3 million children threatened by hunger in Niger
BOBOYE, Niger - Ousseini Issa - (IPS) – Women have been left in charge of many of the households in the village of Zamkoye-Koïra, in western Niger, as food shortages have driven male family members to leave in search of work elsewhere. A national survey of vulnerable households shows that 5.4 million people face food insecurity across Niger. ”The [...]
Water shortage threatens wildlife in West Africa
OUAGADOUGOU (IPS) – The story of a pair of buffalo aggressively prowling the edges of a village in eastern Burkina Faso is a warning sign of severe water stress in the region which threatens humans and wild animals alike. People in nearly half of Burkina Faso’s administrative districts could face food shortages this year, and the [...]
Austrian Ambassador Gerhard Diess pays a courtesy call on Sierra Leone’s Ambassador Khadijatu Bassir in the Gambia
The Ambassador of Austria to Senegal who is also accredited to Sierra Leone H.E. Gerhard Diess yesterday paid a courtesy call on Ambassador Khadijatu Bassir at the Sierra Leone Embassy in down town Dakar. He said the purpose of his visit was to meet his counterparts Ambassadors to whose countries he is also accredited to and [...]
Boko Haram and the dangerous frustration in Nigeria
Boko Haram emerged out of the economic, political and religious frustration of northern Muslims – it will not be defeated unless these issues are addressed. “When you get a situation where a bunch of people can go into a place of worship and open fire through the windows”, Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka lamented in a recent interview [...]
What a New Year’s gift of bloodbath for Sierra Leoneans?
A political theory is playing out in Sierra Leone over the entrenched bloodbath following the vicious stabbings of political opponents of the ruling All People’s Congress Party (APC) allegedly masterminded by Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP) chairman in the Fourah Bay Community, Aziz Carew. Cross sections of civil society organizations have come under a barrage of [...]
President Barack Obama says human rights abusers should be banned from entering the United States
In a move that will go down well in Sierra Leone’s political circles, the United States under the direction of President Barack Obama, has given a massive boost to U.S. efforts directed at preventing genocide around the world. This news comes against the backdrop of Sierra Leone’s opposition SLPP party selecting an alleged human rights [...]
Music in Sierra Leone – The new political drive
Sierra Leone’s political debates are never complete without the introduction of protest songs. In the past, songs have had so much impact that they have even toppled governments or influence the electorate to vote the government in power into a second term of office. Mostly, uneducated people depend on songs rendered in the vernacular krio [...]
A mass murderer’s quest to become president – Julius Maada Bio should be put on trial for crimes against the people of Sierra Leone
Some people do have the audacity to challenge the resolve of a nation. Julius Maada Bio must believe deep within himself that the Sierra Leonean people are daft and can be taken for granted. This daring former junior army officer, who connived with others to overthrow a legitimate and democratically elected government, is seriously nursing [...]
Thomas Sankara – The legacy of a true African hero
The untimely death of Thomas Sankara was a big blow to many people across Africa, especially the Burkinabé people of Burkina Faso. Sankara has left a legacy difficult to emulate as a man whose vision for his people and for Africa has made him a hero and an icon for African unity, progress and prosperity. [...]
Sierra Leone’s opposition SLPP party sinks into oblivion as massive defection sees ruling APC party gain momentum
The opposition SLPP party in Sierra Leone has become the new symbol of hopelessness and disunity as huge amount of its followers and top executives defect to the ruling party in an apparent showcase of disgust over the recent selection of a mass murderer, Julius Maada Bio, as flag-bearer of the party in the upcoming presidential elections in 2012. The party hierarchy is in complete [...]
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