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	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Joseph Saidu Momoh (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Momoh's greatest hope of a chance in the new political environment will, however, be seen to rest on the number of pledges made by the dissident party groups to return to the All People's Congress (A.P.C),.
		Momoh's last ditch attempt to return the country to a democratic rule and salvage the drowning face of (A.P.C) came a little too late.
		Momoh's pension, which had brought a lot of controversy was awarded under a 1986 Act of Parliament.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Joseph-Saidu-Momoh (284 words)

	As late Sierra Leone President’s Wife and Son fight over his property, J.S Momoh’s wife explains (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Fatmata Momoh, wife of the late President Joseph Saidu Momoh, has denied newspaper reports made by Abdul Momoh, one of the sons of the late man.
		Momoh said, in all her years of marriage life with the late Momoh, the said Abdul Momoh, who according to her, is now "making noise all over the place" stayed with her for some five years.
		Momoh further stated that the properties of the late man were not "grabbed" by her as has been alleged in local media reports.
	news.sl /drwebsite/publish/printer_2005307.shtml (381 words)

	Africanews - 14J
		Momoh's greatest hope of a chance in the new political environment will, however, be seen to rest on the number of pledges made by the dissident party groups to return to the All People's Congress (A.P.C),.
		Momoh's last ditch attempt to return the country to a democratic rule and salvage the drowning face of (A.P.C) came a little too late.
		Momoh's pension, which had brought a lot of controversy was awarded under a 1986 Act of Parliament.
	web.peacelink.it /afrinews/14_issue/p10.html (735 words)

	Sierra Leone - MSN Encarta
		In November 1985 Stevens retired, and Major-General Joseph Saidu Momoh was sworn in as president the following January.
		A coup attempt was suppressed in March 1987, and in November the president declared a state of economic emergency.
		In April 1992, however, Momoh was ousted in a military coup and replaced by Captain Valentine Strasser.
	uk.encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761563681_6/Sierra_Leone.html (608 words)

	History - U.S. Embassy Sierra Lione Freetown
		Momoh was elected President in a one-party referendum on October 1, 1985.
		In October 1990, President Momoh set up a constitutional review commission to review the 1978 one-party constitution with a view to broadening the existing political process, guaranteeing fundamental human rights and the rule of law, and strengthening and consolidating the democratic foundation and structure of the nation.
		There was great suspicion that Momoh was not serious, however, and APC rule was increasingly marked by abuses of power.
	freetown.usembassy.gov /history.html (1826 words)

	Africa - "Killer" Bills and Decrees
		The APC government of Major General Joseph Saidu Momoh, who was chosen as a successor by President Stevens in 1985, had joined with other Economic Community of West Africa States (ECOWAS) nations to form the Economic Community Monitoring Group (ECOMOG) force.
		Momoh's supporters in the army were sent to the frontlines and many quickly began to loot the countryside.
		The Momoh APC government, showed little tolerance for media criticism of its poor defense against the Liberian-led invasion of the country.
	www.ilhr.org /ilhr/reports/killerbills/apc.html (1349 words)

	Timeline Sierra Leone
		Joseph Momoh, and became the world’s youngest head of state.
		Joseph Momoh was caught while trying to escape the capital under disguise as a woman.
		Joseph Saidu Momoh was convicted of conspiracy to commit treason in the May 1997 coup.
	timelines.ws /countries/SIERLEON.HTML (4058 words)

	The African Vision; Africa Looking Back
		Taylor’s support for the RUF stemmed in part from Momoh’s diplomatic efforts in the establishment and deployment of the West African Economic Community Cease-Fire Monitoring Group (ECOMOG) in Liberia in August 1990 to end that country’s civil war.
		The civil war and the army’s inability to cope with it led to the overthrow of Momoh’s regime and the establishment of the National Provisional Ruling Council (NPRC) military junta by Captain Valentine Strasser in April 1992.
		The same court found Sankoh, an army photographer and a Bangura associate, guilty of treason and sentenced him to seven years in prison with a dishonorable discharge from the army; the former corporal was released from prison in 1976.
	www.sulima.com /afvision/rufwar.htm (1014 words)

