November 2009 Archive

Sierra Leone Moves From Darkness to Daylight
The lights were switched on. The smiles were radiant. The faces beamed with delightful appreciation. A country that has only known darkness for most of its recent history has finally ...
Two Years in Office: The Achievements of a President
Polit­i­cal ana­lysts in Sierra Leone are still try­ing to eval­u­ate the per­for­mance of the Ernest Koroma led APC gov­ern­ment. The analy­sis are being made from the per­spec­tive of his promises ...
 The Calling Cards Rip-off
Africans in the Dias­pora are faced with a seri­ous dilemma when it comes to call­ing back home to their loved ones; as the cost of calls from Europe and Amer­ica ...
Media Controversy in Sierra Leone and its effect on Press Harmony
Edi­to­ri­als in Sierra Leone’s print and elec­tronic media have become the indel­i­cate barn­yard of per­sonal vendetta in the form of vicious per­sonal attacks and fool­ish polit­i­cal pro­pa­ganda. From the pres­i­den­tial ...
Sam Bangura Steps in to NASSIT
The gov­ern­ment finally gets it right. The selec­tion process was indeed free and fair. The peo­ple were wait­ing in antic­i­pa­tion filled with spec­u­la­tion. The rumours were wild and for­tune tellers ...
President Takes Steps to Improve The Quality Of Life Of The People Of Sierra Leone
Not too often do you see an African leader makes his pri­or­ity, the qual­ity of the stan­dard of liv­ing of his peo­ple. And some­times even when lead­ers are elected on ...
Sierra Leone Takes Steps to End Corruption — Other African States Should Follow
Africa has long been con­sid­ered among the world’s most cor­rupt places, a fac­tor seen as con­tribut­ing to the slow devel­op­ment and impov­er­ish­ment of many African coun­tries. Out of the ten ...

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