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Africa: Growing Nigeria Must Trade More With Africa, Experts
TrustMedia (London) By: DOUGLAS IMARALU, 7 JANUARY 2014 Nigeria will overtake South Africa as Africa’s largest economy in the next two years, experts predict. But concern is also rising that by not...
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Gambia Cancels Exploration Licenses on Petroleum Law Violations with...
By: Suwaibou Touray Jan 7, 2014 Gambia has terminated offshore and onshore licenses of three oil explorers that the West African nation said violated its petroleum law. “These licenses have been...
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Suggestions on how to address the Healthcare Challenges in Sierra Leone
Disclaimer: Please note that Sierra Leone Policy Watch Inc. is an Independent non-partisan public policy think tank; the views expressed here do not reflect those of the organization. They are...
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Visit to Sierra Leone gives a new appreciation for day-to-day services
Opinion By: Frank Bucholtz/Langley Times (Jan 6, 2014 ) After spending five weeks in West Africa, it is certainly good to be back home in B.C. I no longer take our day-to-day services for granted....
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Sierra Leone:-Reduction of fees at Universities in Sierra Leone- (NUSS)
National Union of Sierra Leone Students After a protracted period of constructive dialogue/ negotiation with the Minister of Education Science and Technology and authorities of both Njala University...
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What Now, Sierra Leone?
OPINION By:- Granville Jones, (Virginia, USA.) State Of Hardship My first visit to Sierra Leone after almost twenty-six years abroad was filled with a lot of surprises, to say the least. I was very...
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Sierra Leone:- Is a radical and transformative judiciary an obstacle to...
By: Rashid Dumbuya* In contemporary day democracies, a plethora of concerns have been raised in many quarters as to the powerful nature of the judiciary over the other arms of government in the state....
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NEGOTIATING PEACE IN SOUTH SUDAN: DEMOCRACY, POLITICS AND ARMED MOVEMENTS
By: Christopher Zambakari* “South Sudan is facing a profound crisis of governance within the ruling party and its military wing, the SPLA. Without addressing serious nation-building issues,...
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SOUTH SUDAN: Peace, Democracy, and Reconstruction instead of War
“It is necessary to place the current political crisis in South Sudan within a historical context and accept that if the South Sudanese were able to fight for independence over six decades and...
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AFRICA:-Schizophrenia as Mandela’s final caution
“The deaf signer at Mandela’s memorial who confessed to schizophrenia revealed a deep-seated schizoid behaviour among African people. Voices in the heads of African people continue to program Africans...
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Service providers in Sierra Leone are protesting the government’s move to...
By: Olusegun Abolaji Ogundeji Service providers in Sierra Leone are protesting the government’s move to close them, following allegations that they have failed to meet a Dec. 16 deadline to pay fees...
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Sierra Leone government poised to take over Comium
“The telecom company is given an ultimatum to address debt and staff issues.” (PC-Advisor): The government of Sierra Leone has issued an ultimatum to Comium, which has been plagued by debt, a strike...
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Is it possible for the Sierra Leone Bar Association to have standing before...
IS IT POSSIBLE FOR THE SIERRA LEONE BAR ASSOCIATION TO HAVE STANDING BEFORE THE AFRICAN COMMISSION AND THE AFRICAN COURT ON HUMAN AND PEOPLES’ RIGHTS DESPITE IT NOT BEING A PARTY TO THE STATUTES...
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Undercurrents of Violence: Why Sierra Leone’s Political Settlement is not...
“Debates over violence, security, humanitarian and development imperatives have long been polarised. However, as seen in Syria and Mali, the question is not simply whether one should intervene but...
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Iron-ore miner increases production by 250% in Sierra Leone mine
UK-based high-grade iron-ore concen-trate producer London Mining reports that production at its Marampa mine, in Sierra Leone’s Port Loko district, has risen by 250% since the inception of the mine in...
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Fourah Bay College: The Decline of Sierra Leone’s “Oxford in the Bush”
The radical students at Fourah Bay College were once a source of political dynamism, activism and opposition in Sierra Leone. How times have changed. By: Tom Gardner Freetown, Sierra Leone: Sitting...
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Africa: Growing Nigeria Must Trade More With Africa, Experts
By: DOUGLAS IMARALU (TrustMedia-London) Nigeria will overtake South Africa as Africa’s largest economy in the next two years, experts predict. But concern is also rising that by not doing “enough”...
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Africa: Strong Leadership Should Take Africa-EU Relations Beyond Aid in 2014
European Centre for Development Policy Management (Maastricht) PRESS RELEASE Maastricht — Africa will start the New Year stronger than ever before both financially and politically, says a new paper...
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Africa’s Billions that the Poor Won’t Touch
ANALYSIS By: Jeffrey Moyo and Miriam Gathigah (IPS) NAIROBI/HARARE, Jan 17 2014 (IPS) - With its two-trillion-dollar economy, recent discoveries of billions of dollars worth of minerals and oil, and...
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Peacekeeping 20 Years after Rwanda
UNITED NATIONS, Jan 15 2014 (IPS) - On Jan. 11, 1994, Romeo Dallaire, force commander of the United Nations Mission in Rwanda, sent a fax to U.N. Headquarters in New York, telling officials there a...
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