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290				<a href="https://www.thesierraleonetelegraph.com/ebola-our-opportunity-to-face-our-realities-squarely-and-collectively/" title="Ebola &#8211; our opportunity to face our realities squarely and collectively" rel="bookmark">
291					Ebola &#8211; our opportunity to face our realities squarely and collectively				</a>
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293			<div class="mh-meta entry-meta">
294<span class="entry-meta-date updated"><i class="fa fa-clock-o"></i><a href="https://www.thesierraleonetelegraph.com/2014/12/">December 14, 2014</a></span>
295<span class="entry-meta-author author vcard"><i class="fa fa-user"></i><a class="fn" href="https://www.thesierraleonetelegraph.com/author/arthomas/">Abdul Rashid Thomas</a></span>
296<span class="entry-meta-comments"><i class="fa fa-comment-o"></i><a href="https://www.thesierraleonetelegraph.com/ebola-our-opportunity-to-face-our-realities-squarely-and-collectively/#comments" class="mh-comment-count-link" >1</a></span>
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300			<div class="mh-excerpt"><p>Raymond Dele Awoonor-Gordon Sierra Leone Telegraph: 14 December 2014 Benjamin Franklin s’ famous “Two wolves and a small lamb voting on what to have for dinner”, aptly describes the realities of our convulsing, blood-soaked Sierra Leone today. Between Ebola and razzmatazz governance, stand the distressed masses. With our leaders obviously <a class="mh-excerpt-more" href="https://www.thesierraleonetelegraph.com/ebola-our-opportunity-to-face-our-realities-squarely-and-collectively/" title="Ebola &#8211; our opportunity to face our realities squarely and collectively">[Read More]</a></p>
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312				<a href="https://www.thesierraleonetelegraph.com/100-more-british-troops-arrive-in-sierra-leone-273-dead-in-eleven-days/" title="100 more British troops arrive in Sierra Leone &#8211; 273 dead in eleven days" rel="bookmark">
313					100 more British troops arrive in Sierra Leone &#8211; 273 dead in eleven days				</a>
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315			<div class="mh-meta entry-meta">
316<span class="entry-meta-date updated"><i class="fa fa-clock-o"></i><a href="https://www.thesierraleonetelegraph.com/2014/10/">October 21, 2014</a></span>
317<span class="entry-meta-author author vcard"><i class="fa fa-user"></i><a class="fn" href="https://www.thesierraleonetelegraph.com/author/arthomas/">Abdul Rashid Thomas</a></span>
318<span class="entry-meta-comments"><i class="fa fa-comment-o"></i><a href="https://www.thesierraleonetelegraph.com/100-more-british-troops-arrive-in-sierra-leone-273-dead-in-eleven-days/#comments" class="mh-comment-count-link" >1</a></span>
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322			<div class="mh-excerpt"><p>Sierra Leone Telegraph: 21 October 2014 British Overseas Development Secretary &#8211; Justine Greening, has today arrived in Sierra Leone along with one hundred soldiers to speed up efforts in setting up treatment centres and make hundreds of beds available for Ebola victims. Today’s arrival is in addition to the 300 <a class="mh-excerpt-more" href="https://www.thesierraleonetelegraph.com/100-more-british-troops-arrive-in-sierra-leone-273-dead-in-eleven-days/" title="100 more British troops arrive in Sierra Leone &#8211; 273 dead in eleven days">[Read More]</a></p>
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397						<div class="cli-tab-content">
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406						<div class="cli-tab-header">
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430													</div>
431						<div class="cli-tab-content">
432							<div class="cli-tab-pane cli-fade" data-id="analytics">
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434									Analytical cookies are used to understand how visitors interact with the website. These 
434cookies help provide information on metrics the number of visitors, bounce rate, traffic source, etc.
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438					</div>
439																	<div class="cli-tab-section">
440						<div class="cli-tab-header">
441							<a role="button" tabindex="0" class="cli-nav-link cli-settings-mobile" data-target="advertisement" data-toggle="cli-toggle-tab">
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451									Advertisement cookies are used to provide visitors with relevant ads and marketing campaigns. These cookies track visitors across websites and collect information to provide customized ads.
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456																	<div class="cli-tab-section">
457						<div class="cli-tab-header">
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574
575								<span class="jp-carousel-has-comments-indicator" aria-label="This image has comments."></span>
576							</span>
577						</a>
578											</div>
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580				<div class="jp-carousel-info-extra">
581					<div class="jp-carousel-info-content-wrapper">
582						<div class="jp-carousel-photo-title-container">
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584						</div>
585						<div class="jp-carousel-comments-wrapper">
586															<div id="jp-carousel-comments-loading">
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588								</div>
589								<div class="jp-carousel-comments"></div>
590								<div id="jp-carousel-comment-form-container">
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596													name="comment"
597													class="jp-carousel-comment-form-field jp-carousel-comment-form-textarea"
598													id="jp-carousel-comment-form-comment-field"
599													placeholder="Write a Comment..."
600												></textarea>
601												<div id="jp-carousel-comment-form-submit-and-info-wrapper">
602													<div id="jp-carousel-comment-form-commenting-as">
603																													<fieldset>
604																<label for="jp-carousel-comment-form-email-field">Email (Required)</label>
605																<input type="text" name="email" class="jp-carousel-comment-form-field jp-carousel-comment-form-text-field" id="jp-carousel-comment-form-email-field" />
606															</fieldset>
607															<fieldset>
608																<label for="jp-carousel-comment-form-author-field">Name (Required)</label>
609																<input type="text" name="author" class="jp-carousel-comment-form-field jp-carousel-comment-form-text-field" id="jp-carousel-comment-form-author-field" />
610															</fieldset>
611															<fieldset>
612																<label for="jp-carousel-comment-form-url-field">Website</label>
613																<input type="text" name="url" class="jp-carousel-comment-form-field jp-carousel-comment-form-text-field" id="jp-carousel-comment-form-url-field" />
614															</fieldset>
615																											</div>
616													<input
617														type="submit"
618														name="submit"
619														class="jp-carousel-comment-form-button"
620														id="jp-carousel-comment-form-button-submit"
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622												</div>
623											</form>
624																											</div>
625													</div>
626						<div class="jp-carousel-image-meta">
627							<div class="jp-carousel-title-and-caption">
628								<div class="jp-carousel-photo-info">
629									<div class="jp-carousel-caption" itemprop="caption description"></div>
630								</div>
631
632								<div class="jp-carousel-photo-description"></div>
633							</div>
634							<a class="jp-carousel-image-download" href="#" aria-label="Download image" target="_blank" style="display: none;">
635								<svg width="25" height="24" viewBox="0 0 25 24" fill="none" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">
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643								<span class="jp-carousel-download-text"></span>
644							</a>
645							<div class="jp-carousel-image-map" style="display: none;"></div>
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