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Month: July 2016

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Sierra Leone Ex-Servicemen abroad call for release of kidnapped General Nelson Williams

July 2, 2016 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  Sierra Leone is in a state of shock, disbelief and extreme anxiety following the kidnap  by unknown persons of one of the country’s diplomats , Deputy High Commissioner to […]

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UN SRSG Mrs. Zainab Bangura addresses Council on Foreign Relations

July 2, 2016 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

The Special Representative of the UN Secretary General on Sexual Violence in Conflict was  invited by the Council For Foreign Relations which is one of the big and influential Think Tank […]

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Six women to conduct business with in Sierra Leone

July 2, 2016 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By Moiyattu Banya, Women Change Africa Sierra Leone is a country with much potential for businesses in West Africa and it shows with the emerging and thriving successful businesses that […]

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For Outstanding Performance JFK Selected for “Excellence in Leadership” Award

July 2, 2016 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

The members of the Board of Directors and entire Management team of the African Achievers Awards have selected the Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Mr. Joseph Fitzgerald Kamara for […]

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Health Minister Addresses 120 Certified Newly Trained State Registered Nurses

July 2, 2016 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  By Mamadi M. Khonte Government health facilities across the country are to benefit from a crop of 120 newly trained and certified State Registered Nurses from the Faculty of […]

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WORLD BANK BOOSTS PRESIDENT KOROMA’s POST EBOLA HEALTH SECTOR RECOVERY AGENDA

July 2, 2016 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

WORLD BANK BOOSTS PRESIDENT KOROMA’s POST EBOLA HEALTH SECTOR RECOVERY AGENDA L –R Mr. Paminder Brar, World Bank Country Manager, Dr. Abu Bakarr Fofanah, Minister of Health and Sanitation at […]

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The All People’s Congress Georgia Chapter Inaugural Fundraising Ball

July 2, 2016 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  For Immediate Release July 1, 2016   PRESS RELEASE Contact Person: Mohamed Bangura, Secretary General /Public Relations Officer & Chairman, Inaugural Planning Committee Organization: All People’s Congress (APC), Georgia […]

EDITORIAL

Sierra Leone faces anxious moment as her diplomat in Nigeria is kidnapped

July 2, 2016 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Sierra Leone was plunged into anxiety yesterday when her Deputy High Commissioner in Nigeria, Retired General Nelson Williams was kidnapped by unknown people in a region of Nigeria where the […]

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  • Sierra Leone cannot afford another democratic collapse and war, but Maada Bio is driving us rapidly back into it
  • Sierra Leone’s constitutional faultline: A walkout, a two-thirds dispute and the stakes for 2028
  • Another sad day for democracy in Sierra Leone, as SLPP passes constitutional amendments without 2/3rd majority parliamentary vote
  • BREAKING NEWS: APC walk out of Parliament , after Speaker rejects 2/3rd constitutional threshold for amendment of constitution
  • EDITORIAL : The world is looking up to the APC MPs to vote in the national interest today
  • Maada Bio will go but the harm caused by dictators last for generations
  • A CITIZEN’S REBUTTAL : Former SLPP UK Secretary General responds to President Bio ‘s miscues in Parliament
  • Sierra Leone’s Constitutional Amendment: Why We Should Not Put the Cart Before the Horse
  • Sylvia Blyden warns Sierra Leone in nation-wide broadcast : SLPP will never lose grip on State House , if constitutional amendments enacted
  • APC’S full position statement on the constitutional amendments going to vote in Parliament
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The silence and inaction of the intelligentsia and the people of God : Is God punishing Sierra Leoneans for hypocrisy, cowardice, stoicism and unpatriotic actions ?

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  By Kabs Kanu I am developing zero tolerance for Sierra Leone politics under this shameful , uncivilized SLPP Government. This Maada Bio SLPP era is the worst ever in […]

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Flagrant contempt for the Supreme Court : Why are some people so lawless ?

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By KABS KANU : DO SOME SIERRA LEONEANS KNOW ABOUT AN OFFENCE CALLED CONTEMPT OF COURT ? When I read some posts where some Sierra Leoneans were making disparaging comments […]

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President Ernest Koroma tells departing UN rep : ‘We are a resilient nation ‘

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  By State House Communication Unit President Dr Ernest Bai Koroma on Wednesday 21st October described Sierra Leone as a resilient nation. He made this statement during a farewell courtesy […]

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