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The APC De-facto Leadership Should Stop Misleading Supporters

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By Cornelius Oguntola Melvin Deveaux The de-facto leadership of the All People’s Congress (APC) has hoodwinked some supporters and members of the public to presume true the nonparticipation of APC elected representatives in governance will provoke a constitutional crisis, create a picture of a one-party system and consequently invoke the wrath of development partners in […]

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SALONE EDITORIALS: Create An Agenda For Freetown’s Renewal Now!

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When the Sierra Leone People’s Party, SLPP, put forward Mohamed Gento Kamara and Reverend Samuel Babatunde Thomas, it was a genuine attempt at the foundational blocks to address the wretched state of affairs in the country’s capital city, Freetown. Essentially, the SLPP came to the conclusion that the future of Freetown will remain bleak under

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Western Countries: The Need for Caution Against Weaponizing Development Assistance in Sierra Leone

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By Chernor Bah My home country, Sierra Leone, in West Africa, recently held its sixth general multiparty elections since 1996, a year that marked our transition from military rule amid a civil war. This bold commitment to democracy was then supported mainly by Western aid. Twenty-seven (27) years later, in a testament to the country’s

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Salone Among 9 New African Countries to Receive Malaria Vaccines

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Global vaccine alliance GAVI said on Wednesday 12 countries in Africa would receive 18 million doses of malaria vaccine over the next two years, expanding access to the shots to nine new countries in the region, according to Reuters. Malaria remains one of the continent’s deadliest diseases, killing nearly half a million children each year

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Samura Kamara congratulates Julius Maada Bio on winning Sierra Leone’s presidential election

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Sierra Leone’s All People’s Congress (APC) presidential candidate Samura Kamara on Tuesday called up the newly elected president Julius Maada Bio and congratulated him on his victory, according to Xinhuanet. Kamara was in the company of his running mate, Chernor Maju Bah, the Secretary General of the APC, Lansana Dumbuya among others at their party’s

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Sierra Leone’s president takes early lead in tense election race

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Sierra Leone’s President Maada Bio has taken an early lead in the country’s presidential election, provisional results showed, reports CNN. The Electoral Commission for Sierra Leone (ECSL) said it had so far tallied around 60% of the total vote and expects to declare a winner in the next two days. The election is considered a two-horse race between President

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Examining the Limitations of NEW’s PRVT Analysis: Factors That May Have Influenced the Results

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By EL The National Elections Watch (NEW), which provided independent observation monitoring of all polling stations across the country) published their report yesterday (27 June 2023) in which they stated that no presidential candidate was able to score 55%. NEW claims to have used a statistical tool called Process Results Verification for Transparency (PRVT) to

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