Greetings to the Minister of Tourism and Cultural Affairs
Bad road causes misery for Red Pump residents
By Usman Kamara
The deplorable condition of the Red Pump Road which is bumpy, stony, dusty and full of gaping pot holes continues to be the source of misery for its residents. They are incessantly charged high transport fares by the few motorists who ply the route that is avoided by most of the commercial transport vehicles as it is viewed to be of high risk to the cars and motor bikes.
Motorists especially bike riders often charge exorbitantly as an indemnity for any damage the road may cause to their vehicles.
Equatorial Guinea, 36 years and counting
By Mohamed Jaward Nyallay
Africa’s longest-serving leader, President Teodoro Obiang Nguema, 73, has won a new term in office. He was declared winner of last week’s presidential election after securing his usual 90% and above in the polls. Nguema got 93% of the total vote cast and his party won 153 seats in Parliament out of the available 155.
Nguema has won the last two elections by 95% and 97% respectively, in the process raising some huge questions about the credibility of the election.
Speech: Revamping Fourah Bay College with alumni support
Fourah Bay College has been in the news lately for all the wrong reasons. They range from the college authorities suspending lectures because students had failed to register and protested that they should not be sent out of class, to lecturers going on a sit-down strike over unresolved negotiated pay and conditions. There has been much talk that the college alumni have an important role to play to turn things around.
Earth Day 2016: Our Planet, Our Opportunity
By Ambassador John Hoover
As people around the globe observe Earth Day on April 22, world leaders are making history at the United Nations in New York.
Over 100 countries will sign the Paris Agreement on climate change.
This marks a turning point in the story of our planet and may set a record for the largest number of signers to an international agreement in a single day.
Earth Day 2016: Our Planet, Our Opportunity
By Ambassador John Hoover
As people around the globe observe Earth Day on April 22, world leaders are making history at the United Nations in New York.
Over 100 countries will sign the Paris Agreement on climate change.
This marks a turning point in the story of our planet and may set a record for the largest number of signers to an international agreement in a single day.
Southerners on border with Liberia complain of being treated as foreigners
By Mohamed T. Massaquoi
When you are a citizen of a country in which you reside and yet you do not feel part of it, the experience can be complicated. That’s the situation for the people of Sorogbeima and Makpele chiefdoms in the southern Pujehun District. And they are calling on the Sierra Leone government to take up its responsibilities by treating them as the citizens that they are.
