Obama Meets President Koroma: Time to Talk Land Rights
By: Sonkita Conteh and Vivek Maru* When President Koroma of Sierra Leone visits Washington this Thursday, President Obama will rightly praise his counterpart for a decade of democracy, and for...
View ArticleSierra Leone:-UN Security Council extends mandate of peace building office in...
Security Council SC/10961 Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York Security Council 6942nd Meeting (AM) SECURITY COUNCIL EXTENDS MANDATE OF PEACEBUILDING OFFICE IN...
View ArticleOil money in Gabon and Sierra Leone: from mirage to reality?
By: Lavina Banduah and Marc Ona* Many of the world’s poorest countries by per capita income are actually some of the richest in terms of natural resources. Trouble is, this wealth doesn’t reach...
View ArticleSierra Leone:- Information and Communications Minister calls presidential...
By: Dennis Kabatto President Ernest B. Koroma’s invitation to participate at a high level panel conversation together with heads of states of Cape Verde, Malawi and Senegal on Consolidating Democratic...
View ArticleSierra Leone:- The Creoles in Nigeria
By: Eric Teniola I watched the second inauguration of the President of Sierra Leone, Dr. Earnest Bai Koroma, on television recently. Koroma who is of the Temri tribe was the former Managing Director...
View ArticleAid watchdogs have been pushing for more transparent governance and...
DAKAR, 21 March 2013 (IRIN) – Aid watchdogs have been pushing for more transparent governance and information on financial flows, but just how much progress has been made over the past couple of...
View ArticleThe war against Iraq and the people of Africa
By: Professor Horace Campbell* Ten years and war implications still pertinent Many people now understand that the war against the people of Iraq was an imperialist war. This is an important point at a...
View ArticleSierra Leonean American born Soul singer Azania performs at New York’s...
By: Dennis Kabatto Sierra Leonean American born Soul singer Azania continues to pave the way for female African artists in the United States of America. Azania fielding questions at a recent WBAI,...
View ArticleSierra Leone: Honorable MP Dauda J.B Kallon discussed Sand Mining with...
By: Eimer Peters An official meeting was held this Monday 19th March at Hamilton Community Centre, called by the Honorable MP Dauda JB Kallon on behalf of the Government of Sierra Leone to discuss the...
View ArticleWhat are the real reasons behind President Koroma’s visit to Washington?
By: John Moses Koroma (United Kingdom) The President of Sierra Leone Ernest Bai Koroma yesterday joined leaders of 3 other African countries -Cape Verde, Malawi and Senegal – as guests of U.S....
View ArticleSierra Leone’s Football coach quits after World Cup setback
FREETOWN, March 31 (Reuters) – Sierra Leone coach Lars-Olaf Mattsson has resigned following the team’s World Cup qualifying defeat last weekend, citing his frustration with the federation....
View ArticleJammeh warns Homosexuals-”If we catch you, you will regret why you are...
Gambian president, Yahya Jammeh, has warned that any gay or lesbians found in the country will “regret” being born. President Yahya Jammeh of The Gambia During a speech on March 28th 2013 at the...
View ArticleHow Operation Enduring Freedom Mutated into Operation Enduring...
By: Dilip Hiro* Washington has vociferously denounced Afghan corruption as a major obstacle to the U.S. mission in Afghanistan. This has been widely reported. Only one crucial element is missing from...
View ArticleNorth Korea or the United States: Who is a Threat to Global Security?
By: Professor Michel Chossudovsky* North Korea lost thirty percent of its population as a result of US led bombings in the 1950s. Most people in America consider North Korea as an inherently...
View ArticleCentral African Republic: Another Western Backed Coup d’Etat
By: Alexander Mezyaev On 24 March, a coup d’état took place in the Central African Republic (CAR). Seleka (1), a coalition of rebel groups, seized the country’s capital Bangui and President François...
View Article‘THINGS FALL APART’ and the case against IMPERIALISM
By: Sankara Kamara* The death of the renowned Nigerian writer, Chinua Achebe, has thrust one of the most popular African books in the news. Although Achebe wrote multiple books and produced several...
View ArticleBENIN ARTEFACTS:- Will this miserable project be the last word on the looted...
By: Kwame Opoku The Benin Plan of Action is no plan of action and does not deal with restitution of the looted Benin bronzes. After 50 years Africans must demand a concrete time frame within which the...
View ArticleSierra Leone:-Congratulations to all our graduates.
Congratulations to all our graduates in ceremonies/parties across the country (Sierra Leone) this year. Hard work is not over when you graduated.- It’s simply a break as you enter the new...
View ArticleSierra Leone:-Withholding of funds to Koidu New Sembehun City Council in Kono...
Kono District Development Association (KDDA) United Kingdom Madam Finda Diana Konomanyi Minister of Local Government and Rural Development Sierra Leone 12th April 2013 Dear Minister, RE: REQUEST...
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