Inflated food prices without reciprocal wage increases, and possible job losses as a result of Ebola, are increasing the strain on many Sierra Leoneans. Jamie Hitchen investigates.
Jamie Hitchen asks how it will be possible to provide basic health care services during the Ebola outbreak with diminished human resources and growing distrust between citizens and the government.
Liberia has a presidential system of government The president is elected by absolute majority (50% plus one vote) while members of the legislature are elected by simple majority vote (first past the post) Liberia has a 73 seat House of Representatives and a 30 seat Senate There...
Whilst Governor Rauf Aregbesola appears more focused on erecting “legacy” structures, public workers are not paid their salaries and retired public servants are not getting their pensions.
Dr Joe Abah, Director-General of the Bureau of Public Service Reforms, argues that Nigeria's civil service will start to improve the day we want it to improve.
In this interview with Sierra Leone's Auditor General, Lara Taylor-Pearce, we discussed the role of the audit office in ensuring transparency and accountability in public financial management and the associated challenges of trying to do so.
Jamie Hitchen interviewed Sierra-Leonean singer Emmerson Bockarieon on his country, its corruption problem and the role music can play in raising awareness and changing attitudes
Following his look at the street level view of corruption in Sierra Leone, Jamie Hitchen examines how corruption and politics are increasingly intertwined.
Paul Adams examines the origins and purpose of the Nigerian federation, state governments’ financial management and responsibilities, governors’ arbitrary power, and the need to increase internally generated state revenue.
