Dennis Kabatto There has been a huge upsurge in violence in the Sierra Leonean communities of Washington – DC, Maryland and Virginia (DMV Zone). This alarming trend has prompted concerned Sierra Leoneans in the DMV Zone to call an emergency ‘Stamp out Violence’ Town hall Meeting Saturday, April 14, at [Read More]
Alpha Kargbo Sierra Leone Telegraph: 10 April 2012 The fourth phase of the biometric voter registration for the forthcoming presidential and general elections in Sierra Leone, which is slated for November 2012, officially closed on the 25th of March 2012. There are massive discrepancies in the figures, raising suspicion of [Read More]
SLPP (North America) Communications Team 9 April 2012 Governments, a political wit once lamented, don’t lie, they merely fabricate. And to a limited extent, we can understand our leaders having to engage in some spin or public relations. But as the APC arms purchase scandal has revealed, this is a [Read More]
9 April 2012 President Koroma’s decision to import large cache of military grade arms and ammunition into the country, so close to a general election, is regarded at best with suspicion by the international community – especially the UN Security Council; and at worse, seen by most Sierra Leoneans and [Read More]
7 April 2012 In just twenty days Sierra Leoneans across the USA will celebrate 51 years of independence of their motherland. Events will be co-ordinated by the Save Sierra Leone Foundation in collaboration with the Sierra Leone Embassy and the Sierra American Soccer Association (SASA). The weekend of Friday, April [Read More]
Dr. Sama Banya (Puawui) 6 April 2012 Within the last fortnight the government of President Ernest Bai Koroma appears to be groping in the dark. Never in the history of politics has a government been known to be so inconsistent and contradictory as this administration has demonstrated. It has completely [Read More]
Alpha Kargbo 5 April 2012 It is nearly five long years now since the ruling All People’s Congress party (APC)) took the realms of power in Sierra Leone. For the common Sierra Leoneans (who make up over 80% of the population), life in every successive year has been more difficult [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 4 March 2012 The debate surrounding allegations of president Koroma’s offer of cash, lucrative contracts and senior government job opportunities to members of the opposition parties for their votes at the forthcoming general election rumbles on. Does the decision of John Leigh – a losing presidential aspirant [Read More]
Dennis Kabatto 4 March 2012 To say, American-born, New Jersey based Nigerian – Yetunde A. Odugbesan is ambitious and described as an overachiever, would be a vast understatement. She has been awarded with the prestigious Thomas H. Kean Outstanding Alumni Award, in recognition of her continued support and contributions made to [Read More]
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