Tag Archives: All People’s Congress

Two-party politics a boon for Sierra Leone

November 28, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

by John Stremlau, SUCCESSFUL elections were held in Sierra Leone this month, another African good news story barely noted amid the headlines of the latest conflicts in the Democratic Republic of Congo and the Middle East. But the 50-year sentence … read more »

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Sierra Leone president Koroma wins second term

November 23, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

Sierra Leone’s president, Ernest Bai Koroma, has won re-election with 58.7 percent of the vote, ahead of his top rival Julius Maada Bio on 37.4 percent, the West African state’s electoral body announced on Friday. Koroma has overseen an investment … read more »

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Koroma sets for Sierra Leone Presidential Election Victory

November 19, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

The election in Sierra Leone is over and by all indication the ruling APC will form the majority in parliament as well. With few votes left to be counted, Ernest Koroma is heading for almost 65 percent of the total … read more »

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Sierra Leone awaits Election Results

November 17, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

Voters crowded Freetown booths on Saturday as Sierra Leone chose a parliament and president. The polls are the third since the nation emerged from civil war in 2002 and shed the image of “blood diamonds.” UN envoy Jens Anders Toyberg-Frandzen … read more »

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Sierra Leone 2012 Presidential Election Live

November 16, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

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Sierra Leone Election: The test of the nation’s stability

November 16, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

By economist POSTERS plaster Freetown, the capital of Sierra Leone. With an election on November 17th, candidates are vying for votes. President Ernest Bai Koroma is bidding for re-election with snappy slogans such as “When Music is Nice We Play … read more »

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Sierra Leone 2012 Election: A test democracy

November 15, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

By Fran Blandy Sierra Leoneans vote on Saturday in the country’s third election since the end of a brutal civil war, a high-stakes poll billed as a litmus test of the mineral-rich nation’s democratic credentials. The election will be the … read more »

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Plot destabilize Sierra Leone Elections revealed

November 12, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

By Joseph Sherman,cocorioko. Maada Bio desperate for power Sinister motives by the SLPP to destabilize Sierra Leone during the November Elections in Sierra Leone have been uncovered.  Reports from reliable and credible sources intimates that Maada Bio and surrogates have … read more »

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Sierra Leone President Koroma Says his Vice is a Patriot

October 1, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

By Sylvia Olayinka Blyden, news.sl/ His Excellency the President of the Republic of Sierra Leone Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma, who doubles as the Presidential Candidate of the ruling All Peoples Congress (APC) has on Sunday 30th September 2012, named his … read more »

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Oil: Sierra Leone calling all Takers – By Nana Ampofo, Songhai Advisory

January 31, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

Interest in West African oil acreage has steadily increased in recent years and governments along the Gulf of Guinea have sought to benefit. Sierra Leone is no exception in that regard. On 29 December 2011, authorities announced the launch of … read more »

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Sierra Leone court snags opposition candidate choice

March 1, 2011 by benim

Sierra Leone’s Supreme Court has banned the country’s main opposition party from meeting to choose its presidential candidate, sparking accusations of government interference. The Sierra Leone Peoples’ Party (SLPP) had planned to hold a convention on Saturday to select a … read more »

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