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Issues At Large 1-28-10

Give Lillian Lisk a chance
Lillian Lisk is a household name in Sierra Leone. From a grass roots beginning, Lisk was able to surmount the usual belief that a woman’s place is in the home when she tackled the responsibility of setting up a whole industry by herself.
But Lillian Lisk is no stranger to business. As [...]

Issues At Large 1-26-10

The Lying Minister
Alhaji Alpha Kanu (Khan), Minister of Mineral resources and presidential Affairs in the Ernest Bai Koroma administration is no stranger to controversies. Long before becoming a minister of government, Kanu had made waves as the man who took money from intending Muslim pilgrims with the promise that he will take them to Mecca. [...]

Issues at Large 12-2-09

Daru Soldiers & SLPP Promises
National Chairman of the Sierra Leone People’s Party Mr. John Oponjo Benjamin has promised that soldiers will be redeployed to the Daru Military depot as soon as his party wins in the 2012 elections.
The Daru Depot has been selected by the Defense Ministry to be closed up as part of moves [...]

Issues at Large 11-26-09

Of Bribery and Poverty in Kono
Sad news to have heard a case of $15,000 bribery that flopped between Lebanese (in the guise of Diamond Dealers Association) diamond merchants and the Ministry of Mines Officials in the country’s poorest and most affected region in the past brutal and devastating war. The Diamond Dealers Association in the [...]

Issues at Large 11-23-09

Tourism: Birds as Tourist Attraction
For ornithologists, (that is people interested in the study of birds) Sierra Leone is a bird’s paradise in West Africa, as it is a country that has varied species of birds.
There is also the belief that there are some species of birds which are only found in Sierra Leone, and for [...]

Issues at Large 11-18-09

Dr. Leslie E.T. Shyllon Dies
University Don and well known religious leader Dr. Lslie E.T. Shyllon has died.
The well known academic passed away last week end following a short illness. Before his death, he had authored two books: One on medical ethics and the second on two centuries of Christianity in the African Province of Freedom.
The [...]

Issues At Large 11-16-09

Diamonds Not Forever
British writer Ian Fleming in his book, ‘Diamonds Are Forever’ made a succinct point when he highlighted the fact that diamonds which had always been seen as minerals which are forever, are not in fact forever!
This has been shown in Kono District where the much talked about diamonds have now become scarce [...]

Issues at Large 11-12-09

The house to house robbery
In Sierra Leone, it is part of the work of Christian evangelists to carry out house to house preaching, but now armed robbers, sinister and with a killer instinct have also started doing the same rounds, though with a different motive.
Armed robbers now engage in house to house visits, especially in [...]

Issues at Large 11-02-09

Politics: Between Benjamin & Bundu
The Sierra Leone People’s Party, the opposition party that hopes to replace Ernest Koroma’s government after 2012, has been making the wrong moves all this while, and this has not been of any benefit to them.
The SLPP has two great names which are secretly eyeing the prize of being the flag [...]

Issues at Large 10-30-09

The Special Court finale
Finally, the curtains are being drawn, the cast is ready to make their last bow and the audience is getting ready to make the last ovation. This is the final scenario depicting the end of the Special Court for Sierra Leone.
Established along the lines of the International Court of Justice in The [...]

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