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Freetown is dangerously overpopulated and overstretched : Return to your villages and make farms

August 9, 2019 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

ย  ย YES, WE CAN BLAME OUR GOVERNMENTS FOR NOT PROVIDING THE BASIC STRUCTURES AND LEADERSHIP TO INSPIRE US BUT WE TOO HAVE A ROLE TO PLAY TO BECOME PRODUCTIVE CITIZENS. […]

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Financing environmental priorities: how recipient countries are taking center stage in delivering GEF-7 strategy

August 9, 2019 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Keywords:ย  Capacity Developmentย |ย Country Support Programme The agenda to transform Freetown has created an opportunity for the country to tackle the many challenges of urbanization. National Dialogue in Sierra Leone explored […]

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Karamoh Kabba, Others Refused Bail

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

By Haja Adama Kamara Magistrate Hannah Bonnie of Magistrate Court No 1 yesterday refused Karamoh Kabba, the National Organizing Secretary of the main opposition All Peoples Congress and twenty-two others […]

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When โ€œEnough is Enoughโ€โ€ฆ..Not Enough?

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

    We are resilient We are strong We are El Paso We stand together These are the words from the local community living in El Paso-Texas, and these will […]

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Sierra Leone Police brutalize protesting Njala University students

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

Protesting students of Njala University were brutally manhandled and beaten mercilesslyย  by riot squad of the Sierra Leone Police Force yesterday, raising the troubling spectre thatย  police highhandedness and brutality […]

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More rain floods submerge communities at Freetown peninsula and around Sierra Leone

August 7, 2019 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By KABS KANU— With Freetown still reeling from the weekend heavy rains and flooding that killed 7 people and renderedย  hundreds of residents homeless , torrentialย  rain inflicted more agony […]

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Is Globetrotting Thy Name, Mr President?

August 6, 2019 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By Mohamed Sankoh (One Drop) I am not a โ€œDrunkardnomicsโ€ like most of those who are, at present, managing Sierra Leoneโ€™s economy. I have been a teetotal all my life. […]

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You Can Fool Some People Some time, Butโ€ฆโ€ฆ..

August 6, 2019 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

It is an open secret that the relationship between our 2 major political parties, the SLPP and APC is one of attrition. ย There is no doubt that these parties would […]

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Elections-related violent incidents ‘constitute an early warning sign that should not be swept under the carpet’ –NCD

August 6, 2019 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: THURSDAY, AUGUST 1, 2019 AT 12 NOON SUBJECT: NCD CALLS FOR CALM IN CONSTITUENCY 110! It has come to the notice of the Management […]

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  • ๐Ÿ‘‘๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Tony Blair Honoured as an Honorary Paramount Chief in Mahera, Sierra Leone
  • Seeking Clemency for EBK Strengthens the Wrong Narrative
  • Rest in Peace Comrade Alhaji Minkailu Mansaray
  • How Fatima Bio has been committing fraud and condoning public references to herself as โ€œ Her Excellency โ€œ
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