Changing the mining landscape of Sierra Leone – Frank Timis brings hope as African Minerals makes an impact
Frank Timis must have got used to the challenges of meeting the expectations of share-holders, who have expressed amazing faith in his company, despite the uncountable attempts by the ruthless British Media to pursue him relentlessly hoping and lurching in the horizon, waiting for him to make one mistake, to help them sell more of [...]
The regulation of the media in Sierra Leone – An important step towards national development
The media’s role in the development of any country is not only vital, it is important in how it informs and how it disseminates information. It is even more crucial when a country has just been ravaged by the most brutal atrocities known to man, for its media to be sensitive. To witness your country’s [...]
New breed of leaders respond to Africa’s call for attitudinal change
Africa is experiencing a dramatic political change that has the propensity to alter its long–standing image as a corruption breeding ground and a political and economically challenged region, that the rest of the world has to contend with. There has been a sudden awakening – that with the abundance of wealth and resources the continent [...]
Abdulai Bayraytay appointed National Publicity and Outreach Coordinator Office of the Government Spokesman in Sierra Leone
He is one of Sierra Leone’s most distinguished academic. He served his country with distinction as Personal Assistant to the Foreign Minister. He has been at the forefront defining Sierra Leone’s foreign policy implementation – bringing a new style of administration and a professional attitude in dealing with complex matters affecting our country’s diplomats around the [...]
Agenda for Change – Sierra Leone’s president Koroma laying the foundation for effective and sustainable transformation
Ernest Bai Koroma hails from Makeni, in the Bombali District of the Northern Province of Sierra Leone. Makeni has always been central in Sierra Leone’s political, social and economic circumstances not only for being the 5th largest city in the country, but also because it is the largest economic center of Northern Sierra Leone. This [...]
Sierra Leone’s Interior Minister Musa Tarawally to be sacked as cabinet reshuffle imminent
Reports coming from Freetown, the capital of Sierra Leone, directly from sources close to the seat of power, intimate that the country’s Interior Minister, a controversial political figure, is about to be relieved of his cabinet position as the Head of State prepares to reshuffle his cabinet prior to the forthcoming November elections. Musa Tarawally’s defection from the [...]
Sierra Leone’s President Koroma – One of the first African head of state to declare his assets on assuming office
Though unusual in African political life, there are Heads of States who set examples of good leadership and define the standards that others would have to emulate. On assuming office just less than four years ago, President Ernest Bai Koroma of Sierra Leone, established an anti-corruption commission with the primary aim of targeting the graft [...]
Sierra Leone President Ernest Bai Koroma to give keynote address at The Times Newspaper CEO Summit for Africa in London
The Sierra Leone President Ernest Bai Koroma, has been invited by the Times Newspaper in London to give the keynote address for this year’s The Times CEO Summit for Africa, which will take place on Monday 19th March 2012. The event organised by Britain’s most influential and reputable media group, will bring together Chief Executives [...]
Opinion poll shows Sierra Leone’s ruling APC party set for another landslide victory in upcoming November elections
The recently conducted opinion poll by Newstime Africa in Sierra Leone has seen the ruling APC party receiving 77% support in a poll of 1,000 people taken in 6 major cities: Freetown – the capital, Bo, Makeni, Kenema, Kono and Port Loko. 80 percent of respondents also indicated they are extremely satisfied with the performance of the Head [...]
Sierra Leone opposition SLPP party engage in scare-mongering tactics using unscrupulous international media organisations
When the most criminally-laden political entity in Sierra Leone starts making accusations of improprieties as the november elections draw closer, you know they have seen the writing on the wall and have also smelled defeat. Accusing the sitting APC government of transporting would-be voters from neighbouring countries is not only laughable it shows clear paranoia within a party that should be preparing [...]
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