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Sierra Leone:-The Dark Beauty of Beauty Contests
By: Abdulai Mansaray. In Sierra Leone today, beauty pageants or contests seem to be the buzz word of the “now generation”. 3rd Annual Miss University 2013 contestants in Sierra Leone (photo credit:...
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Sierra Leone:- Experiences of a Diaspora Returnee
By: Yeniva Sisay-Sogbeh (The Network for Change) While growing up in the US, parents always talked about moving back “home” to Sierra Leone. With this in mind, each time I visited Sierra Leone, I was...
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King’s Sierra Leone Partnership focuses on improving mental health services...
21 December 2013 The King’s Sierra Leone Partnership (KSLP), based in the King’s Centre for Global Health, is now reaching the end of its first year of in-country operations. KSLP, which is managed...
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Sierra Leone:-Kandeh Yumkella – A Decade of Stability and Progress: What next?
“Kandeh Yumkella takes a retrospective view of his native, Sierra Leone, following a decade of civil war and three peaceful elections. While there is much, much more work to be done for Sierra Leone...
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War against Terrorism: Who is winning?
By: Abdulai Mansaray. The world has always faced the terror of terrorism, but 11th. September, 2001 will be forever known as the day that terrorism made its universal declaration of Human carnage; the...
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Sierra Leone:-The 2014 Budget Is A Long Road To Economic Recovery
By: M C Bah, Atlanta, GA, USA The 2014 Budget of Sierra Leone read in the Chamber of Parliament on Friday 29thNovember, 2013 by the Minister of Finance and Economic Development, Dr. Kaifala Marah is...
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Sierra Leone:-Dozens feared dead in boat accident
Dozens of people are feared dead after two boats collided off the shores of the coastal town of Tagrin, outside Sierra Leone capital Freetown on Saturday night. The incident, according to official...
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My reflections on 2013-Nyamacoro Silla
2013 has been an interesting year all round. Early January saw the discharge of Malala Yousafzai from a hospital in Birmingham in the United Kingdom. She is the schoolgirl from Pakistan who was shot...
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Sierra Leone:-Emmerson’s KOKOBEH song, the TRUTH revealed.
Sierra Leone popular music has served multiple functions. First, it has served as a source of collective memory. In this regard, it has been both a chronicle of the past and a form of positive...
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Wishing You all a Happy and Prosperous New Year
We wish all our readers and everyone a very Happy and Prosperous New Year. Thanks to you all for a great 2013, and we look forward to continue to serve you in 2014 and beyond.
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Sierra Leone:-Is Mohamed Kamirimba Mansaray (MKM) a true Presidential...
OPINION By: Tamba Gborie Mohamed Kamirimba Mansaray also known as MKM claims to be the 2017 APC Presidential flag bearer is currently prowling the streets of Freetown advertising himself to the public...
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President Koroma’s New Year Message to Sierra Leone
1st January 2014, (Sierra Leone) Fellow Sierra Leoneans, This is the season of goodwill; the season for resolutions, and the season for leaving behind old habits that hinders growth. It is the...
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Sierra Leone:-SECRETARY-GENERAL HAILS ‘IMPRESSIVE LEGACY’ OF SPECIAL COURT.
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York SECRETARY-GENERAL HAILS ‘IMPRESSIVE LEGACY’ OF SPECIAL COURT FOR SIERRA LEONE ON PATH TOWARDS AGE OF ACCOUNTABILITY 31-12-2013...
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Sierra Leone:-Journalist David Tam-Baryoh Arrested,Detained and released at...
David Tam-Baryoh, the journalist who hosts MONOLOGUE,the most popular weekly radio programme in Siera Leone was arrested and detained last night for almost seven hours at the Criminal Investigations...
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How I wished I was a Judge in Sierra Leone
By: Rashid Dumbuya* It is beyond contention that all of the egregious human rights violations that are being committed against members of the press and media houses in Sierra Leone are due largely to...
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Eurozone and Nigeria challenge South Africa’s growth
Opinion & Analysis By: Ian Scott One of the oft-mentioned effects of the global financial crisis is that we no longer have business as usual. Apart from the financial effect on businesses and...
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Africa fails to access infrastructure funds
By: Razina Munshi South Africa’s record of using public-private partnerships (PPPs) to fund infrastructure is unlikely to improve until basic managerial principles are amended. BACK TO BASICS:...
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Africa needs technocrats more than it needs party politicians
Opinion & Analysis By: Ronak Gopaldas* A major shift in global risk aversion, away from developed to emerging markets, was unleashed by the US Federal Reserve’s announcement last year of a looming...
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Africa: Illegal Financial Flows From Africa On the Rise
Nairobi — Sub-Saharan Africa lost the equivalent of 5.7 percent of its GDP to illicit financial flows in 2011 Sub-Saharan Africa lost $52bn in illicit financial flows in 2011, mostly through...
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Africa: On the Trail of Migrant Smugglers
By: KRISTY SIEGFRIED, 7 JANUARY 2014 Johannesburg — When the corpses of migrants are discovered in the desert, floating at sea, or in airless container trucks, the official response often includes...
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