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Sierra Leone: A honeymoon or challenging times? The new government of President Julius Maada Bio

President Julius Maada Bio [Commentary] In a country where the 2018 Parliamentary and Presidential elections were considered the “most consequential elections in the history ...

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UAC, Leading Diaspora Group, Calls For Unity and Transparency as Sierra Leone Votes

Presidential contenders Julius Maada Bio and Samura Kamara. Statement by the United African Congress on the eve of the runoff election for the President ...

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Africa Diaspora Leader to Convene Special “Unity” Press Conference As Sierra Leone Heads into Run-off Vote

  Sidique Abou-Bakarr Wai   [AN OPEN LETTER TO THE LEADERS AND PEOPLES IN THE REPUBLIC OF SIERRA LEONE]     “Patriotism and Nationalism ...

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Elections: Let Freedom and Democracy Reign in Sierra Leone

Outgoing Sierra Leone President Koroma. Photo-Flickr [African Election: Comment] Over the tumultuous days and apprehensions leading up to the pomp and circumstances surrounding the ...

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Project Cholera– Fundraising To Contain Epidemic After Sierra Leone Tragedy

Survivor struggling through thick mud. Photo: Yvette Valcarcel. [Commentary] The sad mudslide tragedy that took the lives of almost 1,000 people in Freetown stands ...

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Sierra Leone: Why Patriotic Nationalism is Superior to Ethno-Parochial Politics

Sidique Wai. Photo–Afrikanspot.com [Commentary] My Brothers and Sisters and Fellow Sierra Leoneans and Friends of Sierra Leone, West Africa Too often, the urge to ...

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R.I.P. Dr. Chika Onyeani: The Chairman Now Belongs To Ancestors

Dr. Onyeani presents copy of his book to South Africa’s President Zuma Today, on this sixth day of his death, I have composed myself ...

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Sierra Leone Election 2018: Potential Landmines To Avoid

President Koroma — nation needs free, fair, credible vote [Comment] My Fellow Sierra Leoneans and Patriots of our beloved country, I am not a ...

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U.S. Presidential Candidates Must Not Take African Diaspora Factor for Granted

Clinton versus Trump [Op-Ed] I am a former 2013 Democratic candidate for the office of Public Advocate in the city of New York. I ...