Sierra Leone Innaugurates
a new president -
The opposition party (APC) led
by Earnest Bai Koroma has
swept the Sierra Leone run-off
elections held on Sept. 8 2007
by 55% to 45%. Earnest Koroma
was innauguarated and sworn
into office by the Chief Justice
of Sierra Leone in a private
ceremony on Sept 17, 2007.
Former President - Alhaji Tejan
Kabba and Vice President -
Solomon Berewa were present
at the ceremony (read more)
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Charles Taylor 'had
billions' in US banks -
Liberia's ex-President
Charles Taylor had
transactions of about
$5bn in two US bank
accounts during his
presidency, his
prosecutor has told the
BBC.
Mr. Taylor is being tried by
the UN-backed war
crimes court for backing
rebels in Sierra Leone
while in office. (more...)
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Charles Taylor
Former President of Liberia
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Freetown (France24) - The National Electoral Commission (NEC)
officially announced today that Earnest Bai-Koroma of the
opposition APC party has won the presidential run-off election held
on Sept. 8, 2007 by 55% to 45% margin....(read more)
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Sierra Leone amputees - victims of the rebel war play a
game of soccer at the Brookfields stadium in Freetown.
Should the world stand-by and watch western banks keep
billions of our monies in order to improve their quality of
life when African children die everyday of malnurishment?
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This is what's wrong with Africa...
Its people like Charles Taylor of Liberia, who has snatched over
$5bn in US banks, Mobutu Sese Seko, who snatched over $50
billion into banks in Brussels, and former Nigerian heads of
states who have snatched over $400 billion into British,
American and European banks.
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