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Koroma
Koroma is a common surname among the Mende, Temne, Limba, and Loko people of Sierra Leone. The word Koroma originates from the Hassaniya Arabic word ''كوروما'', ''kurumana''. People with the surname Koroma are predominantly Muslim. The name Koroma may refer to: * Abdul Koroma, former Sierra Leonean judge at the International Court of Justice * Abdul Karim Koroma, Sierra Leonean politician * Alimamy Koroma, Sierra Leone's minister of trade and industry * Brima Koroma, Sierra Leonean footballer * Ernest Bai Koroma, president of Sierra Leone from 2007 until 2018 * Francis Koroma, former Sierra Leonean footballer * Johnny Paul Koroma, Sierra Leonean Head of State 1997-1998 * Josh Koroma, English footballer * Momodu Koroma, Sierra Leone's foreign minister from 2002-2007 * Sorie Ibrahim Koroma, former Vice President of Sierra Leone * Tejan Koroma Tejan Koroma (born April 27, 1996) is an American football center for the Seattle Sea Dragons of the XFL. He played college footba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ernest Bai Koroma
Ernest Bai Koroma (born 2 October 1953) is a Sierra Leone, Sierra Leonean politician who served as the fourth President of Sierra Leone from 17 September 2007 to 4 April 2018. Born and raised in Makeni in northern Sierra Leone, Koroma spent more than 24 years working in the private insurance industry before entering politics in 2002. From 1988 to 2002, he was the managing director of the Reliance Insurance Trust Corporation (Ritcorp). Koroma earned a bachelor's degree from Fourah Bay College in 1976; and is an insurance agent by profession. Koroma was elected as leader of the All People's Congress (APC), Sierra Leone's main opposition party, on 24 March 2002, after defeating then-incumbent APC leader Edward Turay. Koroma stood as the APC candidate in the 2002 presidential election but was defeated in a free and fair election by incumbent President Ahmad Tejan Kabbah, who won 70.3% of the vote, to Koroma's 22.35%. Koroma conceded defeat. Koroma was later elected to Parliament ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johnny Paul Koroma
Major Johnny Paul Koroma (born 9 May 1960; declared dead 1 June 2003) was the head of state of Sierra Leone from May 1997 to February 1998. Youth and education Koroma was born to Limba people (Sierra Leone), Limba parents in Tombodu, in the Kono District of eastern British Sierra Leone, and grew up in Freetown, the capital. He is from the same ethnic group as former presidents Siaka Stevens and Joseph Saidu Momoh. He joined the Sierra Leonean army in 1985 and was sent to the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst in England in 1988 to train as an officer. He returned to Sierra Leone the next year and was promoted to platoon commander, and soon thereafter to company commander. He continued to move up the ladder, and in 1994, he went to the Teshi Military College in Ghana for training in army command. Coups and civil war Koroma received military training in Nigeria and United Kingdom. He commanded government forces who were fighting against the Revolutionary United Front (RUF), a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sorie Ibrahim Koroma
Sorie Ibrahim Koroma (April 14, 1927 – April 30, 1994) commonly known as S.I. Koroma was a Sierra Leonean politician, labor activist, and one of the founding members of the All People's Congress political party. He served as first Vice President of Sierra Leone from April 19, 1971 to retirement on November 28, 1985 under president Siaka Stevens. Sorie Ibrahim Koroma was a close personal friend of president Siaka Stevens; and was one of the closest and must trusted political advisors to president Stevens. To date, S.I. Koroma is widely considered the most influential vice president in Sierra Leone's history. Early years One of Sierra Leone’s most vibrant political figures, Sorie Ibrahim Koroma was born in Port Loko, Maforki Chiefdom, Port Loko District in the Northern province of British Sierra Leone. He was one of the 13TH member's of the APC after it was formed on March 20th 1960. Sorie Ibrahim Koroma's father was a member of the Mandingo ethnic group of Guinean descent, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Josh Koroma
