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SLPP are antagonizing President Koroma to their own loss

August 31, 2018 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  By Kabs Kanu Since the SLPP  came to power in March, they have been trying to antagonize President Ernest Koroma. Tis is a very bad and costly mistake. Any […]

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Unlike Bio, President Koroma was not tribalistic at all

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

PRESIDENT KOROMA WAS ETHNICITY-BLIND, INCLUSIVE IN HIS APPOINTMENTS : HERE ARE MANY MENDES AND SOUTH-EASTERNERS HE APPOINTED IN GOVERNMENT ( UNLIKE TRIBALISTIC PRESIDENT BIO WHO APPOINTS ONLY MENDES ) By […]

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In dinner with APC-USA Chairman, the conspiracy exposed further

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

  Another APC patrol , this time to Staten Island , New York, with the visiting Chairman of APC ‘USA , Comrade Unisa Kanu, who is touring different states to […]

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The SLPP Government Is Full Of Contradictions

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

  By Mohamed Sankoh (One Drop) Think of the Civil Service Code of Conduct or diplomatic niceties? Then forget about the Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP) government of Julius Maada […]

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President Bio makes state visit to China

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

  Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday held talks with Sierra Leonean President Julius Maada Bio in Beijing, and the two leaders agreed to further promote the comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership […]

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President Bio coming to New York, as U.S. obligated to give visa for UN General Assembly

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

By COCORIOKO Diplomatic Correspondent Though he has problems with the U.S and is officially prohibited from visiting the U.S, Sierra Leone’s President Maada Bio will be in the United States […]

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Where Have All The Vociferous Civil Society Activists Gone?

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

  By Mohamed Sankoh (One Drop) I am surprised that most sit-on-the-fencers are now surprised at the sudden disappearances, from the public sphere, of some of the most vociferous Civil […]

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The planned mass demonstrations against President Bio in New York during the UN General Assembly

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

  By COCORIOKO Diplomatic Correspondent The New York demonstrations against Bio are not APC events. They will be organized by the CONCERNED CITIZENS FOR DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS IN SIERRA […]

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Is Sierra Leone Sliding Back To Albert-Margaism?

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

  By Mohamed Sankoh (One Drop) I never had the misfortune of sitting in the History class of Professor Joe A.D Alie at Fourah Bay College (FBC). Equally so, I […]

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EMBRACING CHINA : CHASTENING LESSONS FOR PRESIDENT BIO

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

  By KABS KANU When the APC came to power in 2007, we learnt a daunting lesson. The West and their aid and donor organizations do not always deliver promptly. […]

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  By Chernor Ojuku Sesay Cocorioko Correspondent in Freetown The Sierra Leone Peoples Party (SLPP) Western Area Central 1 zonal election ended in violence over the weekend at the party’s former […]

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