According to reports coming out of Malawi the Head of State President Bingu Wa Mutharika has died from a cardiac arrest
Authentic reports from our correspondent on the ground in Malawi states that President Bingu Wa Mutharika is dead. Mutharika is reported to have died from a cardiac arrest after falling ill and collapsing at his home. He was rushed to the hospital but was said to have died on arrival at the scene. Immediately after he was pronounced [...]
President Ernest Koroma pays tribute to UNIDO and China as government secures funding for Bankasoka Hydro Power project to facilitate rural electrification
President Ernest Bai Koroma has paid glowing tribute to UNIDO and especially its Sierra Leonean born Director-General Dr Kandeh Yumkella for the tremendous support the Organization is providing Sierra Leone. He also paid glowing tribute to the People’s Republic of China for funding the Bankasoka Hydro Power project. President Koroma noted that the fact that the [...]
Sierra Leone President Ernest Bai Koroma attends inauguration ceremony of the 4th President of Senegal Macky Sall
President Ernest Bai Koroma yesterday joined most of his West African/African Union counterparts, including other world leaders in Senegal to attend the inauguration ceremony of the fourth President of The Republic of Senegal, Macky Sall. Among President Koroma’s delegation were the Ministers of Information and Communications Alhaji Ibrahim Ben Kargbo, Lands and country Planning, Pat Sowe, [...]
ECOWAS gives Mali coup plotters three days to step down or face diplomatic and economic sanctions
BAMAKO, Soumaila T. Diarra (IPS) – West African heads of state meeting in Côte d’Ivoire have given Mali’s military junta three days to restore constitutional order and step down – or face a range of diplomatic and economic sanctions. Captain Amadou Sanogo, leader of the Mar. 22 coup which sent President Amadou Toumani Touré into hiding, responded [...]
As oil exploration gathers momentum Sierra Leone President Ernest Koroma takes a guided tour of oil rig the Discovery Spirit
President Dr Ernest Bai Koroma on Monday concluded a guided tour of the Anadarko oil rig, the Discovery Spirit. The President was accompanied by the British High Commissioner to Sierra Leone, Ian Hughes, the Minister of Information and Communications, Alhaji IB Kargbo, the Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Frank Kargbo Esq., the Acting Director General [...]
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 [...]
Senegal’s presidential election run-off will take place on Sunday the 25th of March 2012
The people of the West African state of Senegal will this Sunday (March 25th2012) go to the polls for the second rounds of Senegal’s elections between incumbent President Abdoulaye Wade and former Prime Minister Macky Sall. The run off which was earlier scheduled for the 18th March 2012 has been re scheduled for the 25th March [...]
President Amadou Toumani Toure has been overthrown as renegade soldiers take control of the West African state of Mali
According to reports coming out of the West African state of Mali, rebel troops have taken over the country after staging a mutiny on Wednesday and in the process trading gunfire with soldiers loyal to the government. The Head of State, President Amadou Toumani Toure was due to step down after April elections. The newly formed National [...]
Former Israeli Intelligence chief warns that this is not a time for casual games with Iran
Ernest Corea - IDN-InDepth News - Washington DC – Compelling advice against a hasty, unilateral decision by Israel to “bomb, bomb, bomb” Iran has come – from Israel. The advice is significant not only for what was said, but for who said it. Meir Dagan, former head spook of Israel’s intelligence service Mossad delivered the back-off counsel against impulsive [...]
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 [...]
