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President Bio Commends visiting U.S. Peace Corps Volunteers….

September 18, 2018 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  State House, Freetown, Monday 17 September 2018 – His Excellency President Julius Maada Bio has received at State House and commended Peace Corps volunteers from the United States of […]

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STATEMENT ON THE BREACH OF THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT TRAVEL BAN AND MOVEMENT RESTRICTIONS OF PRESIDENT MAADA BIO

September 18, 2018 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  STATEMENT ON THE BREACH OF THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT TRAVEL BAN AND MOVEMENT RESTRICTIONS OF PRESIDENT MAADA BIO, FOR THE ATTENTION OF RELEVANT US DEPARTMENTS, LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES, THE […]

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HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION OF SIERRA LEONE CONDUCTS FACTS FINDING MISSION IN MATIBO AND MASENGBEH VILLAGES

September 18, 2018 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  The Human Rights Commission of Sierra Leone (HRCSL) on Thursday 13th September 2018 undertook a fact finding mission in Matibo and Masengbeh villages on alleged human rights violations committed […]

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British newspaper says Sierra Leoneans afraid for lives of families in their country

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

SIERRA LEONEANS IN SOUTHWARK FEAR FOR FAMILY MEMBERS AS POLITICAL VIOLENCE CONTINUES IN THE WEST AFRICAN COUNTRY KATHERINE JOHNSTON (13 September, 2018) POLITICS ‘Despite foreign office assurances, political violence and intimidation continues’ […]

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“MILE 91 RAID WAS NOT A POLICE OPERATION ! ! ! “

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

Former Social Welfare Minister Dr. Sylvia O. Blyden has just been exclusively interviewed by the COCORIOKO INTERNATIONAL NEWSPAPER and she has placed the violent raid at Mile 91 in its […]

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Why President Bio is accountable for the atrocities and killings in Sierra Leone

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

  By KABS KANU Former UN Diplomat Yesterday, many Sierra Leoneans, some of them supporters of the ruling SLPP, displayed strong aversion to our articles blaming President Maada Bio for […]

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British MP turns pressure on President Bio, as efforts to seek international attention to his gross human rights abuses in Sierra Leone heighten

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

By KABS KANU Hon. Neil Coyle, the British Labour Party MP for Southwark in London, is helping to trump up  concerted efforts by Sierra Leoneans and foreign friends alike to […]

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SIERRA LEONE POLICE MUST AVOID BEING USED AND THEIR GAINS OVERTURNED BY THIS ABUSIVE SLPP GOVERNMENT

September 14, 2018 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  There is no doubt that the attack and atrocities at Mile 91 were reprehensible, disgraceful and damaging to the reputation of the Sierra Leone Police Force, if indeed they […]

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MINISTERS’ EMOLUMENTS WILL WRECK SIERRA LEONE ECONOMY – PAOPA MINISTERS FOR BETTEH.

September 14, 2018 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By Saidu Nbompa Leaf Recent information making the rounds indicate that salaries for Ministers have been exponentially increased from le12,000,000 to le20,000,000 per month. It is also stated that yearly […]

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Lungi Bridge will jeopardise our economy for ages!

September 14, 2018 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By Idrissa Conteh : I have just read the news story below posted on a WhatsApp forum on President Julius Maada Bio’s recent official visit to China and would like […]

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By KABS KANU : The Minister of Information and Communications, Hon. Mohamed Bangura, in pursuing Government’s commitment to work with the media as part of its program to engender transparent […]

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