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November 2012

The rallies of political parties currently being organized in the country have revealed that the people of Sierra Leone are still yet to know where they came from and where they are heading for. We

Hundreds of Sierra Leonean were assembled at the National Stadium Complex on Friday, November 2, over a national call by the National Commission for Democracy (NCD) in collaboration with the Political Parties Registration Commission (PPRC),

“Of all the tasks of government, the most basic is to protect its citizens from violence”.  The greater the importance to safeguarding the community from incitements to the overthrow of our institutions by force and

Moyamba is warming up as the District awaits the arrival of H. E Dr Ernest Bai Koroma to officially launch his Manifesto and campaign in the district. A musical group from Liberia, which did one

The Pan-Afrikan Community Movement (PACM) is a newly formed grassroots Pan-Africanist community based movement of youths, students, women and employed and unemployed workers in urban and rural Sierra Leone. We believe and uphold the Pan-Africanist

Malabo, Equatorial Guinea – The national soccer team of Equatorial Guinea advanced into the semi-final match of the 8th edition of the African Cup of Nations on Saturday. The Equatorial Guinea Girls, dubbed by their

Someone needs to say to the media- STOP- the outrageous bickering and continue to serve the people of Sierra Leone. This culture of confrontation with the sleazy personal attacks on national radios by some notable

Following the successful completion of their Hajj rituals, 498 Sierra Leone pilgrims will depart the Hajj Terminal of the King Abdul Aziz International Airport in the early hours of Wednesday, 7th November, 2012, Sierra Leone

With barely few days to the November 17th polls, the electioneering process has gone into top gear, especially in the Kambia district, with particular reference to the Tonko Limba Chiefdom, a place that has produced

During the launch of the Citizens´ Report Card (CRC) on the performance of his government, President Ernest Bai Koroma urged all Sierra Leoneans to broaden the scope of their thinking when it comes to the

The SLPP is always the first to point a finger at the APC whenever acts of violence are being perpetrated in the country.  They will cite examples of politically motivated violence in the past and

Freetown, November 3rd 2012: The APC National Presidential Campaign Committee totally condemns in no uncertain term the attacks on supporters of the Peoples Movement for Democratic Change (PMDC) by partisans of the opposition Sierra Leone

Often times when I read commentaries from the opposition SLPP on the country’s Minister of Internal Affairs, Honourable Musa Tarawally, I see nothing but violence being associated with him. He is usually painted and dismissed

The Executive Director of the Conservation Society in Sierra Leone, Dr Sama Mondeh, last week summoned an urgent press conference concerning the lifting of government moratorium on timber exportation. Dr Mondeh noted that the ban has

I have always emphasized in my writings that tribalism is a bane to any society, be it rich or poor. Tribalism has torn many African countries apart – The DRC, Rwanda, Liberia, Kenya, etc; it