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Month: May 2017

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APC penetrates SLPP stronghold ; Wins 31% of the votes as ADP too takes 13%, leaving SLPP with a troubling 56 % pyrrhic victory

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

If the bye-elections results in Segbwema, the birth place of the Sierra Leone People’s Party’s most powerful operative, John Oponjo Benjamin , is anything to go by ( And why […]

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Sierra Leone’s Expenditure Rationalization Program that many people misconstrued had no negative impact on the people : Government Spokesman elucidates in New Jersey

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

The Outreach Coordinator and the Spokesman of the Sierra Leone Government, Mr. Agibu Tejan-Jalloh , said in New Jersey last week that the Expenditure Rationalization Program launched last year , […]

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Communique of C-10 Malabo Consultative Summit

May 28, 2017 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Determined that the historic injustice to Africa is urgently addressed and the continent given the full representation it deserves at both categories ( Permanent and Non-Permanent ) of the United […]

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Women’s Forum Secretary General heads to High Level African Women Leaders Meeting in New York*

May 28, 2017 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Mrs. Gladys Hastings Spaine, the elected Secretary-General of the *WOMEN’S FORUM* of Sierra Leone is today flying out of Sierra Leone to attend the “High-Level Women Leaders Forum for Africa’s […]

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Youngest Editor off to World Bank Sponsored International Workshop

May 28, 2017 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By Abu Bakarr I. Kamara May 26, 2017, 17:04   25 years old Abdul Malik Bangura, the youngest newspaper editor in West Africa who edits Sierra Leone’s most widely read […]

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Sierra Leone: Heightening Our Engagements through Economic Diplomacy

May 28, 2017 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

John Baimba Sesay- CHINA The world, writes Jean-Robert Leguey-Feilleux in ‘The Dynamics of Diplomacy,’ has undergone spectacular alteration. “Some traditional forms of diplomacy”, the writer believes, “are losing their prominence. […]

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Connecting Sierra Leone to the rest of the world : Aviation Minister closes in on Turkish Airlines

May 25, 2017 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  In his quest for the world to meet the beautiful diamond of West Africa, Sierra Leone’s Minister of Transport and Aviation, Mr Leonard Balogun Koroma appears to be marching […]

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Big reception to herald Africa Day Celebrations in New York : Sierra Leone to attend

May 25, 2017 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  Today is AFRICA DAY, the annual commemoration of the founding of the Organization of African Unity (OAU)—- now the African Union ( AU ) . In a statement marking […]

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PICTURE OF THE DAY

May 25, 2017 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

FLOODING IN FREETOWN WHEN IT RAINS NOW

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Women of Faith 2017 to host Rev. Victoria Beecham ( UK )

May 25, 2017 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

The Women of the Grace Christian Fellowship Ministries of Old Bridge, New Jersey,  under the leadership of the chairlady of the Women’s Ministry. Joyce Tower,  along with the Host Pastor, […]

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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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Sierra Leoneans thumb down creation of new districts and dividing of Freetown

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The government’s decision to create new districts—without clear legal backing, public consultation, or economic justification—appears politically driven and constitutionally questionable. It threatens: • Domestic democratic stability, • Economic sustainability, and […]

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Amidst excruciating hardship; Fuel Price increases again in Sierra Leone

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Amidst Excruciating Hardship; Fuel Price increases again Sierra Leone’s decision to deregulate the petroleum industry, as recommended by the International Monetary Fund, has been resisted by sections of the population […]

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Minister Madina Rahman Heads for China ahead of Ministerial Strategic Dialogue on South-South Cooperation for Population and Development

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  Sierra Leone’s Deputy Minister of Health and Sanitation 1, Madam Madina Rahman will on Thursday 17th March, 2016, arrive in Beijing, China’s capital, for the Ministerial Strategic Dialogue on […]

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Writing Dr. Kandeh Yumkella’s epitaph

February 14, 2023 0

Writing Dr Kandeh Yumkella’s Epitaph By Mohamed Sankoh (One Drop) In American Literature, only three people have had the rear opportunity of attending their own funerals and listening to sermons […]

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Police declare many persons wanted, as Freetown remains apprehensive and tense

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The Sierra Leone Police has declared many persons wanted as the country remains tense and apprehension reigns in the capital, Freetown, following Sunday’s chaos when armed men allegedly stormed the […]

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