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South Africa’s anti-apartheid and human rights campaigner – Desmond Tutu has died aged 90

December 27, 2021 Abdul Rashid Thomas 3

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 27 December 2021: Archbishop Desmond Tutu, a Nobel Peace Prize laureate and veteran of South Africa’s struggle against apartheid died yesterday Sunday, aged 90 after a long battle with prostate cancer. Tutu won the Nobel prize in 1984 in recognition of his non-violent opposition to white minority [Read More]

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The late Dalphon Arthur Lusack will be laid to rest in Manchester on 15th October 2021

October 2, 2021 Abdul Rashid Thomas 1

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 2 October 2021: The funeral service of the late Mr. Dalphon (Dal) Arthur Lusack Esq, who sadly passed away in Manchester, UK on the 27th of  August 2021, will take place in Manchester, UK on Friday 15th October 2021. Dalphon (Dal) Arthur Lusack is survived by his [Read More]

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Dalphon (Dal) Arthur Lusack has sadly passed away in Manchester UK

August 28, 2021 Abdul Rashid Thomas 4

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 28 August 2021: It is with deep sadness that the Sierra Leone Telegraph reports the loss of Mr. Dalphon (Dal) Arthur Lusack Esq, who sadly passed away in Manchester, UK yesterday 27 August 2021, after a short illness, aged 75. Dalphon (Dal) Arthur Lusack is survived by [Read More]

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Archimedes Faulkner (1954 – 2021) – gone too soon but not forgotten

August 3, 2021 Abdul Rashid Thomas 8

Kayode Robin Coker: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 3 August 2021: “Bra Aki” as we called him was a member of the first Krio Descendants Union (KDU) Chapter in the diaspora (Texas) and past Chairman of KDU Global. I knew him as my senior schoolmate at the Prince of Wales School, Freetown [Read More]

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Sierra Leonean singer Diamond Cherry passes away in The Gambia

August 1, 2021 Abdul Rashid Thomas 2

Lans Omar (40 Acres Media Canada): Sierra Leone Telegraph: 01 August 2021: Sierra Leonean singer, Mariam Sankoh Lamin aka “Diamond Cherry” (Photo) passed away last Wednesday July 21, 2021 in The Gambia, after a long battle with illness, family sources have confirmed with 40 Acres media in Canada. Diamond Cherry [Read More]

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Sierra Leone opposition APC UK and Ireland Branch has lost its Vice Chairman Abes Kamara

July 8, 2021 Abdul Rashid Thomas 4

Salma Neneh Bah, APC UK/Ireland Branch: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 8 July 2021: Good evening my esteemed and honourable comrades of the mighty APC UK/I Branch, Friends of Abes, FOZSB, Friends of APC, Executive Women United and Sympathisers. As the Substantive post holder as APC Welfare Officer and in liaison with [Read More]

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The late Mrs. Sylvia Editha Jolliminah Blyden is laid to rest today

July 7, 2021 Abdul Rashid Thomas 1

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 7 July 2021: Yesterday, the late Mrs. Sylvia Editha Jolliminah Blyden received a memorable civic laying out of her mortal remains with a full civic honours by the government of Sierra Leone, through the Western Area Rural District Council, in Gloucester, Freetown. The band of the Methodist [Read More]

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Revised funeral and obituary announcements for late Mrs. Sylvia Editha Jolliminah Blyden

July 3, 2021 Abdul Rashid Thomas 0

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 3 July 2021: The Western Area Rural District Council, Edward Babatunde Blyden and S.A.J. Pratt Families regret to announce the death of Mrs. Sylvia Editha Jolliminah Blyden, a most distinguished, illustrious daughter of the soil from Gloucester, Mountain Rural Area, Republic of Sierra Leone, which took place [Read More]

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Two retired senior civil servants to receive civic funerals in Sierra Leone in line with Covid protocols

July 1, 2021 Abdul Rashid Thomas 2

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 01 July 2021: Two of Sierra Leone’s iconic pensioners who sadly passed away in the last week and are among the country’s most respected former civil servants, having served their country diligently will be honoured with civic funerals. Mr. Henry Aiah Richardson Ngongou, who rose to the [Read More]

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