As Sierra Leone prepares for the Presidential Inauguration, the final process that puts in motion the Ernest Koroma Administration, following the elections of November 17, 2012, there have been criticisms in some quarters, questioning the essentiality of the inauguration process. Much of the criticism is based on what the cynics claim is going to be unnecessary spending on the part of the government to host the event. Such criticisms do not have merits and must be stopped. Inauguration of an elected President is a conventional practice. It is a significant function of modern democracy everywhere. It goes back to the... Continue Reading
By Chadia Talib – Bo, Sierra Leone: The Agenda for Prosperity, introduced in the wake of President Ernest Koroma’s second term, should advance an economic programme that is comprehensive, logical, and feasible for it to succeed. For this to happen, the programme should tap on the expertise and commitment of essential stake holders, including economic and policy experts and the business community, rather than been a loose slogan. This will ensure a plan that will reduce economic insecurity and provide broadly shared prosperity in the country. The success or failure of Sierra Leone’s economy is measured not by its gross... Continue Reading
The Tanzania Country Review Report is scheduled for peer review at the 18th Summit of the African Peer Review Forum in January 2013 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, says a new information posted on the APRM Continental Secretariat website. The APRM Country Review Mission (CRM) to Tanzania was undertaken in 2012. Thereafter, the Country Review Report was drafted and finalized by the Report Writing Committee. The Mission, which was led by Barrister Akere Tabeng Muna, member of the APR Panel of Eminent Persons, comprised 21 prominent African experts in the four thematic areas covered by the APRM: Democracy and Political Governance, Economic... Continue Reading
By Hassan Abbas, Dar es Salaam – Tanzanian media practitioners yesterday (Thursday) submitted their opinions to the Constitutional Review Commission demanding more protection of press freedom in the country. The Commission has started this week to collect views from special groups after finishing a similar process for other common people in various areas in the East African country. Speaking before the Commission on behalf of media actors, the chairman of the Media Owners Association (MOAT), Dr. Reginald Mengi said the new constitution should guarantee freedom of the press and right to access information. He submitted that the constitution should prohibit... Continue Reading
Following the preparatory meeting of relevant sectors on Government of The Gambia/EU Article 8 Political Dialogue during which the EU presented conditionalities for The Gambia government to meet within a certain time frame, the Office of the President wishes to inform the EU that it will not implement any of the 17 points highlighted on the basis of Article 8 Political Dialogue which undermines not only its integrity but peace and stability as an independent and sovereign state with its fundamental rights to operate within the parameters of duly constituted laws. A media release from State House made it clear... Continue Reading
