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The morally and democratically bankrupt president of Sierra Leone &#82...

May 6, 2021 no comments

Prior to the 2012 presidential elections in Sierra Leone, I was vehemently opposed to the candidature of Julius Maada Bio as the flag-bearer of the SLPP in Sierra leone for various reasons. And I war...

Why Former President Koroma did not attend appeal court hearing in Sie...

May 6, 2021 no comments

Appeal Court Judges presiding over findings and recommendations into the Commissions of Inquiry have ordered former President Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma, 2018 APC Presidential Flagbearer Dr. Samura Kamara...

Sierra Leone is using lessons from Ebola to prepare for coronavirus

May 4, 2021 no comments

Jia B. Kangbai, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich The outbreak of the novel coronavirus disease, COVID-19, started at the end of 2019 in Wuhan, China. It is spreading rapidly around the world an...

Nigeria has a new police chief amidst calls to reform security archite...

April 21, 2021 no comments

Lanre Ikuteyijo, Obafemi Awolowo University The appointment of Usman Alkali Baba as Nigeria’s acting Inspector General of Police on April 6, 2021 brought a kind of closure to calls for reform of the ...

Sierra Leone’s arrogant President withdraws security detail of t...

March 27, 2021 no comments

Sierra Leone’s outstanding and highly reputable Mayor of Freetown, the capital city, Yvonne Denise Aki-Sawyerr, has continuously been the victim of molestation and harassment by government offi...

Torture in Sierra Leone as Opposition Politicians are attacked with im...

March 27, 2021 no comments

The government of Sierra Leone under the stewardship of the notorious coup plotter, dictator, and human rights abuser, Julius Maada Bio, have been increasingly trying to silence the opposition APC pa...

African Development Bank Group supports Domestic Debt Market Developme...

March 26, 2021 no comments

The project will provide technical assistance and capacity building to develop domestic debt markets in the four countries ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast, — The African Development Bank Group (www.AfDB.o...

Why it’s a big surprise that the African leadership prize went t...

March 25, 2021 no comments

Sebastian Elischer, University of Florida The president of Niger, Mahamadou Issoufou, has been awarded the 2020 Ibrahim Prize for Achievement in African Leadership. The annual prize is granted by the...

Nigerian journalist Haruna Mohammed Salisu threatened over report on a...

March 25, 2021 no comments

NEW YORK, – PRN Africa — Nigerian authorities should thoroughly investigate the threatening message received by journalist Haruna Mohammed Salisu and ensure his safety, the Committee to P...

Guinea-Bissau editor António Aly Silva abducted and beaten

March 22, 2021 no comments

NEW YORK, 15 March 2021 / PRN Africa / — Authorities in Guinea-Bissau should thoroughly investigate the attack on journalist António Aly Silva and ensure those responsible are held to account, ...