President Koroma as our Solomon and Joshua

Jarrah Kawusu-Konte

UPDATED: Friday, May 11, 2012 05:42 PM

The belief that the South/East is the stronghold of the SLPP was ostensibly debunked last weekend when thousands of Easterners came out to welcome President Dr Ernest Bai Koroma first in Kono and later in Kailahun. I was totally surprised that such mammoth crowds could come out with smiles on their faces as they sang praises of the astute and transformative leadership of President Koroma for unleashing development that is unheard of in Sierra Leone's fifty-one years of self-governance.

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Africa's vanishing Lake Chad puts 30 million lives at risk

As you approach the Lake Chad basin from Maiduguri, in northeastern Nigeria, the evidence of despair is telling. The air is dusty, the wind is fierce and unrelenting, the plants are wilting and the earth is turning into sand dunes. The lives of herders, fisherfolks and farmers are teetering on the edge as the lake dries up before their eyes.

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For girls, 'it is possible to dream big'

Growing up in her native Kenya, Juliana Rotich was the lonely, young "geek" with oversized glasses at school. Today she is a highly successful tech entrepreneur who is a co-founder and executive director of Ushahidi, a homegrown non-profit tech company that has taken the world by storm.

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DEPUTY INFORMATION MINISTER PLEADS WITH 'HANCI PARENTS'

Sierra Leone's Deputy Minister of Information & Communications, who doubles as Co-Government Spokesman, Sheka Tarawalie, has said that the issue of the children adopted and taken to the USA through Help A Needy Child International (HANCI) "will not be resolved through emotional outbursts and anger."

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Pastor Roland Bankole-Gibson has what it takes to be Mayor of Freetown

Sierra Leone is going through a period of transformation brought about by the vibrant and dynamic leadership of His Excellency Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma. In less than five years in power, the All People's Congress under Ernest Bai Koroma has achieved what the Sierra Leone People's Party under Alhaji Ahmed Tejan-Kabba was not able to achieve in more than ten years. Aside from the marked improvement in electricity supply in Freetown and its environs, the entire country has improved considerably in terms of infrastructural development. For many Sierra Leoneans - including former die-hard SLPP supporters - the country is on the right path. Little wonder many have decided to join the APC.

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AMBASSADOR BANGALI AT A RECEPTION MARKING THE 51ST INDEPENDENCE ANNIVERSARY

Honourable Ministers
Your Excellencies Ambassadors & Permanent Representatives,
Deputy Chairperson, Commissioners & Staff of the AUC
Fellow Sierra Leoneans,
Distinguished Ladies & Gentlemen,

Last year on this same date, we celebrated fifty years of Independence and that Golden Jubilee was marked by a number of activities organized by the staff of the Embassy and the Sierra Leonean Community in Ethiopia at which the members of the International Community and friends of Sierra Leone fully participated and for which we convey our profound appreciation.

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Sierra Leone Govt. Hospitals Soon to Offer Free Malaria Treatments

The President Ernest Bai Koroma led Government is currently seeking support to capacitate its one thousand one hundred and ninety one hospital facilities throughout Sierra Leone, to enable it provide free Malaria diagnosis and non - complicated malaria treatment, coupled with free drugs. Said Minister of Health and Sanitation, Hon. Haja Zainab Hawa Bangura. Adding, "The pilot program will start May1st, 2012".

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SIERRA LEONE MISSION TO THE USA CELEBRATE 51ST INDEPENDENCE DAY

YOUR EXCELLENCIES

DISTINGUISHED LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,

ALL PROTOCOLS OBSERVED

Fifty-one years ago on 27th April 1961, the People of Sierra Leone unfurled the Green, White and Blue flag, guaranteeing for all eternity a nation's right to determine its own destiny. Today, I am greatly honored to witness the hoisting of my national flag in no other place but in the great State of Ohio. It is indeed a testament to the warmth and friendship of the People of the State of Ohio. The honour accorded my country makes me feel immensely proud indeed and the gesture speaks volumes about the unreserved hospitality and acceptance with which our community has been embraced into the citizenry of Ohio. Words cannot express my gratitude to you and on behalf of Ambassador Stevens I thank you profoundly.

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