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SLPP’s search for its 2018 presidential candidate starts in earnest

February 21, 2017 Abdul Rashid Thomas 7

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 21 February 2017 Peace may have returned to Sierra Leone’s main opposition SLPP, but the hard road to selecting the party’s presidential candidate for the 2018 elections is paved with thorns. There are difficulties ahead that need to be resolved now, before the party national convention in [Read More]

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Our case for change in Sierra Leone

February 16, 2017 Abdul Rashid Thomas 1

Sulaiman Banja Tejan-Sie Sierra Leone Telegraph: 16 February 2017 Sierra Leone, the motherland has had its share of tragedy in recent years. It suffered an eleven years internecine war and lately an Ebola epidemic that has today resulted in an unprecedented economic hardship that has further deepened poverty and unleash [Read More]

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President Koroma announces election date – March 7th 2018

February 15, 2017 Abdul Rashid Thomas 4

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 15 February 2017 President Koroma has finally yielded to strong demands from civil society groups and the media for the 2018 elections date to be announced. It is not clear as to why the president, who is not known for good decision making, has dithered and wasted [Read More]

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Abdul Fatoma versus parliament of Sierra Leone – the death of civil liberty in Sierra Leone

February 13, 2017 Abdul Rashid Thomas 2

Chernoh Alpha M. Bah Sierra Leone Telegraph: 13 February 2017 For several days now, the civil society activist and human rights campaigner – Abdul M. Fatoma (Photo), has been the centre of ugly news in Freetown. He is the latest victim of political intimidation and harassment in Sierra Leone – [Read More]

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The wheels of the Sierra Leone opposition SLPP peace process are now fully engaged

February 12, 2017 Abdul Rashid Thomas 5

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 12 February 2017 The members of the newly formed peace committee of Sierra Leone’s main opposition SLPP party (Photo) have gone to work in earnest. Since their appointment last Wednesday, they have been hard at work trying to consolidate the party’s hard won peace settlement. But more [Read More]

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An appeal to all my SLPP brothers and sisters for sustainable peace and unity 

February 11, 2017 Abdul Rashid Thomas 2

Abdulai Braima Sierra Leone Telegraph: 11 February 2017 Let us please come together and push the Peace Process with the strength of fanatical zeal that was on display during the sad stretch of our factional “warfare”. Right now SLPP needs champions of peace, not heroes of war. The energy that [Read More]

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Sierra Leone opposition SLPP presidential aspirants vow to strongly hold APC government to account

February 11, 2017 Abdul Rashid Thomas 7

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 11 February 2017 There is a renewed sense of hope across Sierra Leone today, after the leaders and presidential aspirants of the opposition SLPP party met on Wednesday to discuss their differences. They have agreed to bury the hatchet and focus their energies on building a strong [Read More]

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Sierra Leone opposition SLPP at the cusp of a long awaited peace deal

February 9, 2017 Abdul Rashid Thomas 1

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 9 February 2017 After years of self-flagellation which almost led to the calamitous downfall of Sierra Leone’s main opposition SLPP party, there is news today of an end to its downward spiral. Peace it seems has finally returned where there was once anarchy, division and infighting among [Read More]

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Parliament of Sierra Leone invites social welfare minister Blyden for clarification

February 8, 2017 Abdul Rashid Thomas 0

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 8 February 2017 Sierra Leone’s parliamentarians have today granted the wishes of those that have been calling for minister Blyden to be summoned for questioning, as well as the desire of the minister herself to publicly put on record her job performance and lay to rest allegations [Read More]

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