Sierra Leonean Vice President Asks U.S. for Asylum
Vice President Sam Sumana was expelled from the governing All People's Congress earlier this month for what was described as "his anti-party activities", a charge that he's denied.
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Sierra Leone:
VP Expulsion Not Unprecedented
Concord, 13 March 2015
Minister of Information and Communications, Alhaji Alpha Kanu, yesterday told newsmen during his ministry's weekly press conference at Youyi building in Freetown that the expulsion… Read more »
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Sierra Leone:
Religious Leaders Caution APC Over VP's Expulsion
Concord, 13 March 2015
Religious leaders representing the Council of Churches in Sierra Leone (CCSL), Pentecostal Fellowship, Evangelical Fellowship, the Catholic Mission, Seventh Day Adventists,… Read more »
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Sierra Leone:
APC HQ Celebrates VP Expulsion
Concord, 10 March 2015
The National Advisory Council (NAC) of the ruling All People's Congress (APC) on Friday (March 6) sanctioned the recommendation by an Investigation Committee to expel Vice… Read more »
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Sierra Leone:
Vox Pop-Citizens Attribute VP's Expulsion to 'Malice and Grudge'
Concord, 10 March 2015
The ruling All People's Congress (APC) last Friday (6 March) expelled the Vice President, Alhaji Chief Samuel Sam-Sumana from the party on the grounds the he had been behind the… Read more »
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Sierra Leone:
VP Sumana Slams Charges Against Him
Concord, 11 March 2015
Vice President Alhaji Abubakarr Sidique Sam-Sumana has described allegations against him contained in a last Friday ruling by his party's National Advisory Council (NAC) to expel… Read more »
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Sierra Leone:
Ebola Outbreak - Sierra Leone Vice-President Quarantined
Inquirer, 2 March 2015
The vice-president of Sierra Leone has put himself into quarantine after one of his bodyguards died from Ebola. Read more »
InFocus
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As reports of an increase in Ebola cases continue, the country's vice president has put himself into quarantine after one of his bodyguards died. Read more »