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Down With Addax’s $200M ‘Investment’ … It’s not good for Sierra Leone!

A lot has been said to Sierra Leoneans about the Addax Bioenergy sugarcane/cassava for ethanol project, which Oluniyi Robbin-Coker, the Special Private Sector Advisor to His Excellency the President of the Republic of Sierra Leone, Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma, refers to as “Sierra Leone’s flagship agricultural investment”.
But all that has been said by the proponents [...]

Poisoning the media in Sierra Leone

Most people who now find themselves at the helm of media and journalistic practice in Sierra Leone were probably drawn into the practice for reasons that are no lesser than the dignity; courage and ethics that characterized the practice of journalism in those days, days when journalism in the country was the work of honorable [...]

Koroma’s Government and Corruption

Most of what permeates the local press in Sierra Leone for the past week in the apparent lip service of government in the fight against corruption; an issue which the president as head of state has vowed to working very strongly against when he took over the reigns of power not long ago in 2007.
But [...]

Agenda for Change: How Far?

If the Koroma agenda for change means that the country and state will achieve considerable financial and economic independence, then it is obvious that it means well and by the way things going, it is only fair to say the gentleman is on the right path owing the series of foundations he is presently putting [...]

Fighting Judicial Corruption: the Recipe for Change

Sierra Leoneans are certainly thankful for the progress made so far to ensure that the perennial issue of entrenched corruption that has been blamed for the backwardness of the country-thanks to the reforms President Koroma has been able to institute since his arrival on the boat to captain the affairs of state.
When the Anti Corruption [...]

The Need to Overhaul Our Health Sector

It is certainly very difficult to argue the extent of the success of Ernest Koroma’s Administration in the various areas of need for the past two years even though some other areas are undoubtedly seeing the light and tasting of frantic reforms and development.
One certainly cannot debunk the speed with which the Hydro electrification programme [...]

Why Bumbuna Must Be Regarded As Public Asset

One could understand why the ruling APC government even after months of accomplishment sings so much a song about the completion of the Bumbuna Hydro electric project, squarely the project is inarguably one of Sierra Leone’s most coveted achievements both in terms of infrastructural and sustainable development. Such accomplishment cannot be made to laze in [...]

Putting Our Priorities Right: HIV/AIDS, The Much Talked About Than…

By putting our priorities right, we mean first things first, it can also mean addressing issues according to their order of importance. Most developmental programmes have succeeded simply because they appear in order of priority. Sierra Leone as a nation is not the least of countries that has misplaced its priorities. This is why many [...]

That Uniqueness at AWOL

AWOL – Sierra Leoneans coming together to motivate and nudge the country’s development, doing so in their own evolution – for free and from their own pocket. A first of its kind philanthropic organization that is made up entirely of Sierra Leoneans who have invariably found fondness to sink their hand deep, deep into their [...]

Indiscipline and the FSSG Sports

The series of sporting events that took place at the National Stadium, which saw school pupils engaging in reckless display of indiscipline, shows there is a big problem for Sierra Leone.
The problem of indiscipline in our institutions of learning and display of violence is now permeating our communities from the primary schools to the tertiary [...]

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