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Sierra Leone: Remembering Peace Talks 27 Years Today

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Chief Tony Chinyere, hos hovercraft, below left, used ECOMOG soldiers, bottom right.
Chief Tony Chinyere, hos hovercraft, below left, used ECOMOG soldiers, bottom right.

Abubakar Hashim/Sierra Leone

Today, October 11, 2025, marks 27 years, since Sierra Leone, under the presidency of the late Ahmad Tejan Kabbah, reached rebels for a negotiated peace deal.

The move was partly facilitated by a civilian philanthropic gesture, through selfless services at no cost.

There are pictorial and official communication evidence to support these laudable gestures toward restoring peace and stability in the West African region.
It is not the person of Chief Tony Izubundu Chinyere that matters here, but the public-spirited push to restore stability in the region that we all cherish today.

With these laudable activities, his businesses were crumbled by successive governments, who elbowed him aside, through political machinations.

Below are some of these records (including his business background) for posterity

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Rebel leader, late Foday Sankoh, on the left, with some of his rebel fighters, about to embark onto the helicopter to negotiate peace in the region
Rebel leader, late Foday Sankoh, on the left, with some of his rebel fighters, about to embark onto the helicopter to negotiate peace in the region
Chieft Tony Chinyere and others at a project commissioning ceremony
Chieft Tony Chinyere and others at a project commissioning ceremony
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Chief Tony Chinyere and others

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