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De Pa's New Year’s Day Broadcast
Christmastide – which also includes the New Year – has come and gone. In the choking grip of Ebola, celebrations were extremely low key. And we understand why De Pa announced all those restrictive measures. We also join him in prayers for God to have mercy on Sierra Leone.
EBOLA WAR: WESTERN AREA SURGE, DEVIL IN THE DETAILS
De Pa finally spoke on Wednesday after weeks of speculation about a second round lockdown of Freetown in a desperate bid to end transmission of Ebola from person to person. The Western Area is the most scary place in Freetown these days and it's packed with two million people, a lot of whom have absolutely no fixed abode.
TWO-TRACK APPROACH: FIGHT EBOLA DISEASE AND FIGHT EBOLA CORRUPTION
When Pallo Conteh announced recently that ghost healthcare workers had been found on the payroll of NERC, the whole nation was disappointed. Disappointed because people had exploited the weaknesses in the Ebola response and were busy stealing money while our people died in dozens. It was a good thing he spoke out like that but what has he done about that since? We've not heard anything about arrests and prosecution – surely, this must not go unpunished.
THE PRICE OF OIL FALLING ABROAD BUT STAYING PUT IN SALONE
That the price of oil is falling steeply on the world market is in the news daily. The last we heard is that it has fallen below $ 68 a barrel. That is definitely good news. Well…except you live in an oil-exporting nation. But why is it that our government is not saying or doing anything about the price we pay at service stations here?
Supported by: Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA)
