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February 15, 2008
(CNN) — This week on Inside Africa: a special look at Sierra Leone. We’ll find out what the people think about the job their president has been doing since taking office three months ago. And some fishermen tell us why the daily catch is dwindling and what that’s doing to their lives. Also ahead, Egyptians welcome home their triumphant football team and the Africa Cup.
President Koroma’s term so far
It’s been three months since Ernest Bai Koroma was elected president of Sierra Leone. He came to power after a mostly peaceful election, the first since U.N. peacekeepers left two and a half years ago. One of his main campaign promises was to end long-running power shortages. So how is Mr. Koroma doing? Thomas Nybo asked some Sierra Leoneans to rate his performance so far.
Fears of over-fishing in Sierra Leone
Many Sierra Leoneans who live along the coast depend on fishing for their livelihoods, but thriving demand for their daily catch may actually be making their jobs much more difficult. The Institute for Security Studies, a South African think-tank, recently published a report that said poaching and over-fishing could soon cause stocks to collapse for a number of African countries. As Thomas Nybo reports, Sierra Leone’s fishing community says that’s already happening.
Bush in Africa
Africa has figured prominently on the U.S. president’s agenda of late. Mr. Bush has dispatched Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to Kenya to support the work of former U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan. Earlier in the week, President Bush hosted Malian President Amadou Toumani Toure at the White House — both leaders reaffirmed their commitments to fight terrorism and disease in Africa.
Now, Mr. Bush is on an African tour that includes stops in Benin, Tanzania, Rwanda, Ghana and Liberia. Isha Sesay spoke to Chris Fomunyoh of the Washington-based National Democratic Institute for International Affairs to examine how Mr. Bush has engaged with Africa over the course of his administration
Inflation hits Zimbabwe’s pensioners hard
Zimbabwe’s economic crisis seems to worsen with each passing week. Huge new denominations of currency are issued regularly to keep pace with runaway inflation. The latest figures from December put the country’s annual inflation rate at about 66-thousand percent, easily the highest in the world. As Robyn Curnow reports, many Zimbabwean pensioners are forced to sell garbage just to get by.
Egypt’s football mania
Egypt’s national football team is basking in the glory of its record sixth Africa Cup of Nations title, and second in a row. They won the title beating Cameroon’s lions one-nil in the final match in Ghana. Shahira Amin was in Cairo and caught up with some jubilant players and fans.
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