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Fatmata Sawaneh’s election bid

Andrew Keili: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 4 December 2021: Congratulations to the SLPP for successfully conducting the election for women’s leader in Freetown. Kudos to the women of the party. You may want to ask why I am commenting on an internal SLPP issue when it should be none of my [Read More]

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