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by Simon Barber, AS CHINA’s President Xi Jinping was noninterferingly signing deals in Africa last week on his first overseas foray as head of state, his American counterpart, Barack Obama, had four African leaders around to the White House for … read more »
Posted in Article, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, Op-ed, South Africa, South Sudan, Zimbabwe
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Tagged Barack Obama, BRIC, China, Ernest Bai Koroma, Government Accountability Office, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Joyce Banda, Xi Jinping
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Today President Obama welcomed President Ernest Bai Koroma of Sierra Leone, President Macky Sall of Senegal, President Joyce Banda of Malawi, and Prime Minister José Maria Pereira Neves of Cape Verde to the White House. The United States has strong … read more »
Posted in Cape Verde, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone
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Tagged Barack Obama, Cape Verde, Ernest Bai Koroma, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Joyce Banda, Macky Sall, Sierra Leone, United States
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By Aruna Turay Former President of Nigeria and well-respected International Statesman, General Olusegun Mathew OkikiÍla Obasanjo of Nigeria will on Saturday 23rd March 2013 receive an honorary doctorate degree from the Fourah Bay College (FBC), University of Sierra Leone, at … read more »
Sankara Kamara At first glance, the West African state of Sierra Leone looks like an impressive exercise in democracy. Eleven years after extinguishing the flames of its civil war, Sierra Leone has conducted periodic elections, followed by the transfer of … read more »
Posted in Article, Sierra Leone, West Africa
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Tagged APC, Ernest Bai Koroma, IndepthAfrica, Koroma, Sierra Leone, Sierra Leone People's Party, Sierra Leonean, SLPP, West Africa
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The alarming rate of teenage pregnancy, especially among school girls, has become a cause for serious concern among well-meaning citizens of Sierra Leone including His Excellency the president, Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma. President Koroma in his recent address to his … read more »
After many days of complaints and threats, the leader of Sierra Leone’s main opposition party, Julius Maada Bio (photo), has finally met with President Ernest Koroma at State House in Freetown today to accept that he (Koroma) was the winner … read more »
Catherine Ashton, High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, made the following statement today: “Following the announcement by the National Election Commission (NEC) of the results of the presidential elections held on 17 November 2012, … read more »
Posted in Documents, Sierra Leone, West Africa
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Tagged Catherine Ashton, Ernest Bai Koroma, European Union, IndepthAfrica, National Election Commission, NEC, President of Sierra Leone, Sierra Leone, Sierra Leone People
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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 »
Posted in Article, Sierra Leone, West Africa
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Tagged All People's Congress, APC, Economic Community of West African States, Ernest Bai Koroma, IndepthAfrica, Julius Maada Bio, Sierra Leone, Sierra Leone People, South Africa
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press release President Jacob G Zuma congratulates President Ernst Bai Koroma on his re-election and swearing-in putting him at the helm of his country’s affairs. Noting the statement that was issued by the African Union Election Observer Mission on 19 … read more »
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 »
Posted in Election, Sierra Leone, West Africa
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Tagged All People's Congress, Election, Ernest Bai Koroma, Freetown, IndepthAfrica, Julius Maada Bio, President of Sierra Leone, Sierra Leone, West Africa
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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 »
Posted in Election, Sierra Leone, West Africa
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Tagged All People's Congress, APC, Ernest Bai Koroma, Freetown, Julius Maada Bio, President of Sierra Leone, Sierra Leone, Sierra Leone People, Sierra Leone Presidential Election
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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 »
Sierra Leone 2012 Presidential Election Live [View the story "Sierra Leone 2012 Presidential Election Live " on Storify]
Posted in Election, Sierra Leone, West Africa
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Tagged All People's Congress, Ernest Bai Koroma, Freetown, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Julius Maada Bio, Sierra Leone, Sierra Leone People's Party, West Africa
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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 »
Posted in Article, Election, Sierra Leone, West Africa
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Tagged All People's Congress, China, Ernest Bai Koroma, Freetown, IndepthAfrica, Lebanon, Sierra Leone, Sierra Leone People's Party, SLPP
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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 »
By Peter Penfold On 17 November Sierra Leoneans will go to the polls in presidential, parliamentary and local elections. Over a decade ago, after years of turmoil and unrest, Sierra Leoneans were encouraged to embrace democracy as the means of … read more »
Posted in Article, Election, Sierra Leone
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Tagged APC, Ernest Bai Koroma, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Julius Maada Bio, Sierra Leone, Sierra Leone People's Party, SLPP, United States
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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 »
Posted in Election, Sierra Leone
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Tagged All People's Congress, APC, Ernest Bai Koroma, Indepth Africa Magazine, Julius Maada Bio, Kamajors, Obasanjo, Olusegun Obasanjo, Sierra Leone, Sierra Leone People's Party, SLPP, Solomon Berewa
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As the 2012 Presidential campaign gets into full gear, the national conversation is winding down to the basic question of who should lead Sierra Leone. In actuality, this is what it all boils down to because that’s what voters at … read more »
Posted in Article, Sierra Leone
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Tagged Ernest Bai Koroma, Gambia, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, indepthafrica africa news, Julius Maada Bio, Sierra Leone, Sierra Leonean, United States, Valentine Strasser
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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 »
Posted in Article, Liberia, Sierra Leone, West Africa
