Tony Blair yesterday returned to Sierra Leone to review the progress of the Africa Governance Initiative project with President Koroma, with a specific focus on healthcare and the work the Government of Sierra Leone is
The Commissioner of the National Electoral Commission (NEC), Dr Christiana Thorpe, this morning presented the Commission’s 2009 Annual Report to President Ernest Bai Koroma at State House, for onward transmission to Parliament and the people
Sierra Leone’s virtual goodwill ambassador, former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, arrived in Sierra Leone today and visited President Koroma at State House. Blair is in the country to further keep himself abreast with developments
Great leaders are known by their ability to make decisions when the necessity arises. Firmness, purposefulness and determination are what distinguish such leaders from ordinary leaders. I say ordinary because when certain ugly happenings occur,
Yesterday, 22 February 2010, His Excellency, the President, Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma met with Mr. John Benjamin, Chairman of the Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP) and Mr. Charles Margai (PMDC) at State House. During the
Sierra Leonean-born Mariatu Kargbo who represented Miss Sierra Leone in the Miss World South Africa 2009, has paid courtesy call on Sierra Leone’s High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, His Excellency Edward Mohamed Turay. (Photo:
About six months ago, I wrote an article on “THE ADDICTION TO POWER,†and specifically referenced two African leaders, Mamoud Tandja of Niger and Guinea’s Captain Moussa “Dadis†Camara. Both I said, were examples of
The air was tense as the Party Conference from 9 chapters clogged the airwaves, through a teleconference to vote their candidates of choice for the Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP) convention in Bo in Sierra
Former Sierra Leone international Christian Cole has been named caretaker coach of the Leone Stars' African Nations Championship (CHAN) team by the Sierra Leone Football Association (SLFA). (Photo: Christian Cole - back at the helm
The Sierra Leone Embassy in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, over the weekend joined over 1,000 delegates from over 160 countries across the world in the 10th session of the 2010 Jeddah Economic Forum (JEF) at the
It is unbelievable that a forum that was established to discuss issues of development and how to move APC party forward has been reduced to a forum of indecency, hate and calumny. The self-styled party
President Ernest Bai Koroma today ordered the arrest of National Revenue Authority/Customs personnel who have aided and abetted the defrauding of the State through importers’ false declaration of goods and the clearing of such goods
The Secretary-General of the United Nations has named Binta Mansaray (phot0)Â of Sierra Leone as Registrar of the Special Court. Ms. Mansaray, who was appointed Deputy Registrar in July 2007, has served as Acting Registrar since
Economic recovery for a post war country is a difficult and Herculean task, more so when viewed from the perspective of the collective responsibility of the citizenry of such a country. Sierra Leone is in
The Secretary-General of the United Nations has named Brenda Joyce Hollis of the United States as Prosecutor of the Special Court. Since 2007, Ms. Hollis has been a Principal Trial Attorney in the Office of the
