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… WAY CLEARED FOR U.S. IMMIGRATION TO DEPORT ABOUT 1,000 SIERRA LEONEANS.- An Exclusive Interview with Mr. Alpha Kholifa Koroma, LLB (HONS) LLM, MSC. (Lon, UK).
The Sierra Leone Chief Immigration Officer (CIO) was in Washington DC on a short official visit July 15 to August 4, 2010 on invitation by the United State Homeland Security and the State Department. I met him at his Residence Inn Hotel on Vermont Street in Washington, D.C. His team of three comprised of Ms. Kadie Sesay, Head of Foreign Nationals Unit (HFNU), and Mr. Abu Bakarr.S. Kabba, Acting Public Relations Officer (APRO).
Ambassador Bangali briefs UNHCR RepresentativeSierra Leone’s envoy to the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, His Excellency Andrew Bangali on Wednesday 18th August, 2010 briefed the Representative of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) to the African Union and the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), Mr. Chrysantus Ache on the status of the ratification of the AU Convention for the Protection and Assistance of Internally Displaced Persons in Africa to which Sierra Leone is a signatory.
Bockari Stevens meets with Bunce Island Coalition USA membersWashington: Sierra Leone’s Ambassador to the United States of America, H.E. Bockari K. Stevens, today Monday 9th August 2010 met with members of the Bunce Island Coalition (USA), accompanied by a group of professional restoration engineers. The meeting centered on implementing the project for the preservation of the Bunce Island slave castle (in photo) and how to transform that important historic site into a well interpreted historical park that will be a source of education for both Sierra Leoneans and visitors from abroad. The meeting was held in the conference room of the Sierra Leone Embassy in Washington DC.
WILL SA. LEONE’S PEOPLE’S PARTY (SLPP), JOHN OPONJO BENJAMIN PREVAILFor a little over a year, the world have watched and listened to John O. Benjamin blames the government of Dr. Ernest B. Koroma for whatever mishap that comes his way regardless of the hands-off of the government, or how he is responsible for the mess that happened. I have yet to see him accept blames for something appalling he did or his team of critics acknowledge some progress or advancement our loved nation is currently enjoying through the able leadership of Dr. Ernest Koroma.