By Dennis Kabatto – Sierra Leonean American born Soul singer Azania continues to pave the way for female African artists in the United States of America. Azania will perform Friday, March 29, 2013 at Aputumpu Music Festival all ages, world music stage at Joe’s Pub – a popular and intimate venue in New York City where world music, rhythm-and-blues, jazz, rock, pop, rock and other musical genres collide – on the same billing with Denita Odigie, Gone Quite Mad, Soulfege and Ghanaian born Osekre and his Lucky Bastards band. “I’m super excited for Friday night! Joe’s Pub is a prestigious... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Monday, April 1st 2013 |
By Umaru S. Jah, IA-Berlin – Every now and then, accusing fingers are being pointed at the Western media regarding what most people described as biased reportage on issues revolving around Sub-Saharan states. This is because the Western media are perceived to mostly report issues related to conflicts, human rights abuses, endemic corruption and unmitigated catastrophes within the region. Despite several achievements made with regards to infrastructural development and sustained economic growth in most African countries, coverages on those issues remain inconsistent and rare on the front pages of the Western media. Efforts made by many African countries to move... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Monday, March 25th 2013 |
….on Sexual Violence in Conflict – By Dennis Kabatto – The main focus of a recent Classroom Conversations on Sexual violence in conflict and beyond: a conspiracy of silence was what we can do individually and collectively to stop violence against women? The highlights of the two hour conversation held at the UN Headquarters in New York was the devastating forms of sexual violence which are sometimes deployed systematically to achieve military and political objectives and condoned in every continent, country and culture as noted by UN Secretary-General Ban ki Moon. The panel led by Sierra Leonean diplomat Zainab Hawa... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Monday, March 25th 2013 |
The Government in collaboration with the SLEITI Multi-Stakeholder Group wishes to inform the general public that remedial actions have been put in place to ensure that the suspension of Sierra Leone as an EITI Candidate is lifted and Compliance achieved. In this regard, the following list of exploration companies are requested to report payments made to government entities during the period 2008 to 2010. Letters of request including the SLEITI Reporting Templates have already been sent to companies which addresses were identified. For those companies that have not received their letters and reporting templates, you are to collect them from... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Monday, March 18th 2013 |
There is no doubt that tourism like all other sectors make significant impact to a country’s socio-economic growth. This is why Sierra Leone’s tourism industry is accelerating efforts to ensure that the country remains a booming tourist destination. Thanks to the dynamic leadership of Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma and his able lieutenants who have taken upon themselves to overhaul the tourism sector. It is apparent that the country’s enormous potentials have continued to attract foreign direct investors and small scale tourism. This was why a Lonely Planet guidebook ranked Sierra Leone as one of the top 10 destination in the... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Sunday, March 17th 2013 |