	Kids Meeting Kids
		In 1990 when the Liberians were fighting, our former president Dr. Joseph Saidu Momoh sent some military force from Sierra Leone to help the Liberians so the war will stop in their country.
		They killed women, cut their breasts off, raped them, killed men, killed children, took people’s property, burned people’s houses and took their money, opened pregnant women’s stomachs and took the babies, and did many other things that are evil.
		In 1992 the military force overthrew the preseident of Sierra Leone, Dr. Joseph Saidu Momoh.
	www.kidsmeetingkids.org /war_1.htm (690 words)

	1Up Travel > Sierra Leone > Travel & Tourism \| Tourist Guide to Sierra Leone
		Momoh was elected President in a one-party referendum on October 1, 1985.
		In October 1990, President Momoh set up a constitutional review commission to review the 1978 one-party constitution with a view to broadening the existing political process, guaranteeing fundamental human rights and the rule of law, and strengthening and consolidating the democratic foundation and structure of the nation.
		There was great suspicion that Momoh was not serious, however, and APC rule was increasingly marked by abuses of power.
	www.1uptravel.com /international/africa/sierra-leone (2447 words)

	Index Mo
		Joseph Kabila who appointed him as minister of state in charge of agriculture on Feb. 5, 2007.
		Joseph Kasavubu and Premier Patrice Lumumba appointed him secretary of state for defense and then chief of staff.
		When Stevens stood down in 1985, he was succeeded by Momoh after a carefully arranged single-candidate election in which Momoh received 99.85% of the vote.
	rulers.org /indexm5.html (15816 words)

	Sierra Leone. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		Joseph Saidu Momoh succeeded Stevens as president in 1986.
		However, in 1992, Momoh was overthrown in a military coup.
		Valentine Strasser soon became president, but he was ousted in Jan., 1996, and replaced by Brig.
	www.bartleby.com /65/si/SierraLe.html (2204 words)

	Paying the price - The Sierra Leone peace process (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		In 1991, the RUF launched the war ostensibly to overthrow the one-party dictatorship of Joseph Saidu Momoh and usher in what it called 'genuine democracy'.
		Momoh broadcast a call to the RUF to stop fighting and join the political process but this was not backed up with any attempt to open direct talks.
		Indeed, Momoh later repeated in several radio broadcasts that Sankoh and the RUF were merely a front for Liberian warlord Charles Taylor.
	www.c-r.org /accord/s-leone/accord9/first.shtml (4453 words)

	Joseph Saidu Momoh Online Encyclopedia Article About Joseph Saidu Momoh (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Joseph Saidu Momoh Online Encyclopedia Article About Joseph Saidu Momoh
		In 1985, when the president, Siaka Stevens, announced his retirement, Momoh was endorsed by Sierra Leone's only political party, the All-People's Congress, as the sole presidential candidate.
		When he took office he disassociated himself from the policies of his predecessor, pledging to fight corruption and improve the economy.
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /Cambridge/entries/086/Joseph-Saidu-Momoh.html (177 words)

	IRIN-WA Update 598 [19991120]
		RUF leader Foday Sankoh said Momoh had been released to further the general call for forgiveness in the course of the ongoing peace process.
		Momoh had been in Pademba Road Prison since his conviction in 1998 on charges of conspiracy and helping the military junta that ousted Kabbah the previous year.
		Following the rebel invasion of Freetown in January, Momoh escaped from prison and was held for nearly a year by the RUF prior to his release.
	www.africa.upenn.edu /Newsletters/irinw598.html (1328 words)

	History of Sierra Leone
		Joseph Saidu Momoh, Steven's own choice, as the party candidate to succeed Stevens.
		On April 29, 1992, a group of young military officers, led by Capt. Valentine Strasser, launched a military coup, which sent Momoh into exile in Guinea and established the National Provisional Ruling Council (NPRC) as the ruling authority in Sierra Leone.
		The NPRC proved to be nearly as ineffectual as the Momoh government in repelling the RUF.
	www.historyofnations.net /africa/sierraleone.html (1680 words)

