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SAD DAY FOR DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS IN SIERRA LEONE : 9 APC MPs unseated and live bullets fired at the APC Headquarters

June 1, 2019 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By KABS KANU Today was another sad day for democracy and human rights in Sierra Leone. The Sierra Leone Police fired live bullets and teargas at the Brookfields headquarters of […]

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Is Sierra Leone Back to the Days of Extrajudicial Killings?

June 1, 2019 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  The disappearance of Captain Patrick Kamara should remind Sierra Leoneans about a troubling past in our history. Coincidentally, it was a time when Julius Maada Bio and his NPRC […]

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  • “Dry Yai Koba Shame” Syndrome: Defending the Indefensible
  • Stop trying to use FGM as a tool to gain elusive power in Sierra Leone
  • Yes, I was part of the Sierra Leone UN delegation when we approved ban on FGM
  • Liberia bow to Sierra Leone in friendly international soccer match
  • Parliament is right; First Lady is wrong : There is no law against FGM in Sierra Leone
  • Rethinking the drug crisis in Sierra Leone : A call for responsible media and objective politics
  • They colonized the land. Now they’ve colonized the mind
  • The First Lady’s dilemma: Protecting her own but preaching to others
  • The people of Sierra Leone are crying out for their democratic rights
  • The hard truth: Sierra Leone is crying , but who is listening ?
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