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Irresponsible and yellow journalism by SLPP’s Sierra Leone Telegraph

January 9, 2017 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By KABS KANU : Mr. Gary Schulze , the retired Peace Corps Volunteer who loves Sierra Leone with a passion and has done so much to get together valuable  historical […]

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January 6, 1999 : Zainab Bangura and other Sierra Leoneans reflect on a sad day in the history of our nation

January 7, 2017 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  WEDNESDAY JANUARY 6 1999. AN UNFORGETTABLE DAY IN THE HISTORY OF SIERRA LEONE. By Zainab Hawa Bangura — In the days leading up to that fateful day, the whole […]

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Discrimination against Sierra Leone diplomat impelled America to desegregate

January 7, 2017 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Discrimination against a Sierra Leonean diplomat solely based on the color of his skin at a restaurant on a Maryland highway rest stop in 1961 was a major milestone in […]

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Sylvia Blyden clears the air

January 7, 2017 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

SIERRA LEONE GOVERNMENT Ministry of Social Welfare, Gender and Children’s Affairs The Ministry of Social Welfare, Gender & Children’s Affairs hereby notes the January 6th 2017 Press Release by Child […]

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PRESIDENT ERNEST KOROMA LEAVES FOR THE REPUBLIC OF GHANA

January 6, 2017 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

January 6, 2017 The general public is hereby informed that His Excellency the President Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma has left Freetown this afternoon to attend the inauguration ceremony of His […]

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Opposition SLPP go on a damaging meltdown and two rival factions ( with daggers drawn ) emerge as 2018 elections draw near

January 5, 2017 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By KABS KANU : Chief Somana Kapen, the opposition Sierra Leone People’s Party ( SLPP ) Chairman, who was  “suspended ” by party radicals loyal to former junta leader and […]

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SLPP not ready yet to lead and rule Sierra Leone

January 5, 2017 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By KABS KANU : The clearest signs  that the opposition Sierra Leone People’s Party ( SLPP )  is not yet ready to lead and rule Sierra Leone  have been graphically  […]

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APC NEW JERSEY STAGES BIG AWARDS NIGHT ON SATURDAY JANUARY 7, 2017

January 4, 2017 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

The All People’s Congress ( APC ) New Jersey Chapter is informing one and all about  the grand awards Dinner and program it will be staging this Saturday January 7, […]

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3 Perish and 13 others seriously injuries in Road Accident on Port Loko Road

January 4, 2017 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By Hassan Bruz Northern Bureau Chief Three People including a driver have been fatally injured in a road accident. Ramatu I.B.C Conteh of Magburaka , Sentho Dumbuya of Makobo village […]

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Zainab Bangura : Maada Bio is faking being the Father of Democracy : He was against 1996 elections and did everything to stop it

January 4, 2017 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

*Purported ‘Father of Democracy’ – behold Bio was an attempted murderer of democracy* By James Sandi The Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary General on Sexual Violence in Post-Conflict […]

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  Update – State House Communication Unit His Excellency, Dr Ernest Bai Koroma (GCRSL), President of the Republic of Sierra Leone, Commander-in-Chief of the Republic of Sierra Leone Armed Forces […]

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