Ernest Koroma Takes Steps to Improve The Quality of Life of The People of Sierra Leone
Not too often do you see an African leader makes his priority, the quality of the standard of living of his people. And sometimes even when leaders are elected on their manifesto’s pledge to bring change, these promises are usually broken. Africans have become somewhat weary of political promises that never translate into reality. This [...]
Political Alliance in Post-Conflict Sierra Leone
Politics from the view point of the traditional African politician , is a game meant to promote the self, especially when it comes to the issue of ‘the winner takes all’, a clear case in point being the problem that erupted after the elections in Kenya where Kibaki was literally defeated but refused to accept [...]
Sierra Leone Hosts African Bank Governors Conference
500 cabinet ministers, finance experts, international partners (World Bank, IMF, etc.) from nearly all the sub-Saharan countries in Africa, and the Breton Woods institutions are to meet in Freetown between August 12 and August 13, 2009 as the Africa Caucus Group A Press Release issued by the Ministry of Information and Communication in Freetown states [...]
Paradise Discovered In Sierra Leone
Civil war tore the nation apart for 11 years, but the beautiful beaches that were once the setting for the Bounty chocolate bar advertisements are now back on the tourist map. Its mountain-backed empty beaches are so pristine it was once the setting for Bounty bar’s “Taste of Paradise” adverts, but many people may be [...]
Charles Taylor: ‘I Never Sent Weapons To Sierra Leone’
Charles Gbankay Taylor, former Liberian President, has testified at his war crimes trial in the The Hague that he never sent weapons to Sierra Leone. The trial has now finished its third week. Prosecutors in The Hague have accused former Liberian President Charles Taylor of 11 counts of war crimes allegedly committed during the civil [...]
Charles Taylor: ‘I Am Not A Cannibal’
Charles Taylor, the former Liberian President, has denied eating human flesh or ordering militias to eat their enemies. Speaking at his war crimes trial in The Hague, Mr Taylor was quoted as saying accusations of cannibalism levelled against him were “total nonsense”. Some of Mr Taylor’s former fighters have previously told the court that he [...]
Charles Taylor Testifies: Prince Johnson Killed Doe
Former Liberian President Charles Taylor, on Trial at the hague has testified on Thursday that Liberian senator Prince Johnson killed the country’s former president, Samuel K Doe, in 1990. Johnson, a former warlord turned politician, has publicly denied killing Doe, despite a well-publicised video of him drinking Budweiser beer as he ordered his men to [...]
Minister Gives 13 Reasons To Celebrate President Koroma’s Leadership
Sierra Leone’s Minister Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the United Nations and COORDINATOR of the Committee of 10 at the UN , Hon. Leeroy Wilfred Kabs-Kanu, today addressed Sierra Leoneans in New Jersey about the achievements of the All People’s Congress (APC) government , led by President Ernest Bai Koroma . Rev.Kabs-Kanu told the Sierra Leoneans at [...]
Funding Shortfalls May Affect Sierra Leone’s War Crimes Court
The Special Court for Sierra Leone, which is trying accused war criminal Charles Taylor, says it is in danger of running out of funds by next month. The president of the Court told the U.N. Security Council Thursday that if additional money is not found immediately, the court would experience shortfalls by the first week [...]
Taylor’s Defence Starts At Hague Court
President of Liberia against charges including murder, rape, and the conscription of child soldiers during Sierra Leone’s civil war. Taylor, who will take the witness stand on Tuesday, is on trial at The Hague in the Netherlands. “We are here to defend a man who we say is innocent of all these charges,” Courtenay Griffiths, [...]
