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Spotlight: China’s experience and Africa’s revitalization

December 31, 2017 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Source: Xinhua  by Xinhua writer Li Shengjiang NAIROBI, Dec. 25 (Xinhua) — Nowadays, one can hardly travel around Africa without noticing the presence of Chinese nationals — regardless of whether […]

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Sierra Leone loses an exceptional academic, diplomatic and political icon who helped shape good governance in nation

December 30, 2017 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By KABS KANU Sierra Leone suffered an irreparable loss on Thursday December 28 when one of her remaining short list of ironic former politicians passed away.  Mr. Solomon A.J. Pratt, […]

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APC Grassroots Demonstrate Massive Support for Madina Rahman as Mayor of Freetown City Council

December 30, 2017 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By Abdul Malik Bangura Hundreds of All Peoples Congress (APC) party faithful and loyal supporters have on Wednesday 27th December 2017, thronged the streets of Freetown in firm solidarity of […]

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Liberia Elects Soccer Star George Weah Its Next President

December 29, 2017 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Liberian election officials said Thursday that soccer great George Weah, seen addressing an October campaign rally in Monrovia, had won the presidential runoff. Issouf Sanogo/AFP/Getty Images Former international soccer star […]

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Kandeh Yumkella’s NGC is an excrement of the SLPP

December 29, 2017 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

The appointment of Andrew Keili as vice presidential candidate of the NGC has shown us one simple fact about the Yumkellah Movement: that the NGC is not different from the […]

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Is the AYV TV the new Robert Mueller in Sierra Leone ?

December 29, 2017 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

                               BY IBRAHIM SOURIE MANSARAY Philadelphia,USA Watching the AYV television from the Diaspora seems very encouraging […]

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The Texas Chief Endorses Honorable Madina Rahman for Freetown Mayor

December 29, 2017 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  By Sanpha Sesay On this coming general election, barring some astonishment, the people of Freetown and the environs will, for the second time since Mayor Dilsworth, send another woman […]

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The Presence of the APC is Overwhelming in the North and Western Area!

December 29, 2017 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

I have been been touring in the Western Area and most of the Northern Province where the presence of the APC is actually overwhelming. It is easy to read the […]

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Jusu Jaka Ngobeh , the new hope for Kailahun District

December 29, 2017 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  Mohamed Ali once said, _”He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life”_ *Jusu Jaka Ngobeh* is the living embodiment of this quote. He […]

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President Koroma turns sod for new APC office in Kono

December 29, 2017 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  By SHCU – Protect the Legacy of President Koroma The Chairman and Leader of the All Peoples Congress (APC), President Dr Ernest Bai Koroma Thursday 28 December performed the […]

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