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UNFPA Sierra Leone provides technical support to radio teaching programme

April 10, 2020 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

UNFPA Sierra Leone provides technical support to radio teaching programme Freetown, April 9, 2020: The Ministry of Basic and Senior School Education (MBSSE) and the Teaching Service Commission have launched a […]

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Sierra Leone on lockdown : Views and pictures

April 7, 2020 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Since Sunday, Sierra Leone has been on a mandated government lockdown to halt the spread of the coronavirus with  four persons have now tested positive in the country for the […]

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MAGISTRATE BONNIE TO RULE ON CCTV FOOTAGE

April 7, 2020 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

MAGISTRATE BONNIE TO RULE ON CCTV FOOTAGE By admin / April 6, 2020. By Janet A Sesay Magistrate Hannah Bonnie who is presiding over the treason case of Alfred Paolo […]

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COVID19 : “Domestication”as quagmire in mitigating the pandemic

April 7, 2020 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By Professor Cecil Blake I have had a long running debate with colleagues and friends on my position on what is variously called “domestication.” Simply stated it is a deliberate […]

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MAADA BIO’S TWO YEARS OF INEPTITUDE: *REGRESSION IN MANY WAYS,ESPECIALLY IN TERMS OF THE ECONOMY AND HUMAN RIGHTS

April 7, 2020 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Astonishingly, the first two years of the Bio rule have been eventful to say the least, dominated by a president who is not, in any meaningful sense, achieved anything but […]

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*Two Years In Office: What To Celebrate?*

April 7, 2020 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

    By James Fasuluku Sukutamba, Koidu, Kono President Julius Maada Bio is exactly two years in office as Head of State after winning the most controversial election after Independence, […]

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Sierra Leoneans appalled by human rights abuses committed by security forces to enforce Coronavirus lockdown

April 7, 2020 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

NOBODY  will deny the fact that people need to stay home during the lockdown  imposed by government to combat the coronavirus and  ensure the safety of families and the public. […]

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Gross human rights violations Perpetrated by Security Personnel to enforce lockdown

April 7, 2020 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  Disturbing images have surfaced of Sierra Leone security officers brutalizing and even maiming people  who violate the three-day lockdown imposed by the government to combat the corona virus. We […]

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PICTURE STORY : Sierra Leone locks down amidst extreme hardship

April 7, 2020 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Sierra Leone is observing a period of lockdown to combat the coronavirus. It started from Sunday 5th April and will last until Tuesday April 7. The people of Sierra Leone […]

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THE DESTRUCTIVE NATURE OF THE RELEVANCE OF IRRELEVANCE

April 7, 2020 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  “A nation that expects to be ignorant and free expects what never was and never will be.”  President Thomas Jefferson Dangerous signs to note in any nation or institution […]

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