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Did Sierra Leone use customers’ $138 million to pay for government’s expenses , imitating Liberia’s use of $$260 million in 2016?

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

  By Yanqui Zaza   Has the Government of Sierra Leone embraced the idea to use customers’ cash deposited with commercial banks to finance government expenses? Businesses and governments around […]

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NEWS RELEASE : UNFPA distributes mama-baby packs to encourage use of health services by pregnant women  

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

Freetown, Sierra Leone, 5 June 2020- The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) in Sierra Leone has commenced the distribution of Mama-baby bags to mothers in the maternity wards of selected […]

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UNDP Press Release : Young people express commitment towards environmental protection

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

Accra, 9 June 2020 – Young people have resolved to be more zealous and committed towards the protection of the environment to avert the current climate crisis, especially in this […]

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THE APC NEEDS THE DRAWING BOARD OR MAADA BIO MIGHT CONFINE US TO POLITICAL USELESSNESS.

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

THE APC NEEDS THE DRAWING BOARD OR MAADA BIO MIGHT CONFINE US TO POLITICAL USELESSNESS. BY SANTIGIE KANU We are still listening to lies from our forerunners and believe 2023 […]

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Decolonising the Mind from The Paradox of Edifices of Slavery.

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

  George Floyd has been laid to rest and may he rest in peace. But his memories are sure to linger on forever, and not just be another hashtag #. […]

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CHANGE STORIES: How the ‘Gender Model Family’ is changing communities in remote Sierra Leone

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

    We are escorted into the bush of mainly palm trees about half a mile or more from the dwellings of Kamasu village, Tunkia Chiefdom, Kenema District, Eastern Sierra […]

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World Bank Group Launches New Country Partnership Framework for Sierra Leone

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

  FREETOWN, June 5, 2020 — The World Bank Group’s Board of Executive Directors discussed a new Country Partnership Framework for Sierra Leone for 2021-2026, which prioritizes investments in human […]

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Two edges of the same sword : White racism and tribalism in Africa

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

TWO EDGES OF THE SAME SWORD: WHITE RACISM AND TRIBALISM IN AFRICA I will mark down 2020 as the glorious year that thrust humanity into the abyss of moral awakening, […]

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Dr. Sheik Umarr Kamarah and Sylvia Blyden suffering unjustly from junta SLPP Government

June 6, 2020 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

DR. SHEIK UMARR KAMARAH AND SLYVIA O. BLYDEN SUFFERING UNJUSTLY FROM THE DUBIOUS ACTIVITIES OF DIS TRIBAL REGIME By John Leigh Rumors are flying worldwide that Prof. Sheik Umarr Kamarah […]

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What is SLAJ doing about the violation of the rights of colleague journalist, Dr. Sylvia Blyden ?

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

The Sierra Leone Association of Journalists (SLAJ } should buck up and exert more pressure on the government to free Dr. Sylvia Blyden and other prisoners of conscience. SLAJ should […]

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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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Government and Koidu Holdings in stalemate over workers’ better wages and good working conditions

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UPDATE!!! Uneasy Calm Returns to Central Freetown After Ojeh-Linked Tensions

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Urgent Appeal for Security Intervention We are urgently calling on the Central Police Division to intervene in a violent situation unfolding in the Horton Street and Frederick Street area of […]

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Sierra Leonean dies en route to the U.S.

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37 years old Hassanatu A. Bassie was critically ill onboard Air Brussels SN241 from Freetown to Washington DC when doctors on board recommended an emergency landing in Barajas International Airport, […]

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FIRST Lady leads the way on inspiring change in Sierra Leone

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 Titus Boye-Thompson, Strategic Media & Development Communications Unit : March 8 the world over has been for a time now designated as International Women’s Day by a general promulgation of […]

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An SLPP and President Maada Bio supporter, Abdul Kadiru Kai-Kai,  has threatened bloodshed in Sierra Leone. He has planned to plunge the country into another war in Sierra Leone, if […]

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Who is the Journalist of the year : Philip Neville, Kabs Kanu, Olu Gordon, Paul Kamara or Tam-Baryoh ?

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Subject: AUREOL TIMES; INCORPORATED BY YOURS TRULY From: Yours Truly To: All Date Posted: 16:32:51 09/06/07 () Email Address: Entered From: at 194.32.41.72 Message: Ladies and Getlemen, nominations for the most prestigious Aureol Times (As […]

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The new Daru Bridge

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President Ernest Koroma’s socio-economic and political developments in Sierra Leone are not confined to any one region. They are spread all over the country. Here is a photo of the […]

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