Maada Bio and Ernest Koroma: who do you trust? A rejoinder

Bio Koroma

By KIS Myers

An apology is first of all in place here as readers were promised a weekly comparison between Julius Maada Bio and Ernest Bai Koroma so that readers can sift the grain from the chaff. Circumstances held me at bay and after thinking about what I [...]

SLPP endorses UDM

By Bampia Bundu

UDM Chairman Mohamed Bangura registering members

The Chairman, Leader and Flagbearer of the United Democratic Movement (UDM), Mr. Mohamed Bangura, has disclosed that the leadership of the main opposition Sierra Leone Peoples Party (SLPP) has finally endorsed their existence and importance in the political dispensation of [...]

‘I am the most feared man of the APC’ -Charles Francis Margai

Charles Margai

By Abdul Hassan Fackie

Charles Margai

The Leader of the Peoples Movement for Democratic Change (PMDC), Mr. Charles Francis Margai, has said in Freetown that the Government of President Ernest Bai Koroma fears him more than any other man in this country.

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Fambul Bisnez on non violence peace tour

Abacha Street Traders Chairlady flanked by Spokesman of Fambul Bisnez

By Alhassan Bah

Abacha Street Traders Chairlady flanked by Spokesman of Fambul Bisnez

The Sierra Leone Market Women Traders Development Foundation better known as ‘Fambul’ yesterday started a non violence peace tour across the nation to preach the virtues on non violence in the coming November 17 General Elections.

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‘APC will leave power if we lose’ – Victor Foh assures

Victor Foh

By Bampia Bundu

Victor Foh

The National Secretary General of the All Peoples Congress (APC), Mr. Victor Bockarie Foh, has assured Sierra Leonean that if they lose the 2012 Presidential, Parliamentary and Local Council Elections, they will peacefully exit and hand over power to the winner.

He [...]

‘Christiana Thorpe has criminal intent’ – SLPP Charges

Christiana Thorpe

Christiana Thorpe

The National Chairman of the Sierra Leone Peoples Party (SLPP), Mr. John Oponjo Benjamin, has said that the Chairman of the National Electoral Commission (NEC), Dr .Christina Thorpe, has criminal intent to rig the elections on November 17 this year.

Addressing newsmen at the party’s headquarters in Freetown [...]

Sierra Leone browbeats the almighty UN

HE President Ernest Bai Koroma

By Zainab Kanu

HE President Ernest Bai Koroma

Sierra Leone is regarded as a model of post-conflict reconstruction.

An 11 year civil war that left some 50,000 dead by 2002 was overcome with the help of blue-hated UN  Peacekeepers. In 2007 power changed hands in fair elections for [...]

APPYA schooled on electoral integrity

politics

By Bampia Bundu

The All Political Party Youth Association (APPYA), on Thursday, February 2 this year concluded a three day capacity building training on Electoral Integrity, Youth and Democracy organized by the IDEA at the Presidential Lounge of the National Stadium in Freetown.

Addressing participants at the closing [...]