Sierra Leone

Since taking office after his successful election last year, this retired brigadier general has made a promising start, beginning with a massive investigation into corruption and mismanagement under the All Peoples Congress (the APC) government of ex-President Ernest Bai Koroma.

Girls who get pregnant as a result of rape or sexual exploitation end up being double punished as they are banned from attending school and in most cases there is no access to justice for the rape ordeal, with perpetrators going unpunished.

Following the American Revolutionary War of the 17th century, and Slave Trade abolition initiatives, freed slaves from America and those “rescued” in the West African region settled with the natives of the two geographical locations known today as Liberia and Sierra Leone.

Many a writer, activist and social commentator has described the developmental challenges, including incessant conflict facing Africa, as a tragic lack of leadership.

On 11 May 2015 a memo was delivered at my house inviting me to a meeting: “Invitation to a meeting with an appointment sub-committee to look into the renewal of appointment of Dr. Ibrahim Abdullah”.

The Protocol guarantees comprehensive rights to women and provides a formidable legal framework to address the violence and discrimination against them. It was informed by African realities and negotiated by Africans for Africans.

FREETOWN, MARCH 3, 2015: The Movement for Social Progress (MSP) has joined citizens in calling for a full investigation into all local and international donations received by the Government of Sierra Leone in the fight against Ebola, adding that attempts by APC leaders to stifle public debate on

In almost every politically conscious country, presidential contests are marked by the crafting of campaign messages and the advocacy of political values.

Rather than enhance the newly-created institutions which facilitated his march to the presidency, Ernest Koroma is actually destroying the country’s newborn democracy, thanks to his proclivity for acting like the president of a one-party dictatorship.