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President Bio continues tribal appointments in government

August 17, 2018 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By Cyril M. Kaitungi (17/08/18) The uncomfortable truth presently bandied around indicates that northerners are used as sacrificial lambs by the ruling Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP) government. Latest reports […]

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Squandermania and economic waste in times of extreme poverty ? Did a government official import mystery $357,000 Rolls Royce at the quay ?

August 16, 2018 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

 By KABS KANU : The city of Freetown is buzzing with speculations about a mystery, extremely  expensive Rolls Royce luxury car that was offloaded at the Queen Elizabeth 11 Quay […]

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*President Bio to face legal action at the ECOWAS Court of Justice

August 15, 2018 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

A group of Commissioners in various Human Rights Institutions across Africa have expressed dismay over the move by President Bio and his government to advertise the position of the Human […]

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President Bio Honours Mudslide Victims, Declares Mortomeh a Memorial Site

August 15, 2018 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  State House, Freetown, Tuesday 14 August 2018 – His Excellency President Julius Maada Bio has joined fellow Sierra Leoneans to observe the one-year commemoration ceremony for victims of the August […]

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As we remember August 14 victims… Sierra Leoneans vow to combat disaster

August 15, 2018 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By Ranger Yesterday, 14 August 2018 Sierra Leoneans at home and abroad remembered those who were struck by the twin disaster of mudslide and flooding a year ago. It was […]

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President Bio Meets Canadian Minister for International Development

August 15, 2018 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

State House, Freetown, Tuesday 14 August 2018 – His Excellency President Julius Maada Bio has met with a high-level delegation from Canada, headed by the Canadian Minister for International Development, […]

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President Bio Speaks Tough on Commemoration of August 14th Tragedy*_

August 15, 2018 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

“As a new Government we are determined to learn the lessons from this tragedy and that is why we are now implementing and enforcing the following measures: • The Sugar Loaf […]

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A petition against the President of Sierra Leone , His Excellency Maada Bio, by British MP, Neil Coyle

August 15, 2018 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Upholding human rights and the constitution in Sierra Leone Neil Coyle MP Upholding human rights and the constitution in Sierra Leone   Neil Coyle MP is working with many people […]

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Is President Bio politicizing the Free Education program ?

August 15, 2018 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  What is supposed to be a national project and owned by the people of Sierra Leone, owing to the fact that resources used to fund such an initiative came […]

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Problems for President Bio, as British MP petitions SLPP Government for human rights violations

August 15, 2018 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Front Page Lead August 13th, 2018 British MP To Petition SLPP Government For Human Rights Violation!!! Sierra Leone have rarely been as divided along partisan lines as they are now, […]

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