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Charles Taylor sentenced to 50 years for brutalising the people of Sierra Leone

May 30, 2012 Abdul Rashid Thomas 0

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 30 May 2012: Former president of Liberia and notorious warlord in the West African sub-region, has this morning received a whopping 50 years prison sentence, passed by the Trial Chamber at The Hague. He was found guilty last month of aiding and abetting the murderous RUF and [Read More]

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Commonwealth Secretariat supporting good governance in Sierra Leone

May 17, 2012 Abdul Rashid Thomas 0

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 17 May 2012: After a brutal civil war, which brought total destruction to Sierra Leone’s governance and civil society infrastructures, the collapse of the rule of Law and the emergence of mob justice, the long and hard road to rebuilding the country continues. Hundreds of Millions of Dollars [Read More]

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Is Sierra Leone embassy in China for sale to the highest bidder?

May 1, 2012 Abdul Rashid Thomas 0

Alpha Kargbo: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 1 May 2012 China is a fantastic country, where astronomical socio-economic developments have outpaced every other country in the world. And the APC government in Freetown, under the leadership of Ernest Bai Koroma, has incredibly had three Ambassadors and one Deputy Ambassador of Sierra Leone sent [Read More]

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President Koroma speaks to the nation: Is this his last after five years in power?

April 29, 2012 Abdul Rashid Thomas 0

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 29 April 2012 Last Friday, 27 April 2012, the president of Sierra Leone – Ernest Bai Koroma , possibly delivered his last independence anniversary broadcast to the people, after five years in power. Yet, he sounded more like a general preparing for battle at the polls in [Read More]

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Justice at last for the people of Sierra Leone – Charles Taylor is found guilty of war crimes

April 26, 2012 Abdul Rashid Thomas 0

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 26 April 2012: Throughout the course of human history, there has been a handful of very bad men who have done very bad things to humanity, and today, Charles Taylor, the former president of Liberia has won his place in the annals of the world’s most wicked and [Read More]

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The unstoppable popularity of SLPP’s presidential candidate – Mr. Julius Maada Bio

April 22, 2012 Abdul Rashid Thomas 0

Sheku Lexmond Koroma Sierra Leone Telegraph: 23 April 2012 My recent visit to our beloved Sierra Leone has left me convinced that, our people have fully understood and accepted the ‘New Direction’ vision of the Sierra Leone Peoples Party (SLPP), as the only viable way forward for our country.    What [Read More]

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Sierra Leone’s persistent poverty breeds malcontent and could undo all the successes of the last years

March 27, 2012 Abdul Rashid Thomas 0

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 27 March 2012: The name Michael Schulenburg does not resonate well amongst senior ministers and APC party rank and file, who have not only declared the UN diplomat – persona non grata in Sierra Leone, but regard him as public enemy number one. Like his predecessor – [Read More]

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Why PMDC opposition leader – Charles Margai must not enter into another electoral pact with President Koroma

March 8, 2012 Abdul Rashid Thomas 0

Mohamed Kutubu Koroma: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 8 March 2012: The US Republican presidential primaries and the second round of the presidential election in Senegal, have both given me enough reasons to believe that President Ernest Koroma is going to be defeated at the November polls in Sierra Leone. Ernest Bai Korma [Read More]

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APC panics in the face of diplomatic onslaught by the opposition SLPP

March 5, 2012 Abdul Rashid Thomas 0

Sheku Lexmond Koroma: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 5 March 2012: The government of President Ernest Koroma is in a state of panic in the face of the action taken by the opposition SLPP to cease the diplomatic initiative and engage the British government, which has exposed and drawn the attention of the [Read More]

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