All is Not Lost – The Sierra Leonean Woman Making A Big Difference To Her Country’s Development
All is not lost for Sierra Leone. Even though we have recently witnessed the attempt by a woman in our society to destroy our country’s image by attacking those who are trying to help lift our nation out of poverty, there are real women of substance that a making a significant difference in our country’s [...]
Kenya’s PM Urges Africa’s Industrial Community to Exhaust African Market Before Exporting Surplus
Kenya’s Prime Minister, Raila Odinga, has challenged the industrial community in the continent to exhaust the African market before exporting the surplus to promote intra- African trade. He said the over one billion population in the continent offered a lucrative market for local products but urged African nations to break existing barriers to trade, to [...]
Concerns in Guinea About Plot to Reinstate Dadis Camara
Guinea’s Interim Prime Minister, Jean Marie Dore, has claimed that supporters of Guinea’s exiled military ruler are secretly plotting his return to the country, but any actions to disrupt a planned election will be quashed. Dore also said that the government was ready for voting on June 27, as planned, but it was up to [...]
Nigeria’s Election Chief Has Been Sacked
Acting President. Goodluck Jonathan has asked the country’s elections chief to step down immediately. This move follows concern that polls due next year would not be credible under his leadership. The Chairman of the Independent National Election Commission (INEC), Maurice Iwu, has faced widespread criticism at home and abroad since overseeing flawed polls in 2007 [...]
The Achievements of a President – The Double Celebration Of Sierra Leone’s Independence
For the first time in 20 years , Sierra Leoneans around the world have more reasons to celebrate their independence anniversary. There is a new climate of change. The people’s despair has been replaced with hope. Where there was darkness there is now daylight. We are witnessing a new era that has seen the country [...]
Is Kenya Embracing the East?
Kenya President Mwai Kibaki will join other world leaders in China for the World Expo 2010 in Shanghai, where Kenya is showcasing itself as the central entry point for investors in the East and Central Africa region. While in Shanghai, President Kibaki will also open the Kenya Stand at the African Pavilion at the World [...]
Office of Tony Blair, Government of Sierra Leone Jointly Refute Press Reports
Recent press reports saying that ‘secret’ documents belonging to the Tony Blair Africa Governance Initiative were stolen are completely untrue and are rejected by both the Tony Blair Africa Governance Initiative and the Government of Sierra Leone. The Africa Governance Initiative has been seeking to improve the effectiveness of public administration with the aim of [...]
As Sierra Leone Prepares to Celebrate its 49th Independence Anniversary – There is Finally Light at the End of the Tunnel
49 years ago, the founding fathers of our nation started the fight to secure our freedom and protect our way of life. The sacrifices made then have helped define our country’s resilience even in the most turbulent of its years. As we shred our troubled past and embrace our hopes for the future, there is [...]
Liberia Contemplating on Prosecuting Civil War Perpetrators – Charles Taylor May Go on Trial Again
According to the Reuters news agency, the government of Liberia is considering trying perpetrators of the worst crimes committed during its 1989-2003 civil war, in which child soldiers were recruited, women raped and thousands killed, the justice minister said. The country’s Justice Minister Christiana Tah, told Reuters that a committee had been set up to [...]
Personal Media Attacks Threatens the National Development of Sierra Leone
Some Editors in the Sierra Leone local media have engaged in nasty smear campaign against certain government officials in what has turned out to be a reckless attempt to divert attention from serious government business. One can easily tell when media reports are aimed at destabilising the operation of government by rag-tag tabloid newspapers whose [...]
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