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Sierra Leone: Police Intervene as Opening of Sierra Leone Parliament is Overtaken by Chaos
Guardian Network, 27 April 2018
Police use force as members of ousted All People’s Congress party are removed from parliament after defying high court injunctions Read more »
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Sierra Leone: Are Brawls in Parliament a Sign of Things to Come?
African Arguments, 26 April 2018
How will the new ruling party govern when the opposition significantly outnumbers it in parliament? Read more »
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West Africa: ECOWAS Parliament Worried About Threats to Parliamentary Practice in Sierra Leone
Ecowas, 26 April 2018
The ECOWAS Parliament has learnt about worrying developments in the just inaugurated Parliament of Sierra Leone. Read more »
Chaos in Sierra Leone's Parliament
As new MPs were being sworn in after the general elections, members of the opposition disrupted proceedings because 16 of their MPs were told to leave due to high court injunctions against them. The named parliamentarians refused to leave and their colleagues physically protected them as they sang their party anthem. The police were then called in...