	20. Sierra Leone. 2001. The Encyclopedia of World History
		Stevens stepped down from the presidency in favor of Maj. Gen.
		The Momoh government secured aid from Western donors, but proved unable to establish domestic tranquility.
		A rebel attack occurred in the town of Kambia.
	www.bartleby.com /67/4382.html (318 words)

	Johnny Paul Koroma - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		He was born in Tombodu, Kono District, in eastern Sierra Leone.
		He was a northern Limba, the same ethnic group as former President Joseph Saidu Momoh, who was deposed by the army in 1992.
		Koroma received military training in Nigeria and Britain.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Johnny_Paul_Koroma (328 words)

	TIME: Milestones
		JOSEPH SAIDU MOMOH, former President of Sierra Leone, with treason; by a magistrate in the capital city of Freetown.
		Momoh is accused of advising a junta that overthrew the civilian government and installed a military regime last May. The West African rebels were ousted after ruling for nine months, and the disgraced ex-President tried unsuccessfully to escape capture by disguising himself as a woman.
		CARLOS ANDRES PEREZ, 74, impeached Venezuelan President whose second term unraveled in 1993 after he was implicated in a $17 million misappropriation case, with illegal enrichment; in Caracas.
	www.time.com /time/magazine/1998/int/980427/notebook.milestones.mile4.html (503 words)

	TLC Africa Magazine
		Stevens’ hand picked successor, General Joseph Saidu Momoh, then commander of the Sierra Leone’s Army, worsened the country misery during his half decade rule from 1984-1992.
		Under General Momoh and his period of the APC’s leadership of Sierra Leone, corruption was very rampant, organized and persistent at every level while political gangsterism was disorganized but ruthless.
		Accused by the APC on allegation of trying to topple the regime and kill President Momoh, these men were set by the northerners in the regime and killed.
	www.tlcafrica.com /tlc_sierraleone.htm (4125 words)

	Independence - History - Sierra Leone - Africa (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		In November 1985 Stevens retired, and Major General Joseph Saidu Momoh was sworn in as president the following January.
		A coup attempt was suppressed in March 1987, and in November the president declared a state of economic emergency.
		In April 1992, however, Momoh was ousted in a military coup and replaced by Captain Valentine Strasser.
	www.countriesquest.com /africa/sierra_leone/history/independence.htm (881 words)

	COCORIOKO - Obituaries (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Momoh distinguished himself in the military and quickly rose through the ranks.He will be remembered for his loyalty to the state.
		Momoh, who had been sprung by the RUF, during their 1999 invasion of Freetown,from the Pademba Road Prisons, where he was serving a 15 year -imprisonment for alleged complicity with the AFRC/RUF Junta, was brought before Sankoh as he adresseed a big crowd at the Makeni Wusum Stadium.
		Momoh was a man that never had the inclination for power.Unlike most of our leaders who really fought for power, Momoh was one man who had power thrust upon him,when President Siaka Stevens chose him as the heir and turned over power to him on October 1, 1985 after retiring.
	www.cocorioko.com /obituaries (7325 words)

	KEY PLAYERS - MANO VISION ISSUE 1 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Initially, it was claimed that they sought the removal of the "Corrupt APC government of J S Momoh".
		Later, it was claimed that the government formed by the National Provisional Ruling Council (NPRC) which overthrew Momoh contained former members of this same regime.
		When the National army failed to secure a victory against the rebels and brought in foreign troops in the form of the South African Executive Outcomes, their presence was given as the reason for prolonging the war.
	www.manovision.com /iss1ar06.htm (694 words)

	Minnesota Advocates for Human Rights Background on Sierra Leone
		After choosing Joseph Saidu Momoh as candidate to replace Stevens, the APC called for a one-party referendum in October 1985.
		Nevertheless, Momoh did not seem sincere in his desire to promote the protection of human rights, especially because the abuses of his government grew in intensity and gravity.
		In April 1992 Momoh fled to Guinea when a coup was organized against him by exponents of the military.
	www.mnadvocates.org /Background_on_Sierra_Leone.html (2452 words)

