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U.S. Government declares Sierra Leone unsafe

December 9, 2018 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

MESSAGE FROM UNITED STATES EMBASSY FREETOWN From: consularfreetown@state.gov Date: 12/4/18 8:30 AM (GMT-08:00) To: ALL US CITIZENS TRAVELLING TO SIERRA LEONE Subject: Travel Advisory: Sierra Leone — Level 2: Exercise […]

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Famed Kenyan Anti-Corruption campaigner delivers talk in Sierra Leone to commemorate International Anti-Corruption Day

December 9, 2018 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  The Public Lecture by Pro Patrick L. O.  Lumumba, the Kenyan Lawyer, anti -graft crusader, advocate, motivator, public speaker, academic, etc; marking the set of activities in commemoration of […]

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Gloucester residents accuse SLPP government of illegal demolitions and land grabbing

December 6, 2018 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

*Press statement issued by stakeholders, Residents and Affected Property owners on the illegal Demolition of Buildings and Land Grabbing in Gloucester Community as being carried out by Ministry of Lands, […]

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Sierra Leone in serious trouble as all health workers and personnel join doctors’ strike tomorrow

December 6, 2018 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Sierra Leone is in serious trouble. Doctors went on strike for better conditions of service after giving the SLPP Government a 21-day ultimatum which expired during the week, and now The […]

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Sierra Leone’s ‘peace diamond’ dividend slow in coming

December 5, 2018 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

They were promised a “peace diamond” dividend in the Sierra Leone village of Koryardu after the stone they handed over for auction fetched $6.5 million a year ago. But they […]

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APC Peace Outing to go on this Saturday

December 5, 2018 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Monday 3rd December 2018 The attention of the All Peoples Congress party has been drawn to rumours making rounds on social media, insinuating the Sierra Leone Police has not granted […]

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Deconstructing Pan Africanism : Has It Created a Good Life for Africans?

December 4, 2018 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Siyabonga Hadebe “Pan-Africanism has been up the podium from the outset of the 20th century, chanting down imperialism, propagating cohesion and charting the course to a better Africa. Tragically, the […]

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Sierra Leone doctors go on nation-wide strike, as 21-day ultimatum expires

December 3, 2018 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0
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Kao Denero and his lessons to be learnt from controversy

December 3, 2018 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  One thing musicians and entertainers should always avoid is controversy which Kao Denero (real name Dannis Amara Turay) has learnt from in the roughest of ways and he is […]

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PARAMOUNT CHIEF ESCAPES DEATH

December 3, 2018 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By Yusif S. Fofanah‎  The paramount chief of Penguia chiefdom, Sheku Kalogblangoi Jibila has early this morning 1st December, 2018 escaped from Sandaru, the chiefdom head quarter town. According to […]

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  • *WHAT POWER OUGHT TO KNOW ABOUT ITSELF*
  • Former Chief Justice Charles Francis Margai criticizes the handling of the JFK matter
  • JFK is free : Chief Justice accepts his apology and warns lawyers
  • When the headline outrages more than the allegations
  • All Eyes on the Supreme Court as Constitutional Amendment Case Resumes
  • *The Politics of Revenge: Must Sierra Leone Continue to Play Tit-for-Tat?*
  • Courtroom confrontation between Chief Justice and JFK : My personal reflection
  • *Dear Sierra Leonean-Trained Legal Practitioners: This Is Your Moment*
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  John Baimba Sesay Sierra Leone’s media landscape had its most challenging period during the war era. The return to multiparty democracy in 1996 however, initially ushered in a new […]

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