Pondering Africans’ beginnings for advancement
The Accra Sports Stadium was re-named Ohene Djan Stadium by the former ruling National Patriotic Party (NPP) in 2004. Then the Ohene Djan Stadium was re-named again as Accra Sports Stadium by the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) September, 2010. The first naming was innocently nationalistic, the second on purely ethnic feelings. This has set off an [...]
Gordon Brown says aid to Africa should focus on kick-starting business-led growth
The former British Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, while addressing politicians in Uganda, in what was his first major speech since leaving office, has said that the future growth of the world economy is reliant upon the development of Africa. Mr Brown said he wanted to see the continent achieve its full potential.Mr Brown also made [...]
Corruption is the biggest obstacle to doing business in Nigeria
A European Union-funded survey of more than 2,200 businesses in all sectors of Nigeria’s economy, has shown that crime and corruption were the biggest headache for more than 70% of these businesses. It seems Crime and corruption are the main obstacles to doing business in Nigeria and more than half of firms in the country [...]
Sudan Gets a New President But not a New Leader
The Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir has been sworn into office again, following his controversial win in last month’s elections. Bashir is wanted by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for alleged war crimes in Darfur. It seems many world leaders stayed away from the inauguration but at least five African presidents attended the event. The UN [...]
World Bank to Support Jobs Creation for Youths in Kenya
Kenyan youths empowerment initiative commonly known as Kazi Kwa Vijana (KKV) which mean jobs for the youths has today received some fresh impetus from World Bank of Ksh 4.5 billion fund for empowerment of the youth under the programme. The multimillion Pilot initiatives under the Kenya Youth Empowerment programme was mooted to offer the jobless [...]
The Keili Ignorance – A Pathetic Attempt to Secure the Leadership of the SLPP Party in Sierra Leone
There is no need to come to the defence of the President of the Republic of Sierra Leone, as his work is there for everyone to see. But when an adviser to the most corrupt group of people ever assembled as a government, start talking nonsense, one may have no choice but to respond and [...]
The Transformation of a Country – The Commitment of a President
Sierra Leoneans around the world must be proud of what has been achieved in a short period of time by the government of its new dynamic leader, president Ernest Bai Koroma. As Sierra Leone faces many challenges to recover from the battered infrastructure that a ten year civil-war inflicted on the country, the country’s head [...]
AU Forces – No Part in Somali Mosque Bombing
(AMISOM), the African Union’s Mission in Somalia, has dismissed allegations that peacekeepers are to blame for the recent mosque bombing that killed dozens in the capital, Mogadishu. AMISOM’s spokesman, Major Barigye Ba-Huko, said hard line insurgents, including al-Shabab, started suicide bombings to terrorize ordinary Somalis and topple President Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed’s internationally backed Transitional [...]
Spotlight on Sierra Leone as South Africa Honours President Ernest Koroma
President Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma is back from Durban, South Africa, where he was honoured with the prestigious Africa Peace Award on behalf of the government and people of Sierra Leone. The award is in recognition of the resilience, candor and dedicated commitment of the people of Sierra Leone to the attainment of lasting peace [...]
Malema to Face Disciplinary Hearing in South Africa
A Reuters report has revealed that ANC youth leader Julius Malema, is in trouble for singing banned apartheid-era songs, was expected to plead guilty at a disciplinary hearing of bringing South Africa’s ruling party into disrepute, local media said. The youth leader has defied calls from South African President Jacob Zuma to cease making inflammatory [...]
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