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.
By James Tamba Lebbie
Putting this brief piece together is a deliberate decision. And among many reasons, the desire to write it is borne out of the necessity to make an attempt to throw some light on the misconceptions of the concept of corporate social responsibility (CSR).
By James Tamba Lebbie
No better starting point for my piece today than with a focus on President Ernest Bai Koroma's vision for education in his "Agenda for Prosperity" project and to juxtapose it with practical attempts at reforming the sector. Below are two excerpts from the Agenda for Prosperity document relating to education:
By James Tamba Lebbie
Give the dog a bad name and hang it! In the last five to six years, this is what has come to characterise the day-to-day governance of the state of Sierra Leone and to a very large extent, everyday life in the country. Agents and sycophants are truly and actively at work!
By James Tamba Lebbie
A recent press release from the Ministry of Energy says a solar street light pilot project comprising about 9,000 solar poles “is being implemented nationwide in all the four regions of Sierra Leone. This means, the North, South, East and Western Region in all the 14 Districts in Sierra Leone. Added to the 14 District Headquarter Towns, the facility is currently extended to other urban towns like Lungi, Lunsar, Koindu, etc. which are also benefiting from the solar street lights.”
Supported by: Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA)
