 3:36 pm

    Africa is unique in its mining resource potential. The untapped mineral wealth that Africa offers will ultimately define the continent’s economic supremacy and give Africans more leverage in major economic decisions by world financial institutions. The emergence of leaders with vested interest in ensuring that countries in Africa are politically and economically prepared to meet [...]

  • South Africa is Not Ready to Host the World Cup – According to FIFA
    February 27, 2010 | 12:34 pm

    It has come to light that South Africa is not ready to host the 2010 World Cup just over three months before the tournament kicks off  according to FIFA, football’s world governing body. FIFA’s secretary general, Jerome Valke, told a news conference on Tuesday that the main venue in Johannesburg, Soccer City, was yet to [...]

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