By Umaru Fofana
You don't throw the baby with the bathwater, it is said. When we are reminded about it we respond testily insisting we always remember not to. And when we are not, often times we do do it and by the time we realise it the baby is in problems.
- Predicts Africa Confidential
The latest edition of the respected British bi-monhly, Africa Confidential predicts that neither President Ernest Koroma nor Julius Maada Bio is likely to gain more than half of the ballots in the November polls; hence a run-off. See full report on page…
I have no idea where this business of making resolutions at the end of every year came from but it’s now widespread. At the start of 2010 we asked some college students what their New Year resolutions were. More than half of the forty students said they wanted to go “closer to God this year” and to “spend more time on their studies”. Well, I don’t need a sorcerer to tell me that none of them stood by those resolutions strictly. Don’t ask me why and don’t convict them before hearing them out.
In 2011 certain individuals and institutions created impact in the progress of our country. This is not an exhaustive list of them all but we are hereby bring to you those that caught our attention irresistibly.
A three-week-long investigation mounted by Politico reveals that the country's Anti Corruption Commission is in a serious financial situation. Our sources say that staff did not get their full end-of-year salary bonus due to the apparent financial crisis. Staff who had to travel to Freetown to answer to an official call late last year were only paid half their per diem.
Supported by: Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA)
