Though I must say SOCA isn't necessarily a lesser force. It is a specialist unit created when Blair was in government to concentrate resources solely on major organised crime from drugs, gangs, people traffic, money laundering etc. and have been doing quite well here and respected.

 

re: mugabe comment.....if its true, which I seriously doubt then he may have a point, cos if this problem isn't tackled seriously then we will indeed become a drugs hub. So far no top official or minister has resigned or suspended or sacked. You don't have to be directly involved to be accountability or take responsibility for your portfolio. EBK must be seen to taking a hardline, otherwise rumours will persist that he or his ministers are involved. Jammeh has his critics and may not have a good human rights record but look at the positive things he's done in the Gambia.

 

Its one thing being a transit point for USA and Europe but now that the drugs are in custody in Sierra Leone and coc starts flying away from custody bit by bit into the streets, then we'd have an even serious social, justice and health problems beyond our control.

Parcel dem go jest dey loss..
Ebidence... dissapear...
Some man nah police HQ go don already buy 2 bag flour for substitute..

 

This is not going far..

 

(CNN) -- With a flick of the wrist, James Johnson uses an elongated cotton swab along the inside of his 102-year old mother's cheek.

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He's taken the first step in his search for answers to an existential question that plagues a majority of black Americans: Where did my ancestors come from?

For the Johnsons -- cousins of the Rand family, who are featured in "CNN Presents: Black in America" -- the answer arrives in the form of a certificate from African Ancestry Inc., a Maryland-based company that specializes in ancestral DNA testing for black Americans.

For this story, producers for the groundbreaking CNN documentary series facilitated the DNA sampling of matriarch Mineola Johnson to find out more about the Rand family's African roots.

Rand family members say William Harrison "Hal" Rand (1822 -- 1909), a white farmer and slave owner whose great-grandfather emigrated to America from Kent, England, had two wives: a white wife, Sarah Ann "Sallie" Mullens (1820- 1893), and a black wife, Ann Albrooks Rand (1836 -1907).

Not much is known about Ann Albrooks Rand, but family members speculate that she was a domestic servant, based on U.S. Census data from 1870. See photos of the Rand family members »

Census records indicate that Ann and her children lived near their white half-brothers and -sisters fathered by William H. Rand.

It's a story shared by many African-Americans whose ancestors made the middle passage and were sold into slavery. Slave women often bore children by their white masters, some by force and others as a consequence of a romantic relationship. See the results of the test, along with a Rand family tree »

To find out more about Ann Rand and her African roots, a DNA sample was taken from her closest living relative, great-granddaughter Mineola Johnson.

 

Well nar so we sef see am oh....

 

Originally posted by Cool-Runnins   hypothetically speaking -and if there's some truth to M's backtok?

]]> Wed, 23 Jul 2008 17:38:09 +0000 http://forum.visitsierraleone.org/forum_posts.asp?TID=1880&PID=32418#32418 http://forum.visitsierraleone.org/forum_posts.asp?TID=1880&PID=32417#32417 Author: Cool-Runnins
Subject: Africa becomes cocaine hotbed
Posted: 23 July 2008 at 16:58

Originally posted by fredieddie Originally posted by jase EBK criticises Mugabe: Excerpt from a Bulowayo Daily This was his response: "The President of Sierra Leone's unprovoked attack on me was unnecessary. My fight however is not against Africa's only Cocaine President, it is against Western Imperialism. ........ Mr Jammeh of Gambia recently told me that he does not think highly of his neighbour's intellect. I think his judgement is absolutely right...............   ............Which self respecting African President will allow a plane load of cocaine in his country? Which self respecting President will openly appoint and protect Drug Traffickers in his Government?...................  Please tell the Drug Baron to remove the log in his eyes, before attempting to interfere in a historical war against apartheid... that his ignorant self hardly knows anything about. Let him stick to Cocaine Trafficking". (   Ok we all know that our governmnt is not perfect but mugabe crossed the line here,if it's true.... Callin our president "cocaine president" and "drug baron" is bang out of order. It is so undiplomatic of him. At least EBK was elected by his people unlike him.   Would love to hear EBK's response...   As for Jameh, what does he know about other people's intellect....

 

e? - thought the caption read -EBK criticises...all i see is M quotes? 

 

hypothetically speaking -and if there's some truth to M's backtok?

Edited by Cool-Runnins - Yesterday at 17:01]]> Wed, 23 Jul 2008 16:58:18 +0000 http://forum.visitsierraleone.org/forum_posts.asp?TID=1880&PID=32417#32417 http://forum.visitsierraleone.org/forum_posts.asp?TID=1880&PID=32416#32416 Author: W.J078
Subject: Africa becomes cocaine hotbed
Posted: 23 July 2008 at 15:38

And why is our president visitng Gambay so often

]]> Wed, 23 Jul 2008 15:38:18 +0000 http://forum.visitsierraleone.org/forum_posts.asp?TID=1880&PID=32416#32416 http://forum.visitsierraleone.org/forum_posts.asp?TID=1880&PID=32415#32415 Author: reporter
Subject: Africa becomes cocaine hotbed
Posted: 23 July 2008 at 15:33

If it is true that Mugabe said these things then it just shows what a selfish and self-centered man he is. If Jammeh told him all those things I am sure it was in confidence and was supposed to remain a private conversation. Mugabe does not care that this is going to strain the relations beween the Gambian government and Sierra Leone government; all he can think about is himself.

At least in Sierra Leone you do not have to be a billionaire just to buy food.
]]> Wed, 23 Jul 2008 15:33:29 +0000 http://forum.visitsierraleone.org/forum_posts.asp?TID=1880&PID=32415#32415 http://forum.visitsierraleone.org/forum_posts.asp?TID=1880&PID=32414#32414 Author: W.J078
Subject: Africa becomes cocaine hotbed
Posted: 23 July 2008 at 14:33

No matter how bad Salone is We dont have a billion dollar note.. And if true about jammeh that it is all the more reason for us to get our house in order. Small Small Gambay is more developed than us with far less natural resources... It is a disgrace where we are today... All of the sudden Mugabe is fighting the British there was a picture of him Receving his knighthood from the Queen and looking like a lap dog, with is hitler mustache]]> Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:33:34 +0000 http://forum.visitsierraleone.org/forum_posts.asp?TID=1880&PID=32414#32414 http://forum.visitsierraleone.org/forum_posts.asp?TID=2741&PID=32413#32413 Author: Otolo
Subject: Banks
Posted: 23 July 2008 at 13:55

You can add Access Bank, UBA and Sierra Leone Commercial Bank to the list]]> Wed, 23 Jul 2008 13:55:10 +0000 http://forum.visitsierraleone.org/forum_posts.asp?TID=2741&PID=32413#32413