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Attacks on international elections observers and diplomats in Sierra Leone

April 4, 2018 Abdul Rashid Thomas 2

Julius Maada Bio: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 4th April 2018: I have been following with utter dismay the ferocious and incessant verbal and media attacks by certain high officials of the Sierra Leone Government and the All People’s Congress, directed against international elections observers and members of the diplomatic corps accredited [Read More]

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I have no personal interest in who becomes president of Sierra Leone – says Mahama

April 4, 2018 Abdul Rashid Thomas 4

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 4 April 2018: In a few hours, Sierra Leone’s electoral body – the National Electoral Commission will announce the result of the presidential election, which has been fiercely fought between the ruling APC candidate – Dr samura Kamara and the opposition SLPP’s Maada Bio. But in the [Read More]

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Sierra Leone elects new president on Saturday 31 March

March 26, 2018 Abdul Rashid Thomas 3

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 26 March 2018: The Supreme Court of Sierra Leone has today accepted a proposal from the National Electoral Commission, for voters to go to the polls on Saturday, 31 March 2018 to elect their president. This Supreme Court endorsement comes after a High Court Judge earlier this [Read More]

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The tragedy of a nation and the demise of integrity

March 26, 2018 Abdul Rashid Thomas 2

Raymond Dele Awoonor-Gordon: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 26 March 2018: Dark. Scary. The tragedy of a nation and the demise of integrity. That is what is playing out as we bring to conclusion the 2018 electoral process in Sierra Leone. Let’s be frank, if the victory theory for major elections is [Read More]

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Maada Bio warns president Koroma to stop meddling in the run-off election

March 25, 2018 Abdul Rashid Thomas 6

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 25 March 2018: The Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP) is urging president Ernest Bai Koroma to respect the country’s constitution and allow the  presidential election run-off to proceed as scheduled on Tuesday, 27 March. This strong warning from the opposition SLPP, comes in a statement signed by [Read More]

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I am putting Sierra Leone first – Yumkella’s agenda for change lives on 

March 22, 2018 Abdul Rashid Thomas 5

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 22 March 2018: On the 3rd of July 2017, after months of speculation about whether and how long Dr. Kandeh Yumkella will continue to put up with the harassment and violence that he and some of his supporters had been subjected to by extremists within the opposition [Read More]

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The Yumkella revolution has just began

March 22, 2018 Abdul Rashid Thomas 2

Santhkie Sorie: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 22 March 2018: The decision not to support any of the two parties slugging it out at the runoff next Tuesday, 27 March 2018, is precisely what I expected and wanted from the leadership of the National Grand Coalition (NGC). It shows the type of [Read More]

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Sierra Leone elections 2018 – Time to promise bridges where there are no rivers

March 21, 2018 Abdul Rashid Thomas 4

Author: Abdulai Mansaray: 21 March 2018: Sierra Leone’s 2018 presidential election has gone to a run-off taking place next Tuesday, 27th March.  No single party was able to win the 55% majority needed. But again, like all elections around the world, fraud, malpractice, violations and allegations always become the currency [Read More]

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Sierra Leone Electoral Commissioner dragged to the High Court

March 20, 2018 Abdul Rashid Thomas 2

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 20 March 2018: With just seven days left before the people of Sierra Leone return to the polling booth to cast their votes in the run-off election scheduled for 27 March 2018, a High Court Summons has been filed by Mr. Ibrahim Sorie Koroma of Port Loko [Read More]

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