The Schulenburg affair – A disgraceful diplomatic attempt to meddle in the internal affairs of the State of Sierra Leone
The United Nations has resident representatives in most countries across the world, to make sure the organisation’s important work is well coordinated and implemented appropriately to reflect on its ideals and principles. The U.N. policy states clearly that it’s representatives should in no way meddle into the political affairs of the host nation. But sometimes, the over-zealousness of [...]
Power comes from PMA and not from the barrel of a gun – How peaceful is Sierra Leone after a decade and a half of peace and tranquility?
Beyond the ruins, peace sustainability and tranquility, the road to political victory for the Ruling Party in 2012 will begin by cultivating everything from tropical bananas to equatorial spices, from doped decisions to decisions of nomenclature not only with an AWOL clad in December 2011 but proudly with the modern fashion of a rising sun [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Outstanding leadership – Sierra Leone President Koroma prepares for a second consecutive term in office
Just under twelve months from now, the people of Sierra Leone will be heading to the polls once more. Its been four years since they voted in numbers to elect Ernest Bai Koroma as their president. The 2007 election was an important milestone in the history of our country. Sierra Leone needed a dramatic change. [...]
