Author Archives: John Baimba Sesay

Sierra Leone Airport Authority in stimulating economic growth and fost...

April 9, 2013 no comments

I watched SLBC TV on Tuesday, 9th April and heard the Lands Minister, Hon. Musa Tarawallie talk about plans by government to transform Lungi into Sierra Leone’s commercial city. This is encouraging n...

Unmasking Sierra Leone’s gender myth

February 6, 2013 no comments

Go for the news! Issac Massaqui would tell us. That is years back, well, not that long though, at the university.  He was/is still a good lecturer. Of course, being the strict gentleman I used to kno...

President Koroma & Sierra Leone’s growing democracy

January 13, 2013 1 comment

The Agenda for Prosperity is explicit in terms of government’s readiness to deepening the country’sdemocracy and rule of law. Generally, prosperity and stability are a far cry in any state that is ne...

Sierra Leone and her growing investment opportunities

January 9, 2013 no comments

Sierra Leone’s commitment to her socio-economic and political development has continued to be taken in the right direction in the last six years of state governance, by President Ernest Bai Koroma. G...

Developing Sierra Leone’s tourism potential

January 4, 2013 no comments

The 2013-2015 Beijing Action Plan, which came out of the Fifth Ministerial Conference of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (2012) held in Beijing, China  highlights the great progress that has be...

APC party launches Asia branch in China as Secretary General predicts ...

December 20, 2011 1 comment

Secretary -General for the ruling All Peoples’ Congress Party in Sierra Leone, Victor Bockarie Foe has told members of the APC Asia Branch, that even though the party is presently having a majority i...

Sierra Leone Committed to Reducing Dependency on Foreign Aid

October 10, 2009 1 comment

Sierra Leone’s President Ernest Bai Koroma Friday October 9th disclosed that his government is committed to reducing our dependence on foreign aid by increasing internally generated revenue. He made ...

Zimbabwe: Nothing Has Changed

October 9, 2009 no comments

I have been observing the political development in Zimbabwe for the last couple of weeks. I am compelled to say, President Robert Mugabe is almost at the verge of swallowing the pride he once had; re...

Problems Over Rights to Drilling Base as Oil is Discovered in Sierra L...

October 9, 2009 2 comments

Sierra Leone’s Minister of Mines and Political Affairs, Alhaji Alpha Kanu has disclosed that there is plenty of oil in Sierra Leone that would serve the needs of the people of Sierra Leone. Hon Kanu ...

Post Elections Perpetrators in Kenya May Face ICC Trial

October 9, 2009 no comments

Former United Nations Chief, Kofi Annan believes there is every need for the perpetrators of the 2007 post election violence in Kenya to face justice at the International Criminal Court. The former U...

Will Kenyans live up to Expectations?

October 8, 2009 2 comments

What happened in Kenya a few years back could best be described as a demonstration of the selfishness of some African politicians who are always bent on exploiting a given situation in an effort to s...

Sierra Leone’s President Koroma Express his Concern over Political Dev...

September 29, 2009 no comments

Sierra Leone’s President Ernest Bai Koroma has expressed concern over the latest political developments in Guinea. He spoke at a news conference at the country’s State House on Tuesday September 29th...

Sierra Leone Makes Tremendous Strides in the Fight Against HIV/AIDS

September 24, 2009 no comments

The Director for the National HIV/AIDS Secretariat in Sierra Leone has disclosed that the country has made tremendous progress in the fight against HIV/AIDS in recent years. Dr Brima Kargbo spoke to ...

Why Africans in the Diaspora Should Return Home

September 24, 2009 1 comment

For sometime now we have as a continent kept clamoring for a socio-economic and political growth. This is even more so in Sierra Leone where the effects of a brutal civil war has had its toll on our ...

Social Welfare Minister Takes Measures to Protect Women and Children i...

September 22, 2009 no comments

Sierra Leone’s Minister of Social Welfare, Gender and Children’s Affairs, Hon Soccoh Kabia has told Newstime Africa in his New England office that the country is making progress in terms of developme...

Two Years in Office: The Achievements of a President

September 20, 2009 2 comments

Political analysts in Sierra Leone are still trying to evaluate the performance of the Ernest Koroma led APC government. The analysis are being made from the perspective of his promises upon which he...