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Leaked military document asks top Sierra Leone army officers to report to CID

June 30, 2018 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By KABS KANU A leaked military document doing the rounds in social media and sent to Cocorioko has asked top officers of the Sierra Leone army to report to the […]

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‘New Direction’ Leading Salone To Nowhere

June 29, 2018 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By Mohamed Sankoh (One Drop) It is a truism that majority of Sierra Leoneans were not desperate for the “New Direction” of the then flagbearer of the now ruling Sierra […]

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New ACC appointee fraudulently approved by SLPP MPs; APC and NGC walked out*

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

  Francis Ben Kelfala, who was recently controversially appointed to lead the country’s Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) is reported to have been corruptly approved by Parliament whose Speaker and deputy […]

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*Under Bio’s New Direction, Sierra Leone Becoming Divided, Says Samura Kamara*

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

  The former flagbearer candidate of the now main opposition All Peoples Congress (APC) Party, Dr. Samura Mathew Wilson Kamara has said that Sierra Leone is fast becoming a divided […]

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SIERRA LEONE DEMOCRACY ON A MESSY PATH BY THE NEW SLPP ADMINISTRATION

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

Moses Ben Kanu June 28 at 5:20 AM · Serekunda, The Gambia · SIERRA LEONE DEMOCRACY ON A MESSY PATH BY THE NEW SLPP ADMINISTRATION New ACC appointee fraudulently approved by SLPP MPs; […]

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‘NEW DIRECTION’? MORE LIKE EMPTY BONGO.

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

***************************************************** By Abdul Suhood Komeh —————————————- A ‘New Direction’? Absolutely. A new direction in the same old way of doing things. And unless the route is dramatically carved to a […]

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*Civil Society is concerned over the dismissal of Civil and Public Servants in disregard of due processes of the law*

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

  Freetown, SL 26.06.2018: The Standing Together for Democracy Consortium [STFDC] is gravely concerned over the dismissal; and in some instances, the selective transfer and unsolicited leave placed on to […]

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Procedural challenges in appointment of Anti-Corruption Commissioner cited by Parliamentary Committee on Appointments

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

Parliament Interviews the Proposed ACC Boss The Parliamentary Committee on Appointments and the Public Service, chaired by the Deputy Leader of Government Business, Hon. Sahr Mathew Nyuma today 26/06/18 interviewed […]

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ISSUES OF ILLEGALITY SURROUNDING THE APPOINTMENT OF FRANCIS BEN KAIFALA AS COMMISSIONER ACC

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

ISSUES OF ILLEGALITY SURROUNDING THE APPOINTMENT OF FRANCIS BEN KAIFALA AS COMMISSIONER ACC Many questions have been asked as to whether the nominated and proposed ACC Commissioner, Francis Ben Kaifala […]

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Is President Bio engaged in intimidation and dirty tribal politicking ?

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

 Sesay Hafsat  Must know how this loss at Bonthe  bothers Maada Bio (aka Napoleon of ANIMAL FARM)! Look at how happy Bio looks! One whole Head of State reduced to posing […]

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  • Stop trying to use FGM as a tool to gain elusive power in Sierra Leone
  • Yes, I was part of the Sierra Leone UN delegation when we approved ban on FGM
  • Liberia bow to Sierra Leone in friendly international soccer match
  • Parliament is right; First Lady is wrong : There is no law against FGM in Sierra Leone
  • Rethinking the drug crisis in Sierra Leone : A call for responsible media and objective politics
  • They colonized the land. Now they’ve colonized the mind
  • The First Lady’s dilemma: Protecting her own but preaching to others
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