Topic: Ernest Bai Koroma
Sierra Leone's political make-up has over the years been dominated by a selected group of people. The coming of President Koroma in 2007 was...
After over five months of both national and international consultations and deliberations among Sierra Leoneans from all walks of life, the much...
At State House about midday, January 25, 2012, there was a unique a ceremony laden with symbolism that captured the essence and joy of being...
In a letter to the Assistant Secretary of State, Bureau of African Affairs at the U.S. Department of State, dated January 17, 2012, members of the...
On the fifth floor of Sierra Leone's main government office building, a decaying hulk where working toilets are scarce and the lift unreliable...
Every Sierra Leonean from the dim witted to the genius has an opinion about the state of the nation and they accentuate their opinions everywhere...
Sierra Leone's President Ernest Koroma on Monday welcomed Princess Anne of the United Kingdom, who is on a three-day visit to the west African nation with her husband.At a ceremony at State House, Koroma recalled "the close link between Britain ...
National elections will be held in Sierra Leone in late 2012, a decade after the end of the west African state's bloody civil war, the National Electoral Commission said on Saturday.Official Raymond George said local, parliamentary and presidential polls would ...
Sierra Leone's main opposition party on Monday elected retired Brigadier Julius Maada Bio, who once seized power in a coup, to challenge incumbent Ernest Koroma in 2012 presidential polls.The 47-year-old Bio beat 18 other candidates from the Sierra Leone People ...
* Bio took power in 1996 coup before stepping downFREETOWN (Reuters) - Sierra Leone's main opposition party 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 ...