	Joseph Safra - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation Joseph Safra (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
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	eXtremis.tv - Child Soldiers - A Dark Chapter in the History of Sierra Leone
		His party, the APC, won the 1978 parliamentary elections by a wide margin and, in 1978, it became the only authorized party.
		Major-General Joseph Saidu Momoh took over from Stevens in 1986.
		This was the background which gave rise, in 1991, to one of the bloodiest civil wars of modern times.
	www.extremis.tv /html/01enfance/01sierra/pages/SCT_93_A.html (646 words)

	TakingITGlobal - Panorama - Youth and Democracy in Africa
		Although the pro-democracy idea was suppressed in the 1970s, the spirit never died as it appeared again in early 1991 when the youth rose against the one-party dictatorship of ex-president Joseph Saidu Momoh.
		When Joseph Momoh was overthrown in 1992 by the junta of Captain Valentine Strasser, it was the youth again who later pressed the military to put in place a democratic mechanism.
		Again in 1996 when the then newly-elected democratic government of President Ahmad Tejan Kabbah was overthrown by the military, it was the youth that staged the famous August 8th demonstration with sparked international criticism of that junta to relinquish power.
	sierraleone.takingitglobal.org /express/panorama/article.html?ContentID=5078 (520 words)

	Joseph Saidu Momoh
		Der Artikel Joseph Saidu Momoh gehört zur Kategorie: Mann, Sierra-Leoner, Politiker (Sierra Leone), Staatspräsident (Sierra Leone), Geboren 1937, Gestorben 2003
		Momoh, Angehöriger des Volksstammes der Limba, trat 1958 in die Armee der britischen Kolonie ein.
		Angesichts der schlechten wirtschaftlichen Lage verkündet Momoh 1987 den "ökonomischen Notstand", wodurch sich die Situation allerdings nicht besserte.
	www.adam-riese.de /Joseph_Saidu_Momoh.html (327 words)

	Charting The Way Forward With Ideas, Comments And Analyses Of Key National Issues And Events
		In a statement to calm nerves it announced that "if an applicant is satisfied that his or her entry did not make it to the United States, he or she may consider submitting another entry." The only concession was the extension of the closing date to 5 March.
		Ex-President Joseph Saidu Momoh whose All Peoples Congress (APC) government was ousted in a coup d'etat that ushered in the military government of the National Provisional Ruling Council (NPRC) in April 1992 has returned home for good.
		Momoh received a grand and tumultuous welcome from party supporters, friends and sympathisers.
	www.focus-on-sierra-leone.co.uk /Vol3_1.htm (9314 words)

	Sierra Leone: Political detainees at the Central Prison, Pademba Road, Freetown
		Since April 1992, when the government of President Joseph Saidu Momoh was overthrown, large numbers of people perceived as political opponents or security threats by the new military government, the National Provisional Ruling Council (NPRC), headed by Captain Valentine E.M. Strasser, were also detained in Pademba Road Prison.
		On 29 April 1992 the government of President Joseph Saidu Momoh was overthrown in a military coup led by officers of the Republic of Sierra Leone Military Force (RSLMF).
		In March 1993 the government said that it had uncovered a conspiracy to purchase arms and missiles from Ukraine and accused former President Momoh, in exile in neighbouring Guinea, of plotting to return to power by force.
	amnestyusa.org /refugee/document.do?id=DA06E48A5B886614802569A600602E75 (2640 words)

	Sierra Leone - Amid the Wreckage of War and Corruption: A Presidential Running Mate - Worldpress.org
		The only explanation for this is that many people are skeptical to be associated with the A.P.C. because of its past record.
		As the proverb goes, “Success has many parents but failure is an orphan.” And indeed, the A.P.C. failed the nation so miserably in the past that its late president, Joseph Saidu Momoh, once admitted in a state of the nation speech that he had failed the nation.
		Following what many have called a premature S.L.P.P. convention recently, the new leader and presidential candidate of the S.L.P.P., Vice President Solomon E. Berewa, now faces the very important responsibility of looking for a presidential running mate amid the wreckage of war and corruption.
	www.worldpress.org /print_article.cfm?article_id=2293&dont=yes (1427 words)

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