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Month: February 2020

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Campaign For Good Governance (CGC ) slams Maada Bio’s Government

February 9, 2020 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Recent spates of violence in Freetown and in Bonthe have sent shock reminders of how lawlessness can lead to a breakdown of law and order. We have monitored and documented […]

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African Union Summit: Guterres hails ‘shared values, mutual respect and common interests’ of UN partnership

February 9, 2020 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

African Union Summit: Guterres hails ‘shared values, mutual respect and common interests’ of UN partnership Daniel Getachew/UN Photo Secretary-General António Guterres speaking at a High-Level Meeting on Gender Equality and […]

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Chernor Ojuku Sesay’s mortal remains arrive for burial

February 9, 2020 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

The mortal remains of journalist Chernor Ojuku Sesay arrived from Ghana yesterday . Mr. Ojuku Sesay,  who was former Publisher of THE POOL  newspaper and one-time Sierra Leone’s Press Attache […]

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Ojuku: Your Journalistic Instinct Brought Us Joy

February 9, 2020 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  Pa Baimba Sesay He was one of five of us who returned home having been sacked in 2018 as diplomats. He was in Brussels also covering the Vatican as […]

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APC rubbishes Sama Banya’s insane accusation

February 5, 2020 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

 

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Why the Freetown Cotton Tree is important to the Creole People of Freetown

February 5, 2020 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  WHY THE FREETOWN COTTON TREE IS IMPORTANT TO THE CREOLE PEOPLE OF FREETOWN: ‘Freetown Cotton’ has become part of Creole-Heritage since the early settlers from Britain (black poor) arrived […]

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NO WARRANT OF ARREST FOR DR. SAMURA KAMARA

February 4, 2020 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Sierra Leone Police WARRANT OF ARAREST FOR DR. SAMURA KAMAR The attention of the Sierra Leone Police (SLP) has been drawn to a social media post claiming that the Criminal […]

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A world in turmoil: What we must do to survive the coming political crisis

February 4, 2020 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By IAN BREMMER Ian Bremmer is the president and founder of Eurasia Group whose books include Us vs. Them: The Failure of Globalism, which was published this month. We live in […]

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Simmering and festering anti-Krio sentiments in Sierra Leone

February 4, 2020 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By Melbourne Garber Sierra Leone can’t have it both ways. Some of the comments after the Cotton Tree fire and those related to land appropriation in the Western Area, show […]

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Surveillance: the ultra-secure phones of Africa’s presidents

February 4, 2020 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Well aware of the surveillance capabilities of major companies in the sector, Africa’s heads of state try to make their phones as secure as Fort Knox. Every leader is geared […]

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  • Alpha Sesay, constitutional reform and the difference between paper and power
  • Sierra Leone Labour Congress warns President Bio against assent to controversial constitutional amendments
  • How can we have peace in Sierra Leone when the President himself does not want peace ?
  • Speaker of Parliament lectured on law by citizens: A court of law can overrule a speaker’s decision
  • Opposition APC distances itself from the controversial constitutional amendments by SLPP-controlled Parliament
  • Timothy Kabba is out : Mohamed Rado Swaray is now Foreign Minister as President Bio reshuffles his cabinet
  • *The 2028 Election May Have Already Begun*
  • Sierra Leone cannot afford another democratic collapse and war, but Maada Bio is driving us rapidly back into it
  • Sierra Leone’s constitutional faultline: A walkout, a two-thirds dispute and the stakes for 2028
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BY KABS KANU The Concerned Sierra Leoneans United Kingdom Branch over the weekend staged  two days of demonstrations against the Sierra Leone Government, while President Maada Bio was in London […]

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      Sierra Leone’s High Commissioner to the United Kingdom has led the campaign against Ebola in Sierra Leone by offering proceeds from the sales of his book to […]

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Sierra Leone’s economy in serious trouble as citizens blame shambolic SLPP Government economic policies

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SIERRA LEONE’S ECONOMY IN SERIOUS TROUBLE AS CITIZENS BLAME SHAMBOLIC SLPP GOVT. POLICIES AND INTERNATIONAL BACKLASH FOR RIGGED ELECTIONS By Kabs Kanu Lacking transparency and accountability , the SLPP Government […]

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    “Without community ownership, it will be difficult to fight Ebola, even impossible to make any meaningful headway” Director of Disaster Management Department.   Port Loko, Waterloo, 28 November […]

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