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Transcripts for BBCNEWS Newsday 20240604 23:25:00

So, you can see what has been protected, what has been preserved. this is 26 years of work to make sure that nothing is damaged in this area. this canopy at the sanctuary is one to behold. not a common sight these days on the freetown peninsula. if urgent measures are not taken, this place will cease being home for these primates. umaru fofana, bbc news, freetown. i want to take you back to that scene at the airport in tokyo. these are life pictures right now. but we understand of course is that the belarusian sprinter krystina timanovskaya left the polish embassy in tokyo in the early hours of this morning where she had been seeking protection after that dramatic diplomatic twist at the tokyo olympics. we ....

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Sierra Leone is the hidden gem of African destinations


Sierra Leone is a forgotten paradise with its white sandy beaches and crystal clear waters.
For many of us, when we think of Sierra Leone, we think of the civil war, blood diamonds and conflict. But this destination deserves another look. It has one of the most beautiful coastlines in West Africa and incredible wildlife including over 11 species of primates and the rare pygmy hippopotamus.
Sierra Leone was once a holiday hotspot
In the 1980s Sierra Leone’s Freetown Peninsula was a high-end holiday destination that welcomed thousands of holidaymakers every week. Over 100,000 tourists from France alone visited the resort each year. ....

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People of constituency 110 in Freetown head for the polls today – OP-ed


Oswald Hanciles (The Guru): Sierra Leone Telegraph: 12 December 2020:
The bye-election in the hotly contested Constituency 110 in the Freetown Peninsula, awakens in me a sense of déjà vu. In the 1967 parliamentary election, and in the fiercely contested elections of the 1970s, there would be not only enthusiastic campaigning by APC and SLPP partisans, but spasmodic violence all over the country, until the General Elections of 1977, when the APC government led by the wily, pugnacious, and charismatic APC leader, Siaka Stevens, waged a full-scale war on the SLPP opposition (disguised as competitive elections).
Stevens then coerced the SLPP, forced its leaders to capitulate and absorbed into the APC, which led to a de jure One Party State, after the APC was declared winner of the 1977 election by a landslide. ....

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