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The United Kingdom is looking for new post-Brexit friends in Africa

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

By Yomi Kazeem As the UK prepares for life after Brexit, prime minister Theresa May is leading a charm offensive to Africa this week. With a delegation that includes the UK […]

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EDUCATION AND ITS DEMOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION IN SIERRA LEONE : AN ADMONISHMENT TO MINISTER BAKUYU CONTEH ON HIS COMMENTS

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

  Posted on August 25, 2018 by Boye Jallo Jamboria Illiteracy and Eduction have always had obscured interpretations in most parts of the developing world because of the beliefs and perceptions that have […]

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New UN Permanent Representative Francis Kai Kai arrives in New York to assume duty

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

By COCORIOKO Diplomatic reporters Usually reliable sources at the Sierra Leone Foreign Ministry in Freetown have told COCORIOKO  exclusively that the new Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Dr. Francis […]

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APC protests against undemocratic approval of constitutional instruments on Commission of Inquiry

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

  PRESS RELEASE The All Peoples Congress (APC) Party wishes to draw the attention of the public to the following: That on the 2nd Day of August 2018, the Attorney General […]

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Dr. Francis KaiKai , the new Head of Sierra Leone UN Mission , Bids Farewell to President Bio

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

  State House, Freetown, Friday 17 August 2018 – Head of Sierra Leone’s Permanent Mission to the UN, has called on His Excellency President Julius Maada Bio at State House […]

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CAMPAIGN FOR SAFER ROADS : The ‘Culture’ You Come from Can Radically Affect Your Safety on the road

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

Introduction and Background In 2007, the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety published an excellent book which since then has been one of our keys “go to” resources for valuable information. Its […]

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PONDER MY THOUGHTS : THE CASE OF THE “OWNERLESS” ROLLS ROYCE

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

PONDER MY THOUGHTS BY Andrew Keili THE CASE OF THE “OWNERLESS” ROLLS ROYCE This is a case that would have been perplexing even for the famed detective, Perry Mason. A […]

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Impasse in the Sierra Leone Parliament

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

THE IMPASSE BETWEEN THE SPEAKER AND THE OPPOSITION ON THE NEED FOR A DEBATE ON THE STATUTORY INSTRUMENT ON THE COMMISSION OF INQUIRY INTO THE ROLE OF THE EXECUTIVE IN […]

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CONCERNS OVER SEEMING POLITICISATION OF PARLIAMENTARY PROCESSES

August 24, 2018 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0
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President Bio opens three-day induction for Ambassadors, High Commissioners and Financial Attaches

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

State House, Freetown, Thursday 23 August 2018 – His Excellency President Julius Maada Bio has officially opened a three-day induction for Ambassadors, High Commissioners and Financial Attaches, noting that the […]

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  • BOOK : MAADA BIO IN POWER : A country mired in agony
  • Alpha Sesay, constitutional reform and the difference between paper and power
  • Sierra Leone Labour Congress warns President Bio against assent to controversial constitutional amendments
  • How can we have peace in Sierra Leone when the President himself does not want peace ?
  • Speaker of Parliament lectured on law by citizens: A court of law can overrule a speaker’s decision
  • Opposition APC distances itself from the controversial constitutional amendments by SLPP-controlled Parliament
  • Timothy Kabba is out : Mohamed Rado Swaray is now Foreign Minister as President Bio reshuffles his cabinet
  • *The 2028 Election May Have Already Begun*
  • Sierra Leone cannot afford another democratic collapse and war, but Maada Bio is driving us rapidly back into it
  • Sierra Leone’s constitutional faultline: A walkout, a two-thirds dispute and the stakes for 2028
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DAKAR (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – The death of a teenage girl in Sierra Leone during a female genital mutilation (FGM) procedure performed by a women-run secret society should spur the […]

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Samura Kamara addresses nation at last but commits himself more to peace and national unity , dashing hopes of fight to reverse President Bio’s rigged elections victory

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By Kabs Kanu Anxious Opposition All People’s Congress ( APC ) supporters all over the world and Sierra Leoneans , who have been clamoring for the APC party leader Dr. […]

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World Bank offers US$13 Million as Emergency Response for Mudslide and Flooding in Sierra Leone

August 30, 2017 0

  FREETOWN, August 29, 2017 — On August 14, 2007, a huge mudslide wiped out the Martomeh community and the population in the immediate vicinity of the stream for six […]

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Is it right for ECOWAS to punish military coups when they do nothing to stop the bad governance and human rights abuses that trigger them ?

September 10, 2021 0

The regional body, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS ) has not only suspended Guinea but has threatened to impose sanctions on the country because of last Sunday’s […]

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