THE CLUELESS OPPOSITION AND THE IGR REPORT
Look at the way the main opposition party, the SLPP, has been playing around with the IGR report on the coming census. In fact, it's their attitude to the report that has created some good drama for us apart from that disastrous radio appearance by a guy from Statistics Sierra Leone. He was totally unable to land any significant punch on the IGR document. IGR is a credible institution that should be a pride to Sierra Leone. Well done!
On the Road With the Queen of Sierra Leone Football
The queen of Sierra Leone Football has just returned from a trip to Europe. She is no stranger to the place and we cannot even begin to count the air miles she's clocked recently. Well she'd been flying in and out of Sierra Leone long before she took power at the Football Association. But it's fair to say she's done a bit more travelling since she became queen than would normally have been the case. Again, that's probably part of her job.
ACC GEARS UP FOR A FIGHT OVER EBOLA MONEY...HURRAY!
From the outset we've been calling for the ACC to be a bit more engaged in monitoring funds pouring into this country to fight Ebola. We are talking about all funds including those going through government and its agencies and the many civil society groups that have suddenly carved out a space for themselves in the Ebola war. We will be closely following the case of those WFP people and the 259 bags of rice.
BOKO HARAM NOW A REGIONAL PROBLEM BUT IS SIERRA LEONE AWARE?
We can't believe the stories we are hearing from north-east Nigeria. Even at its worst, Foday Sankoh's RUF war machine didn't kill two thousand people within a few hours. The scale of the last destruction in Nigeria captured on satellite by Amnesty International has left the world speechless - man's capacity to destroy life and property is simply horrendous.
Supported by: Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA)
