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By Umaru Fofana I hate criticising the National Electoral Commission because already the nature of what they do, like what we journalists do, is enough to attract a deluge of lambasting especially from politicians. One of the reasons James Jonah succeeded in holding elections here in 1996, even if not the most perfect of polls, was because the media was on his side even when a
By Dr. Lansana Gberie It is less than two weeks to the crucial presidential, legislative and local council elections in Sierra Leone. The polls will mark the fourth presidential elections since the current political settlement, fashioned in 1996 as a response to a raging civil war and the collapse of the post-colonial state, came into effect.
This weekend, Greater Lansing offers drum circles, art workshops, more than 100 STEAM-focused events from the MSU Science Festival and even more opportunities to get your creative juices flowing.
(Archived document, may contain errors) 247 February 14, 1983 AMERICANS AT THE U.N AN ENDANGERED SPECIES INTRODUCTION A painful but valid maxim of governance is that those who enforce policy end up shaping policy. And me United Nations is no different than anywhere else. There, policy is enforced by the personnel of the Secretariat and other bureaucracies. And as with other aspects of the U.N. world, the United States is not fairly represented. Americans at the U.N., in fact, may be becoming an endangered species.
Mark Rylance finds another custom-fit role in "The Phantom of the Open," a biographical dramedy that you can file in the "so crazy that it must be true" category. Directed by Craig Roberts, this delightful stranger-than-fiction tale takes the true story of golf enthusiast/hoaxer Maurice Flitcroft and gives it its own hearty fictional spin. What we get is a warm and effortlessly witty crowd-pleaser anchored by yet another great performance from the always satisfying Rylance.