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This hostile environment is getting worse, not better

November 21, 2018 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Titus Boye-Thompson The threats to violence, to revenge and to a rendition of former state officials has proved contributory to the present narratives of retribution. The hitherto false equivalency arguments […]

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Sierra Leone Parliament concludes debate on SLPP budget

November 21, 2018 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  PARLIAMENT CONCLUDES DEBATE ON THE 2019 BUDGET The Parliament of Sierra Leone has on Monday 19th November 2018 on the fourth and final allotted day concluded debate on the […]

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PICTURES THAT MAKE THE NEWS : Ex-President Koroma in Abuja

November 21, 2018 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  Former President Koroma speaks on behalf of other former West African President’s at the launch of the book by Former President Jonathan #mytransitionhours At the Transcorp Hilton Hotel, Abuja He […]

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UN Sec. Gen : “Peacekeeping in Africa continues to present some of our greatest challenges”

November 21, 2018 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

The Secretary General of the United Nations, António Guterres, has described peacekeeping in Africa as some of the greatest challenges faced by the organization. The Secretary General made the remarks during […]

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The Sierra leone Football Association (SLFA) saga

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

  The Sierra Leone Football Association (SLFA) saga has now dragged on for a continuous period of close to five years.  The protracted impasse came about as a result of […]

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PICTURES THAT MAKE THE NEWS

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

This is President Putin of Russia, currently the most powerful man in the world,  buying his own petrol for his car at a local petrol station.

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Interpretative Journalism : The best way out in an age of Social Media, Citizen Journalism and news glut

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

  By Kabs Kanu Journalism is a very romantic profession. Interesting , perplexing, distressing and afflictive events pop up every minute and having to deciifer through the morass of superfluous […]

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Politicians still underestimating the power of the media in Sierra Leone

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

By Kabs Kanu The book above , The Media in American Politics , by David L. Paletz, doesl not only tell you that the media are the fourth most important […]

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Nurturing young leaders : Training young African leaders can take societies to great heights

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

By: Franck Kuwonu From Africa Renewal: Students at the African Leadership University in Mauritius. Photo: ALU website Thanks to a unique fellowship at the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa […]

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New Direction fraught with Procurement Misdemeanour… Government may lose 79 Billion Leones

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

  The New Direction agenda of President Julius Maada Bio, it seems,  faces a multitude of old tricks and players robed in patched paints of new bloods in governance. Key […]

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Freetown – Friday , 24th July , 2020 . Sierra Leone’s Former Vice President Chief Alhaji Sam Sumana and entourage today visited Makeni to empathize with the people of Makeni […]

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