Outgoing Canadian High Commissioner to Ghana and Sierra Leone, Dr Heather Cameron, who is based in Accra, has bid farewell to His Excellency President Dr Julius Maada Bio.
Politics
Gambian Security Delegation meets President Bio to learn from post elections security efforts in Sierra Leone
A high level security delegation from The Gambia, which is on a study tour of Sierra Leone, has met with His Excellency Dr Julius Maada Bio to learn from his post elections security policy efforts.
Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwe ex-president, dies aged 95
Former Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe has died aged 95.
Society For Democratic Initiatives (SDI) Calls For Democratic Policing Under The New Direction
Society for Democratic Initiative (SDI) has said the restriction on the freedom of association creates a chilling effect on people and limits their ability to exercise their Right to freedom of peaceful assembly. There is a justifiable culture of fear in Sierra Leone because people know that if they come out to protest.
Sudan suspended from African Union over military crackdown
The African Union (AU) has suspended Sudan’s membership after the military launched a brutal crackdown on protesters that killed dozens of people.
How using the military in Nigeria is causing, not solving problems
The response of the Nigerian government to growing levels of insecurity has increasingly been to use the military. Several peace and security conferences and commissions of inquiry have been instituted. But these yielded little or no result due to the lack of political will by the government to implement the recommendations.
Government Withdraws State Security Attached to former President Ernest Bai Koroma
The Office of Former President of Sierra Leone, Ernest Bai Koroma, made a public statement on Saturday that all state security attached to the former president have been withdrawn.
