By Umaru Fofana
I woke up on Thursday 2 May planning how to cover for the BBC the state-of-the-nation address by the president at the State Opening of Parliament. I called the opposition to alert them that I would like to get their reaction to what the president would be saying in his speech especially about the state of the country’s economy. The party leader in parliament was ill-disposed so I turned to his deputy.
By Umaru Fofana
I never get tired of explaining how shocked I felt when I went to cover the 2008 US election that saw Barack Obama emerge as the country’s first black president. The cold was too heavy for me on the Chicago side of things, so I preferred being on the west coast state of Arizona – home of then candidate John McCain. The Grand Canyon State has beautiful sunshine which is preferable to the freezing temperatures for an African born and bred like me.
By Umaru Fofana
As the world grapples with job-creation for its rapidly growing population, win-win business policies should be the priority of any serious government.
Economic activity was at the heart of the creation of ECOWAS by West African leaders. Two of the main priorities to achieving this have to be ease of movement and that of communication.
By Umaru Fofana
In March 2016 Moijueh Kaikai and Mustapha Bai Attila were sacked as Sierra Leone's Minister and Deputy Minister of Social Welfare, Gender and Children’s Affairs respectively. It followed their involvement in a disgraceful, distasteful and disgusting public brawl of humiliating proportions. There was an outcry. But in a country of sensation and coverup, we let that pass. Without demanding that the allegations made in that public brouhaha be looked into, if only to ward off any such in the future.
By Umaru Fofana
Tuesday 25 October 2016:
Good evening all ye Good Samaritans. We have just returned from Mile 91 to carry out a task a good many of you asked of me to do: coordinate the aftermath of the outpouring of grief after that video of Zainab Kamara - a cripple single mother of four - had gone viral and touched your hearts of gold.
Supported by: Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA)
