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New African Woman Awards 2017 Winners Announced

May 2, 2017 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

 Nigeria’s Joan Okorodudu (New African Woman In The Arts & Culture   PRESS RELEASE New African Woman Awards 2017 Winners Announced Gambia’s Fatoumatta Jallow-Tambajan, Minister of Women Affairs and Overseer […]

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At NJ Town Hall meeting, Spokesman Abdulai Bayraytay eloquently highlights President Koroma’s achievements and his plans to exit peacefully next year

May 1, 2017 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By KABS KANU : Sierra Leoneans and their American friends from New York and New Jersey were yesterday given an eloquent appraisal of comprehensive steps being taken by  President Ernest […]

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Former President Kabbah’s wife may have had too much to drink –and she admits it !

May 1, 2017 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

During the 56th Independence Anniversary celebrations, which people celebrated in sundry ways, not the least in bending their elbows, there was a video making the rounds of Mrs. I.J. Kabbah […]

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Medgar Evers College to host Fourah Bay College Deputy Vice Chancellor

May 1, 2017 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

MEDGAR EVERS COLLEGE PROUDLY PRESENTS TRANSFORMATIONAL CONNECTIONS: SIERRA LEONE AND AMERICA YESTERDAY AND TODAY FRIDAY, MAY 5, 2017 6:00-8:00 PM @ THE EDISON O. JACKSON AUDITORIUM 1638 BEDFORD AVENUE, BROOKLYN, […]

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Peacebuilding in Africa: why the media matters

May 1, 2017 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Peacebuilding in Africa: why the media matters By Amanda Lucey and Jacqueline Cochrane on April 30, 2017 — Media protection, resourcing and independence are vital wherever peace is in jeopardy. Peacebuilding […]

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  • Crisis in Parliament : Neutrality undermined or opposition rebrand ?
  • Sierra Leoneans thumb down creation of new districts and dividing of Freetown
  • WHY FORGIVENESS MUST BE PART OF SIERRA LEONE’S POLITICAL FUTURE
  • Freetown Doesn’t Need a New “City” – It Needs Accountability and Inclusion
  • Karpowership says it is willing to work with government to stave off looming big electricity blackout crisis
  • Sierra Leone about to be plunged into total darkness as Karpowership decides to cut off electricity because of SLPP Government’s failure to pay debt
  • Fugitive Bank Governor Kelfala Kallon to be arrested if he insists on being paid in dollars : Trapped by his own regulation
  • Opposition APC MPs Suspend Participation from all activities and Committees in Sierra Leone Parliament_*
  • The silence of Bio-led SLPP Government on U.S visa ban is very dangerous—MP says
  • In A War Of Egos, The Loser Always Wins.
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  • Phebean Samura: Watch and see what will happen soon. Sierra Leone will be a Democratic country very soon. FORGET ABOUT 2028. WE…
  • Catherine Higgins: Remarkable how journalists can write about APC and what not... but you never seem to have the spine to demand…
  • Amadu M. Kamara: Comment no. 2 above continues thusly: if the firebrand do seriously intend indeed to show their numerical strength versus the…

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