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Daily Nation
March 10, 2018
Evidently quite a character, he had played a role in an earlier coup in 1992, but his sojourn at the apex of power came after he had toppled the flamboyant captain Valentine Strasser, his erstwhile boss in the NPRC junta, on January 1996. To his credit, Mr Bio handed over to the democratically electedÃâà...
Global News Network
February 26, 2018
In an ensuing political confusion, a group of young Sierra Leone Army officers led by Captain Valentine Strasser struck in April 1992, seized power, and forced President Momoh into exile in Guinea. But after four years marked by several real and alleged coup attempts that resulted in further bloodshed,Ãâà...
TheCable
February 23, 2018
The former military leader who ruled Sierra Leone for three months in 1996 having overthrown his former boss and friend, Valentine Strasser, is contesting his second election. He lost in 2012 to Ernest Bai Koroma polling 37.4% of the vote in the second round as opposed to Koroma's 58.7%. A split in theÃâà...
Premium Times
February 23, 2018
The former military leader who ruled Sierra Leone for three months in 1996 having overthrown his former boss and friend, Valentine Strasser, is contesting his second election. He lost in 2012 to Mr. Koroma polling 37.4 per cent of the votes in the second round as opposed to Mr. Koroma's 58.7 per cent.
africanews
February 21, 2018
As a military ruler, he toppled his boss in the NPRC junta Captain Valentine Strasser in January 1996 but handed over to democratically elected Ahmed Tejan Kabbah of the SLPP after the 1996 presidential elections. He later retired from active service that year and moved to the United States to further hisÃâà...
Global Times Newspaper
August 2, 2017
Captain (Rtd.) Valentine E.M. Strasser shot to stardom on 29th April 1992, when he became the youngest Head of State in West Africa. As the coup leader, he became the Chairman of NPRC (National Provisional Ruling Council) and Head of State of the Republic of Sierra Leone in 1992. The NPRC coupÃâà...
Sierra Express Media
May 24, 2017
“Fellow citizens, for over 23 years we have been misruled by an oppressive, corrupt, exploitative and tribalistic bunch of crooks and traitors, under the umbrella of the APC (All people's Congress) government. This regime has perpetuated nepotism, tribalism, gross mismanagement, total collapse of ourÃâà...
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