Joshua Abdulai Koroma (born 8 November 1998) is an English professional footballer who plays as a forward for club Huddersfield Town. Career Leyton Orient Koroma made his first-team debut for Leyton Orient on 9 April 2016 as a second-half substitute in a 3–0 league defeat away to Barnet. He scored his first goals on 4 March 2017 with a hat-trick in a 4–0 win away to Newport County. Huddersfield Town Koroma signed for newly relegated Championship club Huddersfield Town on 21 June 2019 on a three-year contract with the option of a further year for an undisclosed fee. On 31 January 2020, Koroma joined Rotherham United on a six-month loan deal. 2020–21 He scored his first goal for Huddersfield in a 2–1 win at Swansea City on 17 October 2020. On the 8 December he scored for the third consecutive home game in the 2–0 home victory over Sheffield Wednesday. In the same game he injured a hamstring and was out for over 4 months. He returned for the final four games of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tejan Koroma
Tejan Koroma (born April 27, 1996) is an American football center for the Seattle Sea Dragons of the XFL. He played college football at Brigham Young University. Professional career Kansas City Chiefs Koroma was signed by the Kansas City Chiefs as an undrafted free agent on May 7, 2018. He was waived with an injury designation on August 5, 2018. After going unclaimed, he was placed on injured reserve by the Chiefs. He was waived on April 29, 2019. Houston Roughnecks Koroma was selected by the Houston Roughnecks in the 2020 XFL Supplemental Draft on November 22, 2019. He had his contract terminated when the league suspended operations on April 10, 2020. Michigan Panthers On March 10, 2022, Koroma was drafted by the Michigan Panthers of the United States Football League. Seattle Sea Dragons The Seattle Sea Dragons selected Koroma in the seventh round of the 2023 XFL Supplemental Draft The 2023 XFL Draft, is the player selection process to fill the rosters of the eight teams o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone,)]. officially the Republic of Sierra Leone, is a country on the southwest coast of West Africa. It is bordered by Liberia to the southeast and Guinea surrounds the northern half of the nation. Covering a total area of , Sierra Leone has a tropical climate, with diverse environments ranging from savanna to rainforests. The country has a population of 7,092,113 as of the 2015 census. The capital and largest city is Freetown. The country is divided into five administrative regions, which are subdivided into Districts of Sierra Leone, 16 districts. Sierra Leone is a constitutional republic with a unicameral parliament and a directly elected executive president, president serving a five-year term with a maximum of two terms. The current president is Julius Maada Bio. Sierra Leone is a Secular state, secular nation with Constitution of Sierra Leone, the constitution providing for the separation of state and religion and freedom of conscience (which includes freedom of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abdul Koroma
Abdul Gadire Koroma (born 29 September 1943 in Freetown, Sierra Leone) is a Sierra Leonean jurist who served two terms as judge at the International Court of Justice (from 1994 to 2012). He was educated at Kiev State University where he took LLM (Hons), and at King's College London, where he took an M.Phil. in International Law with a thesis entitled ''The settlement of territorial and boundary disputes in central Africa''. He also holds an honorary LLD from the University of Sierra Leone, and is an Honorary Bencher of Lincoln's Inn. Koroma was re-elected to the ICJ at the end of his first term, and was again a candidate for re-election in the ICJ judges election, 2011. On the first day of voting, four candidates were elected (including the other three incumbents who were candidates) but the fifth position was not filled. To be elected, successful candidates need an absolute majority in both the Security Council and the General Assembly. When voting adjourned, Koroma had received ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francis Koroma
Francis Zapa Koroma (born January 4, 1975 in Koidu Town, Sierra Leone) is a former Sierra Leonean Association football, footballer. He is the current manager of Old Edwardians who play in the Sierra Leone National Premier League Career He played as a defender for the Leone Stars as well as the Diamond Stars in Sierra Leone and Allsvenskan in Sweden. International Koroma was also a member of the Leone Stars' squad at the 1996 African Nations Cup in South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the Southern Africa, southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the Atlantic Ocean, South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the .... References Living people Sierra Leonean footballers 1996 African Cup of Nations players 1975 births Association football defenders People from Koidu Sierra Leone international footballers {{SierraLeone-footy-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brima Koroma
