It is a premiere for Germany. Never before have artefacts from Islam’s holiest site, the Kaaba in Mecca, been on display in the country. A new exhibit in Berlin’s famous Pergamum Museum traces history on the Arabian peninsula from the birth of civilization to the 20th century. [Read more]
Aid agencies and human right organisations say the Libyan National Transitional Council (NTC) is encouraging torture as retributive justice against pro Gaddaffi suspects who were held captive in wake of the revolution; majority are believed to be innocent victims of colour distinction (the Dark Colour). Abdulai Mansaray elaborates on the scenario. [Read more]
As the melodious wind sweeps through my fingers onboard the Murzuk ferry and the fantastic coastline leaving my sight, nostalgia seems to tighten my memory. Leaving this great country behind [Read more]
Despite the declaration of the Gola Forest as a Trans-Border Peace Park to be reserved for touristic purpose by Liberia and Sierra Leone, some local authorities are believed to be working surreptitiously with mining companies in order to jeopardize the plan with mining activities. We publish here verbatim a letter written to President Koroma by Ibrahim Ekutu Sesay, a concerned citizen. [Read more]
All social indicators predict a short, miserable life for those unlucky enough to be born Black males in America. By Phillip Jackson Welcome to America where too many young [Read more]
In its effort to promote sanitation in the Kenema district eastern Sierra Leone, Chibuzor for Human Resources Developments Organization (CHIDO) in collaboration with UNICEF and Kenema District Council has declared dozens of villages in the Tunkia chiefdom “Open Defecation Free”. Ibrahim K. Musa report form Kenema [Read more]
SweRoad contracted by the World Bank to embark on a study aimed at “reaching a consensus with Government of Sierra Leone and multi sectoral stakeholders on improving road safety management [Read more]
With Ghana already exploiting its newly discovered oil wealth and hopes of Sierra Leone and Liberia soon to join the league of oil exporting nations, it is of little surprise that the World Bank has made this appointment. Natural resource rich African countries need to break the affliction of resource curse that has blighted the continent for far too long [Read more]
Balotelli, the Manchester City striker has been described variously from eccentric, stupid, enigmatic, gifted, extrovert, to charismatic. But Abdulai Mansaray opined that it is the striker’s unpredictability on and off the pitch that makes him stand out. [Read more]
French authorities announced last month that the government would pay for the removal of false breast implants made by a now bankrupt company, Poly Implant Protheses, (PIP) which a British medical group says were made from “non-medical grade silicone believed by the manufacturers to be made for mattresses.” Founder of the company, Jean-Claude Mas, has been arrested at last [Read more]
President Koroma’s “youth empowerment strategy” and “agenda for change” seemed to also include replacement of lazy professors with energetic youths. The recent demonstration is the removal of though highly qualified but less resourceful Minister of Energy and Water Resources, Prof. Ogunlade Davidson [Read more]
Mr. J.B. Dauda announced a rigorous reformation plan in the Sierra Leonean diplomatic service shortly after his appointment as Foreign Minister. He promised to recall home, without any exception, all diplomats who have served more than four years abroad. But it looks like some diplomats are more diplomatic than the others as State House seemed to interfere with the process. [Read more]
WASHINGTON: On the week marking the 10 year anniversary of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, Professor Jeffrey Sachs and Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Minister of Health for [Read more]
Your Excellency Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma here is a question for you: When you would have served the years God has ordained for you as President of Mama Sa Lone, what will you be remembered for? [Read more]
The Arab revolutionists are constantly chanting DEMOCRASY in their fights against the autocratic regimes. But one would wonder whether they really want the Western DEMOCRACY, or something else… Abdulai Mansary presents a critical view about the situation with special emphasis on the ongoing hullabaloo in Syria [Read more]
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