By Peterking Quaye – A two-day high level International Dialogue on Peacebuilding and Statebuilding takes place in Monrovia from Tuesday, June 14 to Friday, June 17, 2011 at the SKD Sports Complex. This dialogue is intended to better understand the problems of fragile states, including Liberia, Sierra Leone, Temor Leste, DRC, etc. A media advisory from the Ministry of Planning and Economic Affairs Communications office says the Monrovia Dialogue which is the Second International Dialogue on Peace-building and State-building will produce and an International Action Plan (or the Monrovia Action Plan on Peace-building and State-building) as the key output. The... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Monday, June 13th 2011 |
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. African countries are increasingly engaging in the development of ICT-based solutions for education and training, according to Dr Mohammed Gharib Bilal, Vice President of the United Republic of Tanzania. Opening Africa’s leading conference on ICT-supported education, eLearning Africa, in Dar es Salaam on May 25, Dr Bilal said, “We are now witnessing increasing investments in ICT on our Continent, the enthusiasm of the youth in adapting new technologies and bridging the geographical barriers brought by fast changing converging technologies. These initiatives attest to the fact that Africa is now moving from being a spectator to a... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Friday, May 27th 2011 |
By Aroun Rashid Deen, New York City, US – The momentum in the US that preceded the 50th anniversary of Sierra Leone’s independence was as unprecedented as it was breathtaking. Never before in the recent history of the Sierra Leone community in the United States have so many people become so enthusiastic about celebrating the country’s independence anniversary. From city to city and from state to state it was the talk of the day as elaborate plans were carried out to observe the golden anniversary. What is also unique about it was that not only were different Sierra Leonean organizations... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Friday, April 29th 2011 |
By Own Correspondent – On April 27th of this year, Sierra Leoneans will celebrate the 50th anniversary of their country. The hopes and aspirations of Sierra Leone’s founding fathers, when they agitated for independence from the British colonialists, were for a fully democratic country that would give dignity and pride to its citizens. Sierra Leone’s first prime minister, Milton Margai and a host of other prominent Sierra Leoneans eventually won their fight for independence in Lancaster, England, on April 27th, 1961. Throughout the last five decades, Sierra Leoneans have struggled to improve their quality of life, despite the fact that... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Tuesday, April 26th 2011 |
By Aroun Rashid Deen – With international pressure already mounting on Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi and with the International Criminal Court now in the process of gathering information on civilian deaths in Libya, the Special Court for Sierra Leone and the International Criminal Court have a profound opportunity to indict Gaddafi for war crimes and crimes against humanity he has committed in Sierra Leone. The United Nations has already sanctioned Gaddafi’s government, and now it’s time his prior crimes in West Africa are brought to justice, too. Muammar Gaddafi was the mastermind and key financier of the brutal war that... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Saturday, March 12th 2011 |
