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CJC indicts SLPP Government for brutalizing Journalist Fayiah

April 30, 2020 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Abuja, April 28, 2020 — Authorities in Sierra Leone should immediately drop all charges against journalist Fayia Amara Fayia and ensure those responsible for the attacks against him are held […]

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Human rights organization’s observation on the alleged Sierra Leone Prison break attempt

April 30, 2020 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0
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Police raid Palo Conteh’s home and arrest his wife after chaos at Pademba Road Prisons

April 30, 2020 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

The Sierra Leone Police yesterday raided the home of former Defence Minister Palo  Conteh  and ransacked it, after the chaos at Pademba Road Prisons , which resulted in the death […]

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Sierra Leone Security forces massacred 11 prisoners and 1 prison officer got killed too

April 30, 2020 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

11 people have been confirmed dead by Vice President Mohamed Juldeh Jalloh who visited the Pademba Correctional Centre this afternoon to assess the level of damage done yesterday. Of the […]

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APC expresses concern about safety of its members under custody of the Sierra Leone Police

April 30, 2020 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  30th April 2020 The All People’s Congress notes with grave concern developments that took place yesterday at the Pademba Road Maximum Security Male Correctional Centre that led to the […]

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Germany stops aid to Sierra Leone for human rights abuses, corruption and bad governance

April 29, 2020 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Germany has terminated aid to Sierra Leone and a number of countries because of human rights abuses, corruption and bad governance, according to a report in the German newspaper, Frankfurter Allgemeine […]

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Day of high-profile fires in Freetown as heavy smoke and fire envelope U.S. Embassy and then Blind School

April 29, 2020 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Today was a day of high-profile fires in the Sierra Leone capital of Freetown. First this morning, there was fire at the maximum security Pademba Road Prisons  where an attempted […]

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Coronavirus and the Crisis of Democracy in Sierra Leone: An Editorial Position

April 29, 2020 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Africanist Press   By Chernoh Alpha M. Bah, Matthew Anderson, & Mark Feldman On March 1 of this year, Africanist Press released the first article in our ongoing investigative series on corruption […]

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Panic in Freetown as riot breaks out at Pademba Road Prisons

April 29, 2020 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  Prisoners inside Sierra Leone’s central Pademba Road Prison were on riot earlier Wednesday. Some of the prison facilities were set ablaze by the inmates over alleged too much #COVID19 restrictions. Gunshots […]

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African elections and COVID-19: A crisis of legitimacy

April 29, 2020 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

‘The combination of a pandemic and emergencies is lethal to both campaigning and competitive politics.’ Chidi Anselm Odinkalu Former chair of the National Human Rights Commission of Nigeria and works […]

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  • UPDATE!!! Uneasy Calm Returns to Central Freetown After Ojeh-Linked Tensions
  • Guinea expands illegal occupation of Yenga, opens fire on residents and forces everybody to flee
  • True Independence and Freedom can only exist in doing what is right
  • Video : Sierra Leone gains Independence from Britain and the 1961 Royal Visit
  • Reflections on Sierra Leone’s 64th Independence Anniversary : A nation still in waiting
  • There will never be world peace until imperialism is dead : Hands off Ibrahim Traore
  • Sierra Leone’s 64th Independence Anniversary Poem by Nicholas Godwin
  • Sierra Leone at 64 : A nation at the crossroads of reflection and regret
  • 64 years after Sierra Leone’s Independence : Sierra Leone’s ongoing struggles and the road to renewal
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  • Amadu M. Kamara: Comment no. 2 above continues thusly: if the firebrand do seriously intend indeed to show their numerical strength versus the…

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President Ernest Koroma receives another top award for outstanding leadership

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Political convolution and rhetoric

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  Titus Boy-Thompson, Communications Consultant   “There will come a time when all political writings become mundane within the electioneering process and the people’s attention would turn to drumbeats, alcohol […]

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ABASS BUNDU IS THE KIND OF ROLE MODEL OUR PUBLIC SERVANTS SHOULD TRY TO EMULATE

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