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Dr Samura Kamara – life after politics

August 23, 2018 Abdul Rashid Thomas 4

Ibrahim Sourie Mansaray: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 23 August 2018: Since the last election which brought the Sierra Leone Peoples Party (SLPP) to power, much has been heard of political manoeuvrings on both sides of the aisles. The news wave has been occupied with some senior members of the present government [Read More]

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Things have gone full circle and SLPP is now in power

August 19, 2018 Abdul Rashid Thomas 0

Andrew Keili: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 19 August 2018: “Under democracy one party always devotes its chief energies to trying to prove that the other party is unfit to rule – and both commonly succeed and are right.” H.L.Mencken Those who went to village schools are familiar with the usual complaint [Read More]

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Kandeh Yumkella meets with Sierra Leoneans in the United States

August 19, 2018 Abdul Rashid Thomas 1

Anthony Kamaea (Jnr): Sierra Leone Telegraph: 19 August 2018: Over a week ago, the Hon. Kandeh Yumkella, Member of Parliament for Constituency 062 – Samu Chiefdom and Parliamentary Leader of the National Grand Coalition Party arrived in the USA on a “Thank You” tour. He is in America to also [Read More]

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APC members appalled at the lack of action by party grandees

August 16, 2018 Abdul Rashid Thomas 3

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 16 August 2018: After losing the March 2018 presidential election in a spectacular manner, Sierra Leone’s main opposition APC is yet to recover from the shock. The party is now being described as comatosed and beset by paralysis. Most of the party’s faithful believe that the party [Read More]

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Pray for Sierra Leone – president Bio tells Hajj Pilgrims

August 14, 2018 Abdul Rashid Thomas 2

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 14 August 2018: 840 Sierra Leoneans will be joining over two million Muslims from across the world, embarking on their holy pilgrimage to Mecca this week. State House media reports says that president Julius Maada Bio was at the Siaka Stevens Stadium in Freetown yesterday, where he [Read More]

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Is Sierra Leone’s commission of inquiry a witch-hunt or political accountability?

August 13, 2018 Abdul Rashid Thomas 3

Ibrahim Sourie Mansaray: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 13 August 2018: A Commission of Inquiry that is to investigate corruption in a few weeks’ time, is now on the lips of every Sierra Leonean. Whether the intention is witch-hunting or political accountability, the mere mentioning of the words – ‘commission of inquiry’, [Read More]

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Can a regional court be a viable alternative to the ICC in Africa?

August 11, 2018 Abdul Rashid Thomas 0

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 11 August 2018: An African court with international criminal jurisdiction which has been debated but never been put into operation, could be an option if Africa withdraws from the ICC, as Michelle Nel reports for theconversation.com: The International Criminal Court (ICC) came about after an overwhelming majority [Read More]

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SLPP officials refute APC allegations of political killing

August 11, 2018 Abdul Rashid Thomas 2

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 11 August 2018: The war of words which started between the APC party and SLPP, following the defeat of the APC at the polls in March 2018, is simply refusing to go away. Whilst the ruling SLPP are accusing the opposition APC of trying to sabotage its [Read More]

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Kandeh Yumkella meeting his UK and US supporters

August 11, 2018 Abdul Rashid Thomas 0

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 11 August 2018: It is now almost five months since general and presidential elections were held in Sierra Leone, in which one of the country’s newly formed political parties – the National Grand Coalition (NGC) led by Dr Kandeh Yumkella, proved it is a force to be [Read More]

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