By Abdul Tejan-Cole
The announcement last week by the governments of Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana to suspend forward sales of cocoa beans for 2020/21 until further notice and to demand the implementation of a floor price of US$2,600 per metric tonne of cocoa beans is revolutionary and must be welcomed by all those interested in fair and greater equity in international trade.
By Abdul Tejan-Cole
Mohamed Morsi al-Ayat died on June 17, 2019. With no fanfare, Egypt’s state television and all its daily newspapers published the same announcement – “Mohammed Morsi died yesterday during his trial in an espionage case. The deceased asked the judge to speak, and the court gave him permission. After the court was adjourned, he fainted and died. The body was transferred to hospital and the necessary procedures are underway.”
By Mohamed Jaward Nyallay
Sierra Leone has a population of just over 7 million and just over 1 million people in the country have access to electricity in the country. This number stands for 16% of the population. This is according to World Bank’s current estimation.
Some 57 years since independence the country still depends on old and battered thermal machines and an overstretched network supply and distribution facility across the country to provide electricity.
How bad is the situation?
By Mohamed Jaward Nyallay
So here we are again, about to watch two teams built with grit, resilience and swagger. They are meeting again to sweep us off our feet. They are both separated by distinct style and a single point. This is the story of the greatest derby in today’s football in the country: FC Kallon versus East End Lions.
By Allieu Sahid Tunkara
It happened in a tiny village called Walihun in the Bumpeh Ngao Chiefdom, Bo district, Southern Sierra Leone. A girl (name withheld) aged 15 grapples with the pains of an eight-month pregnancy. She looks pale and sickly and cannot get her words quickly when she speaks.
Supported by: Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA)
