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Month: April 2018

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Unfortunate developments in Sierra Leone

April 28, 2018 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Sierra Leoneans will not bow to the intimidation of SLPP operatives!* Sesay -91 (Global Voice of APC ).As the case be, furtherance to the unfortinate developments in Sierra leonean’s Parliament, […]

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Kandeh Yumkella takes uncompromising stand against dictatorship and refuses to vote for Speaker

April 27, 2018 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Our abstention is not an objection to the Speaker. Our abstention is to the process.”* Hon. Dr. Kandeh Kolleh Yumkella of Constituency 062 made the below remarks to media following […]

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Chaos and police action against APC in Sierra Leone’s Parliament : WHAT THE PEOPLE SAY–Live and active page

April 26, 2018 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

 Lomprie Daniel Koroma 7 hrs · Bowie, MD · Base on what is happening in Sierra Leone, it is ok to now call it a shit hole country. We are a sad nation […]

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Member of Parliament Mohamed Bangura beaten up by Police and now hospitalized

April 25, 2018 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

The former Minister of Information and newly-elected Member of Parliament, Hon. Mohamed Bangura , was allegedly manhandled and beaten up by the Sierra Leone Police that stormed Parliament today to […]

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NEWS FLASH : POLICE STORMS PARLIAMENT IN SIERRA LEONE TO REMOVE 68 APC PROTESTING POLITICIANS

April 25, 2018 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

The Sierra Leone Police has just stormed Parliament to forcibly remove the 68 elected members of Parliament who were protesting against the injunctions slammed against 21 of their colleagues bt […]

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Re: *Disruption of the Reopening of the Fifth Parliament in the Second Republic: A Cause For Concern.*: Citizens Advocacy Network

April 25, 2018 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Democracy | Rule of Law *Citizens Advocacy Network* 23278246328 | 23278102030 _48 Siaka Stevens Street_ _Freetown | Sierra Leone_ 23rd April, 2018. *PRESS STATEMENT* Re: *Disruption of the Reopening of […]

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Public expresses grave disappointment at shameful charade in Parliament as battle for new speaker rages between SLPP and APC in Sierra Leone

April 25, 2018 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

With the bad blood between the now ruling Sierra Leone People’s Party ( SLPP) and the opposition All People’s Congress ( APC )  getting worse, heightening fears of another civil […]

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DID SIERRA LEONE JUST VOTE FOR MILITARY RULE?

April 24, 2018 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Sierra Leone’s Democracy is now set to fall. Intimidation and acts of terror are the order of the day, the once voiceferous civil societies have suddenly gone quiet. Heads of […]

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Former President Koroma under Technical House Arrest

April 24, 2018 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

It has just been learnt that a check point has been placed at the entrance of former President Koroma to intimidate visitors and effectively isolate the former President. The check point […]

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APC accuses judiciary and SLPP of trying to thwart the will of the Sierra Leonean people in Parliament

April 24, 2018 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

The All Peoples Congress hereby informs the General Public and APC Supporters in Particular of the dangerous attempt by the SLPP and certain state functionaries to thwart the will of […]

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