Senegal's president says he will offer free land and "repatriation" to people affected by the earthquake in Haiti. (Photo: Abdoulaye Wade said Haitians could "return to their origin") President Abdoulaye Wade said Haitians were sons and
As January 16th 2010 approached, the campaign of the North America APC National Delegation gained momentum everyday. Â As the saying goes "It takes two to Tango." Well, it also takes two to argue. It is
It is becoming increasingly clear that some churches are purely money making institutions, as a Christian myself I see no reason why the leaders of some churches should be compelling their flocks to contribute kindly
Sierra Leone is our country that we love but most of the time do not have control over its administration. That has to do with a long term history. It started since the Portuguese came
I have been following developments in neighboring Guinea and our big brother country, Nigeria, through the BBC. I have developed an interest in the affairs of these two countries for obvious reasons. I am an
Some few months ago, that is, towards the end of the year I quoted a paragraph from one of our leading editors in which he was extolling the virtues of his Excellency President Ernest Bai
Ten-man Ivory Coast became the first side to reach the last eight of the Cup of Nations after defeating Ghana 3-1. (Photo: Gervinho opened the scoring for Ivory Coast from a counter-attack) The Elephants broke the
WAN-IFRA, the global, industry organisation for the newspaper and news publishing industry, is very pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Christoph Riess as the new Group Chief Executive of the enlarged WAN-IFRA industry representative
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has deferred its January 18th scheduled summit to 15th February, 2010. (Photo: Dr. Mohamed Ibn Chambas, ECOWAS Commission President) Though no reason was advanced for the postponement, a
Algeria put their disappointing 3-0 loss to Malawi behind them to beat Mali in their second Group A game in Luanda. Â (Photo: Algeria's Rafik Halliche (right) celebrates his goal against Mali) Rafik Halliche headed home a
I have told the story before which was attributed to former President Harry S. Truman who succeeded Franklin Roosevelt as the 33rd. President of the United States of America from 1945 to 1953. He asked
Sierra Leone ranked 148 out of 183 economies as the best place to do business. These comparative records included 46 countries in Sub-Sahara Africa, 32 in Latin America, 27 in Eastern Europe and Central Asia,
Following recent press publications that a “soon to be published” memoir of Hon. S.A.J Pratt was imminent, I have since remained cautiously hopeful that just by its publication, one critical disservice by most of Sierra
The second edition of the SIERRA Update news magazine published by the Public Information Unit of the Sierra Leone High Commission is out. The magazine featuring some of President Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma government’s major strategic
Dear Mr. Editor, Please allow me to express my sincere appreciation and profound gratitude in your widely read newspaper for publishing an interview conducted with me by our Saudi Press Attaché, Alhaji Jalloh (photo). The exclusive
