By Umaru Fofana
“…It’s a picture of an administration riven by internal conflicts…an administration in which the advice of experts was frequently ignored or dismissed, traditional policy-making channels were routinely circumvented, policy often took a backseat to electoral politics, accountability was repeatedly evaded, and few advisers dared speak truth to power. …”
By Umaru Fofana
Dull moments? Hardly, if at all, for members and supporters of Sierra Leone’s two main political parties. Just weeks after the governing All People’s Congress (APC) held their national delegates’ conference, the main opposition Sierra Leone People’s Party are gearing up for theirs. You have got to give it to them. They are keeping internal democracy alive. Even if with some teething challenges.
By Umaru Fofana
There is a mishmash of cases before a Freetown magistrate court bordering on malfeasance. And the Anti Corruption Commission is grappling with its; some including some of those before the court. They range from alleged bank fraud involving a property developer and the top echelons of the largest bank in the country, to the tax man and the ports and bank workers. And just anybody else, it would seem. You just needed to listen to the head of the ACC to gauge the severity of how tough the fight against graft seems to be getting.
By Umaru Fofana
In the last week, or so, incendiary statements against media freedom and free speech in Sierra Leone have been made, and more are still being made by Dr Sylvia Blyden, the Special Executive Assistant (SEA) to President Ernest Bai Koroma.
By Umaru Fofana
Heard the saying “one step forward two steps backwards”? Or “the more things change the more they remain the same”? We stand the risk of proving true these sceptical sayings unless we stop in its track what is being planned.
Supported by: Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA)
