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President Maada Bio reshuffles his cabinet, recycling ministers and changing two ambassadors

May 10, 2019 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By Kabs Kanu PRESIDENT MAADA BIO  has reshuffled his cabinet. The major change in the reshuffle involved the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation , Dr. Allie Kabba, who […]

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PRESS RELEASE : REAFFIRMING GOVERNMENT’S COMMITMENT TO HUMAN RIGHTS AND RULE OF LAW

May 10, 2019 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  SIERRA LEONE GOVERNMENT MINISTRY OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS 8TH FLOOR, YOUYI BUILDING, FREETOWN PRESS RELEASE Government notes with disquiet a press release from some civil society organizations on alleged […]

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Dr. Dennis Sandy’s Excesses are Inimical to the New Direction

May 8, 2019 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Dr. Dennis Sandy Excesses is Inimical to the New Direction By Ranger When we had a change of Government, with Julius Maada Bio taking over the Presidency, a ray of […]

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Sierra Leone soldier in detention without trial for months now

May 8, 2019 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Read below Ladies and gentlemen, I would like to draw your attention to the issue of a soldier, Colonel Musa Bangura,  who was arrested and detained by the current SLPP  […]

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Creoles alert compatriots in Sierra Leone and diaspora about violation of their land ownership rights in the Western Area

May 8, 2019 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0
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Sierra Leone Bar Association protests forcible seizure of lands by Bio Government

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Let the SLPP Learn from their Past

May 8, 2019 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Solomon Berewa has the evidence By Sall Tee Jay The SLPP is yet to learn from its past as it continues to make bad laws which invariabl y ends up […]

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This is Maada Bio Time : Civil society condemns repeated attack on activists and human rights defenders

May 8, 2019 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  Press Statement – for Immediate Release Civil society condemns repeated attack on activists and human rights defenders and call for moral guarantors of the Lomé Peace Accord to lead […]

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President Bio Honours Abass Bundu, of All People!

May 4, 2019 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By Idrissa Conteh Pathetic! Abass Bundu still owes the people of Sierra Leone over $500,000 he defrauded the state in the illigal sale of our national passports to the Hong […]

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First Lady Fatima Bio explains why the Julius Maada Bio ( JMB) Women staged the Independence Anniversary celebration

May 4, 2019 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

First Lady Fatima Bio and the Julius Maada Bio ( JMB ) Women’s Wing  came under heavy fire recently as they were accused of hijacking the 58th Independence Anniversary celebration, […]

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  • More drama in Sierra Leone as Chief Justice orders the arrest of former Justice Minister JFK for yesterday’s tense exchanges at the Supreme Court
  • Another big political drama in Sierra Leone as APC and Supreme Court clash over disputed Constitutional Amendment Bill
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