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According to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission Report, “The narrowing of the participatory process did not end with the transfer of power from President Siaka Stevens to his APC successor President J.S.Momoh in 1985. In deed the succession itself epitomized many of the deficiencies in the wider political process.

When the SLPP presidential candidate for the March 7 2018 elections, Rtd Brigadier Julius Maada Bio said in his foreword to the SLPP 2018 elections manifesto that he was calling it ‘a Manifesto of the People’ because as he put it, ‘it is the product of  very extensive and intensive consultations nation-wide, you would not help but agree with his leadership credential as a man who firmly puts the people at the heart of his vision for a better Sierra Leone if given the  opportunity in the ballot box. Indeed, this is not a gimmick; it is for real! The SLPP Manifesto Committee headed by Maada Bio himself carried out very extensive and intensive consultations throughout the country. 

Sierra Leone’s outgoing Ambassador to the Republic of Korea, His Excellency Ambassador Omrie Michael Golley has today 17th May 2018, conveyed the appreciation of the Government and people of Sierra Leone, to the Korean Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries for its decision to support the fisheries sector in Sierra Leone.

After so much ramblings and name callings, the much awaited elections that will make or break Sierra Leone are almost here. Some laws in the constitution that  until now have remained dormant, have suddenly surfaced; obviously a deliberate act used by the powers that be to their own advantage, and to deflect the attention of the masses from issues that matter most.

A group of patriotic musicians have been traveling across Sierra Leone galvanizing citizens’ effective participation in the electoral process through entertainment as the small West African country marches towards General Elections on March 7^th 2018.

The result of the Sierra Leone presidential election has just been announced by the Chief Electoral Commissioner – Mr Nfa Alie Conteh in Freetown.

Julius Maada Bio of the opposition SLPP is the new president of Sierra Leone, polling 1,319,406 – which is 51.82% of the total votes cast; and the ruling APC party candidate – Dr Samura Kamara, with 1,227, 171, which is 48.19% of the total votes cast.