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The slow pace of Sierra Leone’s development

By Mac Jibba

Perhaps one of the simplest but most difficult questions to answer is to advance reasons for the slow pace in development of Sierra Leone as a single nation in the sub-region. Many Sierra Leoneans believe that the problems of the country are entirely external and that those external factors have plunged the country to occupy the bottom segment of the Human Development Index (HDI).

Guest Writer: In search of Koroma’s running-mate

By Ibrahim Sorie Fornah, Winnipeg, Canada

Appointing a presidential running mate is the prerogative of a presidential candidate of a political party. A running mate is a would-be vice president and a possible future president, in the event of resignation or death of the president. So the importance of a presidential running mate in a country’s election cannot be overemphasized especially so, like in our case, when he cannot be sacked simply at the will of his/her boss.

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