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UPDATES ON PRESIDENTIAL TEAM ON MAKENI KILLING*

July 27, 2020 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  UPDATES ON PRESIDENTIAL TEAM ON MAKENI KILLING* By: Councilor Kabbah Koroma. The Team comprises Ambassador Foday Yumkela, Dr. Kadie Sesay, Hon. Veronica, Abu Abu Koroma, Hon. I.B. Kargbo of […]

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Young man shot in the head in Makeni demonstration dies at Connaught Hospital

July 26, 2020 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

ALUSINE SESAY, a 28 year old young man shot in the head by the Sierra Leone security forces during the Makeni demonstrations has died at the Connaught Hospital in Freetown. […]

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Sierra Leone civil society groups condemn Makeni massacre and call for inquiry led by judge

July 25, 2020 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

The massacre by the Sierra Leoneย  security forces of 5ย  youths during the Makeni demonstration has prompted three civil society organizations in the country to not only condemn the killings […]

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UNFPA donates five (5) motorbikes to Ministry of Basic and Senior Secondary Education, one (1) vehicle to Ministry of Health and Sanitation ย 

July 23, 2020 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  ย The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) in Sierra Leone on Wednesday 8 July 2020, donated five (5) motorbikes to the Ministry of Basic and Senior Secondary Education (MBSSE) as […]

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Black Lives Matter: But Not in My Backyard

July 23, 2020 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Black Lives Matter: But Not in My Backyard   The loss of lives in Makeni over the weekend is not only sad but equally avoidable. With the social and political […]

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People of Lungi show solidarity with aggrieved Makeni

July 21, 2020 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Lungi People Stand in Solidarity with Makeni and Deeply Mourn with for their Irreparable Loss   As we mourn the terrible, excruciating, barbaric, and unfortunate death of our brothers and […]

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Driver dead, MP critically injured in Kono Road gruesome accident

July 21, 2020 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

The first Female Member of Parliament from Kono District, Honorable Rebecca Yei Kamara, who represents the Coalition For Change (C4C ) inย  Parliament , was seriously injured today in a […]

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The brutal , murderous security forces in Sierra Leone

July 21, 2020 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By Yankuba Kai-Samba Police in Sierra Leone are seemingly acting under pressure. Too many lethal force are being used and too many young lives are lost in the last two […]

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Deep animosity between Makeni residents and Maada Bio government a recipe for disaster

July 21, 2020 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  Charles Curtis Thomasย is inย Makeni, Sierra Leone. THE PADEMBA ROAD PRISON MASSACRE AND THE MAKENI MASSACRE, DID PRESIDENT MAADA BIO, AS COMMANDER IN CHIEF, GIVE THE GO AHEAD FOR LIVE […]

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PRESIDENT BIO MUST FACE INTERNATIONAL JUSTICE FOR CONTINUING TO SHED INNOCENT BLOOD IN SIERRA LEONE

July 21, 2020 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

The blood of the innocent flowed and spilled the streets once moreย  in Sierra Leoneย  last Friday June 18, this time in Makeni , whenย  police and army under the […]

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  • The Curtain Falls for Minkailu Mansaray, But the Spirit Endures
  • *CONDOLENCE MESSAGE ON THE PASSING OF APC NATIONAL CHAIRMAN HONOURABLE ALHAJI MINKAILU MANSARAY*
  • South African jailed in Sierra Leone for trafficking cocaine
  • ๐Ÿ‘‘๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Tony Blair Honoured as an Honorary Paramount Chief in Mahera, Sierra Leone
  • Seeking Clemency for EBK Strengthens the Wrong Narrative
  • Rest in Peace Comrade Alhaji Minkailu Mansaray
  • How Fatima Bio has been committing fraud and condoning public references to herself as โ€œ Her Excellency โ€œ
  • From image cleansing to image crisis : Maada Bio is facing his biggest reputational test
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