Brima Koroma (born 8 July 1984) is a professional Sierra Leonean Association football, footballer. Career Koroma played as a striker for Anagennisi Dherynia in the Cypriot First Division. He has also played for Sierra Leone, scoring a goal in 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF), 2006 World Cup qualifying against Congo. Personal life Koroma is from Makeni, in Bombali District Bombali is a district in the Northern Province of Sierra Leone. Its capital and largest city is Makeni, which is also the largest city in the north. The Bombali district is one of the sixteen districts of Sierra Leone. Bombali is one of the larg ..., in the Northern Province of Sierra Leone. Notes 1984 births Living people Sierra Leonean footballers Sierra Leonean expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Cyprus Association football forwards Expatriate footballers in Sweden Expatriate footballers in Brazil Anagennisi Deryneia FC players Expatriate footballers in the Faroe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Momodu Koroma
Momodu Koroma (born 1956 in Yonibana, Tonkolili District, Sierra Leone Colony and Protectorate, British Sierra Leone) is a Sierra Leonean politician. He is a former foreign minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs and a member of the Sierra Leone Peoples Party (SLPP). He became foreign minister in May 2002, as part of a new cabinet appointed following President Ahmed Tejan Kabbah's re-election earlier in the month. Koroma had previously been Minister of Presidential Affairs. Koroma was born in the small town of Yonibana in the Tonkolili District, his father was from the Temne people, Temne ethnic group, while his mother came from the Mende people, Mende ethnic group. It is very rare in Sierra Leone to see inter-ethnic marriages between Sierra Leone's two largest ethnic group the Temne and Mende. On 2 July 2007, he was named as the vice-presidential candidate of the ruling Sierra Leone People's Party (SLPP) in the 2007 Sierra Leonean presidential election, August 2007 election. He was t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abdul Karim Koroma
Abdul Karim Koroma (born 25 September 1944) is a former Sierra Leonean politician. Koroma served in the Sierra Leonean government as Political minister, Minister of Education (1977–1982), Regional Minister of the Northern Province (1982–1985), and foreign minister (1985–1992). From 1998 to 2000, Koroma served on the President's National Policy Advisory Committee during the end of the Sierra Leone Civil War The Sierra Leone Civil War (1991–2002), or the Sierra Leonean Civil War, was a civil war in Sierra Leone that began on 23 March 1991 when the Revolutionary United Front (RUF), with support from the special forces of Liberian dictator Char .... He has also been the High Commissioner to Australia.Australian Government, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, and High Commissioner to New Zealand, and Ambassador to The People's Republic of China, Republic of Vietnam, Japan, and was accredited to The Kingdom of Thailand, Indonesia, and Sri LankaHeads of Diplomati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alimamy Koroma
Alimamy I.B. Koroma is a Sierra Leonean politician from the All People's Congress (APC) and the current Sierra Leonean Minister of Trade and Industry. He was appointed to the position by president Ernest Bai Koroma Ernest Bai Koroma (born 2 October 1953) is a Sierra Leone, Sierra Leonean politician who served as the fourth President of Sierra Leone from 17 September 2007 to 4 April 2018. Born and raised in Makeni in northern Sierra Leone, Koroma spent mo ... in October, 2007. External links *https://web.archive.org/web/20080828202137/http://www.ernestkoroma.org/cabinet.htm Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Government ministers of Sierra Leone Temne people All People's Congress politicians Place of birth missing (living people) 21st-century Sierra Leonean politicians {{SierraLeone-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
