Monrovia, Jan. 16 -- OFF TO US: Sierra Leone President Maada Bio gave the greenlight for the leader of the Council of Patriots, Henry Costa to leave without provocation early Thursday morning. FPA has learned had reportedly expressed disappointment with immigration authorities in Sierra Leone for holding Mr. Costa, a move which his Minister of Communication, had suggested tainted the country's democratic credentials.

Talk Show host Henry Costa reportedly departed Freetown Sierra Leone via Royal Air Maroc early Thursday morning, despite a late official request Wednesday by the George Manneh-led government to have him extradited to Liberia.

Civil and Human Rights activists in Sierra Leone confirmed to FrontPageAfrica Thursday that Mr. Cos...