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Dr. Richard Konteh latest APC politician to be arrested by the SLPP Government

August 30, 2019 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Former cabinet minister and State House Chief of Staff, Dr. Richard Konteh, yesterday became the latest opposition member of the All People’s Congress ( APC )  to be arrested by […]

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9 confirmed dead in Port Loko-Freetown highway tragedy

August 30, 2019 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Nine people are confirmed dead from a gruesome road accident on the Port Loko-Freetown highway on Wednesday night. Seven people died on the spot and the other too succumbed to […]

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Citizens Advocacy Network blasts NEC for cancelling Constituency 110 Bye-elections result

August 30, 2019 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Democracy | Rule of Law Citizens Advocacy Network 23278246328 | 23231246328 _23 Percival Street_ _Freetown | Sierra Leone 26th August, 2019 PRESS STATEMENT CONCERNS OVER CANCELLATION OF THE RERUN BYE-ELECTION […]

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August 24 events do not speak well about the consolidation of the nation’s democracy — National Commission for Democracy ( NCD )

August 30, 2019 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

With the outcome of the rerun election in Constituency 110 in the Western Rural District that took place on Saturday, August 24, 2019, that saw the destruction of voting materials […]

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C4C Party condemns National Elections Commission

August 30, 2019 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

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State House Chief of Protocol is fired for embarrassing President Bio and SLPP Government

August 30, 2019 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

The State Chief of Protocol at State House, Ambassador Fatmata Edna Kargbo , has been relieved off her post for going to Nigeria and giving a controversial testimony at the […]

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SLPP MINISTER AND CIVIL SERVANT CAUGHT ON CAMERA VANDALIZING POLLING STATION AND DESTROYING DEMOCRACY

August 28, 2019 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

The drama of sick, dirty politics is playing itself out dramatically in Sierra Leone under the SLPP Government of President Maada Bio as video footage has appeared showing a whole […]

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NEW Condemns NEC’s Cancellation of Parliamentary Bye-Elections in Constituency 110 and calls for Immediate De-escalation of Election-related Violence in Sierra Leone

August 27, 2019 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Press Statement For Immediate Release. Monday 26th August 2019. NEW Condemns NEC’s Cancellation of Parliamentary Bye-Elections in Constituency 110 and calls for Immediate De-escalation of Election-related Violence in Sierra Leone […]

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Diplomatic community in Sierra Leone condemns all acts of intimidation and violence in Constituency 110 bye-elections

August 27, 2019 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0
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Civil Society group grills NEC to show extant law that justified cancellation of whole Constituency 110 bye-elections

August 26, 2019 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

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