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Director General of Abu Dhabi Fund for Development Assures support to Sierra Leone*

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

*_Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Wednesday 30 October 2019_* – The Director General of the Abu Dhabi Fund for Development, ADFD, His Excellency Dr Mohamed Saif Al Suwaidi, has in […]

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Sierra Leone parliament discusses amendment of the country’s corruption laws.

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

  Parliament of Sierra Leone yesterday debated a Bill put forward by the Anti-Corruption Commission to amend existing corruption laws, in a bid to strengthen the hands of the commission […]

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*President Julius Maada Bio engages Elite Agro on Investment in food cultivation in Sierra Leone*

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

  *_Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Saturday 26 October 2019_* – His Excellency President Dr Julius Maada Bio has met with the Chairman of Elite Agro, Sultan Alshamsi, to discuss possible […]

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Sierra Leone, land of squalor and suffering

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

  By SAM HILL of NEWSWEEK Magazine In 2018, President Donald Trump asked, “Why are we having all these people from shithole countries come here?” That not-so-subtle implication—poor people from […]

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Why APC fell and are now losing elections in the North—-Robin Falley

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

Comrades, I’m afraid but we keep missing the key reasons why the APC is gradually loosing elections in the North. There are many many reasons and until and unless we […]

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Anti-Corruption Commission’s Scorpion Squad arrests Health Staff at the Liberia Sierra Leone Border

October 29, 2019 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Following a widey circulated video from two American Tour Bloggers about Ministry of Health Staff attached to the border crossing with Liberia extorting $150 from them in a fake scam about […]

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Differing views on Sierra Leone mosque incident

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

Abdul A Kargbo The media handlers of the government of Sierra Leone are doing a poor job by trying to scapegoat the poor imam for the people’s rejection of the […]

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Investigation Committee’s findings in the beating of female journalists at national stadium

October 27, 2019 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0
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Sierra Leone Police bans street jogging

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

 

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Muslims boo Sierra Leone’s Vice-President at Freetown mosque and hail APC presidential aspirant Samura Kamara

October 25, 2019 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Supporters of the ruling Sierra Leone People’s Party ( SLPP ) are fuming at the treatment meted out to their Vice-President Dr. Mohamed Juldeh Jalloh at the Basharia Mosque in […]

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  • President Koroma Returns Home, Though Not Altogether – All Is Well That Ends Well
  • Former President Ernest Koroma arrives in Sierra Leone to attend ECOWAS Summit
  • When the Law Ends, but the Constitution Still Speaks
  • The Return Of A Statesman: Ernest Koroma’s homecoming and a new chapter of hope
  • When Weapons Cannot Save a State: Mali’s Warning for Sierra Leone and West Africa
  • Opinion: The Ernest Bai Koroma Treason Case Raises Difficult Questions About Justice in Sierra Leone
  • President Bio, Ernest Bai Koroma, and Sierra Leone’s Search for Peace and Justice
  • Statement by Ex- President Ernest Koroma on dropping of treason charges against him
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The John Leigh phenomenon and the search for honest men in Sierra Leone

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   JOHN ERNEST LEIGH By Wilfred Leeroy Kabs-Kanu     June 6, 2006 (Culled from Leonenet-TAMU) A long time ago, a philosopher went through the streets of Athens with a lamp looking for […]

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