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‘Terrorism Statement’ drives wedge between Foreign Diplomats and Sierra Leone’s President

May 12, 2020 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By Chernoh Alpha M. Bah and Matthew Anderson Leaked diplomatic correspondences seen by the Africanist Press reveal a growing rift between members of the diplomatic community and the government of President Bio, […]

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State Violence and Political Repression in Sierra Leone

May 11, 2020 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By Chernoh Alpha M. Bah and Matthew Anderson Protests, social unrest, violence; these symptoms do not appear in a society without a cause. When democratic expression is repressed, when the […]

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An Eye for An Eye Will Only Make the World Go Blind.

May 11, 2020 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Just when you think that the world at large, and Sierra Leone in particular is facing the ravages of an invisible enemy the Corona Virus, our nation is plunged on […]

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President Bio speedily suspends Resident Minister for threatening to shoot and kill anybody who opposes the government

May 11, 2020 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Sierra Leone’s Resident Minister North, Abu -Abu Koroma has been suspended from office indefinitely for unacceptable conduct and public remarks that misrepresent the position of the Government of Sierra Leone […]

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Sierra Leone Resident Minister threatens in public to shoot and kill anybody who opposes the Maada Bio Government

May 11, 2020 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

How far-reaching the President Bio threat to hit the opposition even more harder was demonstrated today when the Resident Minister, North, Mr. Abu Abu Koroma, while addressing youths in Makeni […]

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APC condemns President Bio for inflammatory statement about the party

May 11, 2020 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

APC REACTS TO PRESIDENT JULIUS MAADA BIO’S STATEMENT. 1. It is with great disappointment that we listened to the speech delivered by his Excellency the President Dr. Julius Maada Bio […]

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Mrs. Isatu Timbo-Nwokedi unveils master plan to help Sierra Leone fight Coronavirus

May 11, 2020 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Live with Mrs. Isha Isatu Timbo Nwokedi Live with Mrs. Isha Isatu Timbo Nwokedi, ambassador of goodwill for Sierra Leone Posted by Sierra Cast TV on Monday, April 27, 2020

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Sierra Leoneans disappointed with President Bio for his confrontational attitude to the opposition ; Read their angry comments

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

President Maada Bio’s nation-wide address yesterday on the rising political tensions in the country did not go down well with Sierra Leoneans who believe that the President should have preached […]

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President Bio threatens Sierra Leone’s main opposition party

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

  Fellow Citizens: 1. Today, I want to call on all Sierra Leoneans to celebrate the ties that bind us as a nation and not the angers that blind us. […]

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OPPOSITION LEADER VISITS DETAINED COMRADES*

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

The Leader of the main Opposition APC party in Parliament, Hon. Chernor Maju Bah and other Members of Parliament today Thursday visited Dr Sylvia O. Blyden and other comrades detained […]

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  • Government and Koidu Holdings in stalemate over workers’ better wages and good working conditions
  • 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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  • Phebean Samura: Watch and see what will happen soon. Sierra Leone will be a Democratic country very soon. FORGET ABOUT 2028. WE…
  • Catherine Higgins: Remarkable how journalists can write about APC and what not... but you never seem to have the spine to demand…
  • 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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Citizens disappointed by Sierra Leone’s failure of U.S. State Department 2021 fiscal transparency benchmark

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2021 Fiscal Transparency Report Government-by-Government Assessments: Sierra Leone During the review period, the government’s budget and information on debt obligations, with the exception of state-owned enterprise debt, were widely and easily […]

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Washington, Aug 30 (PTI) Expressing concern over reports of violence in Sierra Leone after the first round of elections, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon has urged all political parties and […]

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