Topic: Politics

Nigeria, a nation once an aspirant to continental power has been enmeshed in a brutal and long war with a terrorist group called Jama'atu Ahlis Sunnah...

Three newly appointed ambassadors have officially taken leave of President Dr Ernest Bai Koroma at State House on Tuesday 8th April, 2014. They were Sierra Leone Ambassador designate to the Republic of South Korea, Ambassador Omrie Michael Golley, the Republic of Liberia, Ambassador Brima Acha Kamara and High Commissioner designate to the Republic of The Gambia, Alhaji Soulay Bashirou Daramy. Speaking to Alhaji Soulay Daramy, President Koroma congratulated him on his new posting, and described The Gambia as a sister republic since colonial days. He informed High Commissioner Daramy that President Alhaji Yaya Jammeh during the just concluded ECOWAS meeting... Continue Reading

By Shout-Africa Correspondent, Hassan Abbas – The African Union Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) has called for Tanzanian Special Constituent Assembly members to use consensus in the on-going constitution deliberations. The call was issued yesterday in Dar es Salaam by the APRM Tanzania chapter Executive Secretary when speaking with the press on commemorating the APRM Day which is marked every 9th March among all APRM member states in Africa. Ms Twalib congratulated President Jakaya Kikwete for listening to the people and granting their wish, recalling that the quest for the new constitution was long overdue and those governance stakeholders, among other... Continue Reading

President Ernest Bai Koroma – President of the Republic of Sierra Leone – By African Women are Free to Choose – The Term Female Genital Mutilation Violates the Rights of Bondo/Sande Women and Girls in Sierra Leone. Dear President Koroma, As a non-partisan and non-political group of women of Sierra Leonean descent based in The Republic of Sierra Leone and in the Diaspora, African Women are Free to Choose (AWA-FC), we wish to express our  concerns regarding the Government’s ambivalent position with respect to traditional female genital surgeries, also referred to locally by many women as female circumcision or Bondo. ... Continue Reading

…including various other circles – By Elias Mhegera – There are many questions surrounding the attempt by the ruling Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) to quash second draft of the New Constitution Bill which is currently under the special Constituent Assembly in Dodoma central Tanzania, for tabling. Earlier there was much ecstasy with the coming of this second draft, but the appointment of some party stalwarts of the CCM did signal that there is an attempt to manipulate the process, and there are reasons for this, analysts now say. Although it is difficult to come up with clear answers but one... Continue Reading