Tag Archives: Ernest Bai Koroma

Nairobi, Kenya | Xinhua | Kenya’s general elections, held Tuesday to choose the fifth president, county governors, senators and members of the National Assembly, were largely peaceful, free and fair, pan-African blocs said Thursday. The joint election observation mission to Kenya from the African Union (AU) and Common Market for East …

Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire | THE INDEPENDENT |    Cote d’Ivoire’s President Alassane Ouattara officially inaugurated on Monday his third term as head of Cote d’Ivoire at the presidential palace in Abidjan. This is the first time that an elected president has been sworn in on the Constitution in Cote d’Ivoire. The …

Freetown, Sierra Leone | AFP | Sierra Leone’s president appealed Tuesday for urgent help for the flood-hit capital of Freetown, where more than 300 people are feared dead, as rescue workers continued a grim search for bodies after one of the worst natural disasters to hit the country. The Red Cross …