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Tagged All People's Congress, Ernest Bai Koroma, Gulf of Guinea, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Sierra Leone, sub-Saharan Africa, United States, West Africa
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Freetown – Sierra Leone’s two opposition political parties say they’re boycotting the opening of parliament. Both parties say they won’t take part in Friday’s session unless the ruling party investigates reports of political violence going back two years. Sierra Leone … read more »
Posted in News, Politics, Sierra Leone, West Africa
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Tagged Demonstration (people), Ernest Bai Koroma, IndepthAfrica, IndepthGhana, IndepthMultimedia, IndepthNigeria, IndepthSouthAfrica, IndepthWorld, Julius Maada Bio, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Nigeria online, North Africa, Pan African News, President, President of Sierra Leone, ruling party, Sierra Leone, Southern Africa, West Africa
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September 19, 2011 by benim
Freetown – An official says that Sierra Leone’s top opposition presidential candidate has returned home after receiving medical treatment in Ghana. Julius Maada Bio’s condition suddenly deteriorated after he sustained a head injury ahead of a rally two weeks ago. … read more »
Posted in News, Sierra Leone, West Africa
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Tagged Ernest Bai Koroma, Ghana, IndepthAfrica, IndepthGhana, IndepthMultimedia, IndepthNigeria, IndepthSouthAfrica, IndepthWorld, Julius Maada Bio, Military junta, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Nigeria online, North Africa, Pan African News, President, President of Sierra Leone, Sierra Leone, Southern Africa, West Africa
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September 10, 2011 by benim
Gunfire broke out in Sierra Leone’s second biggest town, Bo, on Friday as supporters of rival political parties clashed in the streets, sources said. The fighting erupted after a leading opposition figure and presidential hopeful, Maada Bio, was struck on … read more »
Posted in News, Sierra Leone, West Africa
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Tagged Abass Bundu, Ernest Bai Koroma, Freetown, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, IndepthGhana, IndepthMultimedia, IndepthNigeria, IndepthSouthAfrica, IndepthWorld, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Nigeria online, North Africa, Pan African News, Sierra Leone, Sierra Leone People's Party, Southern Africa, West Africa, West African
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Sierra Leone’s main opposition party on Monday named former coup leader Brigadier-General Julius Maada Bio, who handed power back to civilians in 1996, as its candidate for next year’s presidential vote. Bio, 47, will lead the ticket of the Sierra … read more »
Posted in News, Sierra Leone, West Africa
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Tagged About Africa, Africa news, African History, African Maps, Ahmad Tejan Kabbah, All Africa, Arab League, breaking news, East Africa, Ernest Bai Koroma, IndepthAfrica, IndepthGhana, IndepthMultimedia, IndepthNigeria, IndepthSouthAfrica, IndepthWorld, Julius Maada Bio, North Africa, Pan African News, President of Sierra Leone, Sierra Leone, Sierra Leone People's Party, Southern Africa, United States, Valentine Strasser, West Africa
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Sierra Leone President Ernest Koroma on Friday announced plans to build a new city and give the country’s airport a makeover to further lure investors to the west African nation. Koroma was addressing a meeting of international investors, where he … read more »
Posted in News, Sierra Leone, West Africa
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Tagged About Africa, Africa news, African History, African Maps, All Africa, Arab League, breaking news, Business, East Africa, Ernest Bai Koroma, Freetown, Government, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, IndepthGhana, IndepthMultimedia, IndepthNigeria, IndepthSouthAfrica, IndepthWorld, Kiva, North Africa, Pan African News, Sierra Leone, Southern Africa, West Africa
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Tens of thousands of refugees from violence in Ivory Coast are spilling across the border into Liberia, straining the food supplies of communities that barely have enough to eat at the best of times. Yet this humanitarian and security crisis … read more »
Posted in Cote d'Ivoire, Liberia, News, West Africa
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Tagged Alassane Ouattara, Côte d'Ivoire, Ernest Bai Koroma, Laurent Gbagbo, Liberia, Mano River Union, Sierra Leone, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
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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 »
Posted in News, Politics, Sierra Leone, West Africa
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Tagged Africa maps, Africa news, African news, African tribes, All People's Congress, APC, breaking news, Embassies and Consulates, Ernest Bai Koroma, Freetown, Ibrahim Kargbo, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, IndepthNigeria, Kenema, News local news, Sierra Leone, World news
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Ivory Coast’s Laurent Gbagbo has agreed to negotiate a “peaceful end” to his country’s crisis without preconditions, regional leaders say. The chairman of the Ecowas regional group said Mr Gbagbo had also agreed to immediately lift the blockade around the … read more »
Posted in Conflict/Tragedy, Cote d'Ivoire, News, West Africa
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Tagged Africa news, African news, African Union, Alassane Ouattara, Côte d'Ivoire, Economic Community of West African States, Ernest Bai Koroma, IndepthAfrica, Laurent Gbagbo, Sierra Leone, United Nations
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November 26, 2010 by benim
Sierra Leone’s president is actively seeking foreign companies to invest in the country’s mining and agricultural sectors. President Ernest Bai Koroma wants to run the country like a business. He used to be an insurance executive and firmly believes the … read more »
Posted in News, Sierra Leone, West Africa
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Tagged Abdul Tejan-Cole, Africa news, Economist Intelligence Unit, Ernest Bai Koroma, Freetown, IndepthAfrica, List of companies of the People's Republic of China, Sierra Leone, United Nations Security Council, Wall Street
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November 6, 2010 by benim
Sierra Leone, in West Africa, emerged from a decade of civil war in 2002, with the help of Britain, the former colonial power, and a large United Nations peacekeeping mission. More than 17,000 foreign troops disarmed tens of thousands of … read more »
Posted in Facts about Africa, Sierra Leone, West Africa
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Tagged Africa news, Ahmad Tejan Kabbah, Caribbean, Environment, Ernest Bai Koroma, Facts about Sierra Leone, History, Human Interest, IndepthAfrica, List of heads of state, Peacekeeping, Political geography, President of Sierra Leone, Sierra Leone, Sierra Leone Country profile, Solomon Berewa, West Africa
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