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- ↑ "Dr. Abdulai Conteh Comments on Controversial Speaker Issue". 22 November 2013.
- ↑ Sesay, John Baimba (28 August 2009) Sierra Leone: Ombudsman’s Office to Investigate Abuse in Government, Newstime Africa, Retrieved October 28, 2010
- ↑ Turay, Aruna (10 March 2010). In Sierra Leone, Ombudsman Concludes 127 Cases in 2009 Archived 2011-07-27 at the Wayback Machine , Awareness Times, Retrieved October 28, 2010
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