London based, Ethiopian born Artist, Photographer, African Costume and Jewelry Designer, Addishiwot Asfawosen’s exhibition has brought the Ethiopian city of Arba Minch (Amharic for forty springs) and Fairfield House the [Read more]
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has shaken up the country's military chiefs amid a spike in attacks by the terrorist group Boko Haram. All service chiefs from Buhari's predecessor, Goodluck Jonathan, [Read more]
…….we iron out lots of things and put in place, the painful process that will stabilise the system and society, before that tomorrow comes. How do we establish a [Read more]
More than 180 African non-governmental organizations will be feted for their work in advancing adolescent sexual and reproductive health, improving access to quality education and increasing youth employment in Sub-Saharan [Read more]
Sierra Leone’s President Ernest B. Koroma will arrive in New York on Thursday to attend a high-level summit at the UN Headquarters despite a planned protest against him by Concerned [Read more]
You pierce the clouds with your smiling spear Your flicker of light that brings out the cheer In the moonless night of your dark less daze From the bleary eyed [Read more]
KKY, as usually called by his fans, does not only possess indelible track records and success stories in countless files at the world stage, he also possess the leadership charisma [Read more]
A full explanation of why Vice-President Samuel Sam-Sumana was summarily removed from office in March has just emerged. President Ernest Bai Koroma feared he was building support for a bid [Read more]
The Ebola outbreak not only exposed major weaknesses in Sierra Leone’s health system but revealed ‘blind spots’ in over ten years’ of international aid programming to the West African nation, [Read more]
Cairo, Egypt Summer days: They're what childhood memories are made of, glorious afternoons of unchecked freedom to frolic with friends in the sun, unshackled from the earthly obligations of a [Read more]
Protecting The Vote: African Politics. Is Africa rising? Are the opposition parties in Sierra Leone prepared for the election soon to come? An advice on what they can do to [Read more]
Those of us that survived the late 70s and 80s era will recall being politically breastfed from a single teat of a one party state in Sierra Leone. Those were [Read more]
Oh! My God. The power play towards 2017 is in full swing, albeit in hushed tones. But looking at the emerging signs, the political configurations that define success and loss [Read more]
Abdulai Mansaray, author Hunted, shackled, braced and shipped From the land of the gods and baobab bliss Down in the bowels of my watery coffins To the land of the [Read more]
I was born free, free to live, and free to die Shackled from the rings of your confederated past When your X men were Axe lords of my slavish past. [Read more]
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