Sierra Leone’s Information Minister: January 3rd mission will be final for Laurent Gbagbo to “advise himself” to step down
Sierra Leone’s minister of Information, Ibrahim Ben Kargbo said Friday that President Laurent Gbagbo would have to ”advise himself to step down” on January 3 at the latest when the three man ECOWAS presidential team returns to crisis plagued Ivory Coast. Speaking to reporters , Kargbo, who doubles as government spokesman and was part of [...]
Central Bank orders commercial banks to double capital in Sierra Leone
Freetown, Dec 31 (Newstime) – All 13 commercial banks in Sierra Leone have been ordered to double their minimum paid up capital from 15 billion, leones (Le4000=One US dollar to 30 billion leones as from December 31, 2010. ”This amount will cover a five year period effective December 31, 2010 to December 31, 2014,” the [...]
Countdown to military action – ECOWAS prepares invasion plan as Gbagbo becomes defiant
It seems Laurent Gbagbo has decided to defy his colleagues in the region who have sought to resolve the political impasse that threatens to ignite pandemonium in the small West African State of Ivory Coast. ECOWAS has only one card left to play on the table: decisive military action against this despot whose intransigence has [...]
Laurent Gbagbo should not be allowed to get away with tyranny
The world must not sit by and allow the rights of a people squandered because of the intransigence and belligerence of a tyrant. The Ivory Coast people went to the polls and voted in favour of change. They spoke with one voice and said Gbagbo should not be their leader anymore. They want change because [...]
On a mission – Sierra Leone’s President Koroma tells Laurent Gbagbo to step down
One of Africa’s most respectable and democratically elected president, Dr Ernest Bai Koroma of Sierra Leone, has been handed the unenviable task to convince Ivory Coast president, Laurent Gbagbo, to step down or face the inevitability of military intervention by ECOMOG, the West African peace keeping and enforcement force. President Koroma is among three African [...]
The end of the road for Laurent Gbagbo
Laurent Gbagbo, the dictator in Ivory Coast is about to throw in the towel. Three powerful and influential African Heads of States from Sierra Leone, Benin and Cape Verde are en route to Abidjan, Ivory Coast with a mandate from the West African regional block, ECOWAS, to ask him to either relinquish power quietly, or face [...]
Regional military chiefs prepare to remove Laurent Gbagbo by force in the Ivory Coast
The Nigerian Foreign Minister has expressed in no uncertain terms the intention of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), to use military force if necessary to remove Laurent Gbgbo from power as his foolish intransigence continues. The West African regional bloc issued a stern warning to the Ivorian dictator after an emergency meeting [...]
A.U. appoints Sekouba Konate as head of the African Union Standby Military Force
The African Union has decided to reward, General Sekouba Konate, the former Interim Head of State of Guinea, by appointing him as the new High Representative of the African Union for the Operationalization of the African Standby Force. The announcement was revealed on the (RPG) Rally of the Guinean People website. The RPG is a [...]
Gbabgo on the way out as U.S. slaps sanctions against regime in Ivory Coast
Ivory Coast dictator, Laurent Gbagbo, seems to have lost it all. The last hope of holding on to power has been taken away after the US Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, announced that the United States has approved sanctions targeting about 30 members of the inner core of the Gbagbo administration. The announcement was confirmed [...]
Dadis Camara set to return as Guinea prepares to inaugurate a new president
Guinea’s former Junta leader, Captain Moussa Dadis Camara, is planning to return to his country soon. After having stayed away from politics in the aftermath of an attempted coup on his life that left him hospitalized for some time in Morocco where he was treated for gunshot wound to his head, Camara has decided to [...]
