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BLACK AFRICANS REALLY MATTER IN TUNISIA

We called attention to what was happening in Tunisia several weeks ago and one of our avid readers asked us why we were so concerned about events thousands of kilometers away. The reader asked us to concentrate on issues back home and allow Tunisians to enjoy the system they allowed to exist in their country. It’s not easy to ignore things because they are happening in other countries. We know that like objects in the mirror, things are almost always closer than they appear.

GOOD MORNING REELECTED MAYOR KEMOKAI OF FCC

Let’s start by congratulating you on your reelection as Mayor of Freetown. We don’t want to go into some of the things that happened during the campaign, especially those connected to you or things you did just to get you a second mandate. Those are issues we will surely drill into in due course. For now we want to welcome you once again to New City Hall and wish you the very best.

MINISTERS ARE TAKING DELEGATIONS TO STATE HOUSE

END OF A POLITICAL ERA – GOODBYE CHARLES MARGAI

In the end mercurial Charles Margai was totally unable to produce his 2007 effect on Tolongbo’s fortunes in the elections last week, going by the figures rolling out of the south of the country in particular. This was the region where Margai damaged the SLPP in 2007, taking a handful of seats and opening the way for Tolongbo to make big gains and go on to win the election. When he lined up again with them just before the last election, he was hoping to repeat his heroics of 2007. He failed.

JUNE 2023 IS OVER. LET’S GO BACK TO WORK FOR SALONE

More than a year ago, Principal told the country that on the 24^th of June 2023 he would return to the people of Sierra Leone to seek a fresh mandate. The Sierra Leone constitution has a two-term limit for a president. That means Principal has now entered his final term after beating Orsamu for the second time.

VOTE SAFUL, GO HOME SAFUL, WAIT FOR RESULT SAFUL

SIERRA LEONEANS WILL VOTE ON THE SATURDAY JUNE 24