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Drama in Sierra Leone, as Major Parlor Conteh arrested , days after President Bio solicited his help to stop Coronavirus from entering country

March 20, 2020 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

In Sierra Leone, there is no end to political drama.  Just four days after he was called upon by President Maada Bio to help his government stop the corinavirus from […]

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Sierra Leone bans flights for 90 days

March 19, 2020 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

 

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President Bio addresses the nation on corona virus pandemic

March 19, 2020 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  BROADCAST BY HIS EXCELLENCY, DR. JULIUS MAADA BIO, PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF SIERRA LEONE, ON ENHANCED PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY MEASURES TO PREVENT THE COVID 19 CORONA VIRUS. […]

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Quarantined Suspect Escapes from Confinement

March 19, 2020 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

The Deputy Executive Director of Sierra Leone Standards Bureau, Amadu Jogor Bah who returned from Belgium has secretly escaped from quarantine at the Lungi International Airport on 17/3/2020. The whole […]

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Chaos at Lungi Airport and incompetence in dealing with Coronavirus

March 19, 2020 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  By Idrissa Salaam Conteh All the press releases and statements being issued by the authorities have not been translated into concrete actions as manifested in the chaos that ensued […]

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Quarantined KQ Passenger Writes from Port Loko! My Version of the “Suspected Case from the Kenya Airways flight”

March 19, 2020 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Quarantined KQ Passenger Writes from Port Loko! My Version of the “Suspected Case from the Kenya Airways flight” I came in today 18th March 2020 with Kenya Airways. Yes, the […]

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THE CRIMINALIZATION OF THE STATE IN SIERRA LEONE

March 19, 2020 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

THE CRIMINALIZATION OF THE STATE IN SIERRA LEONE By Kabs Kanu Even as we pray against the coronavirus, we will not be distracted from the other huge danger looming over […]

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Coronavirus pandemic fight : Is President Bio showing the way ?

March 18, 2020 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By Abdulai Mansaray The presidency of Maada Bio has been accused of many things and everything. But despite these, one can see a lot of snippets that may belie some […]

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State House is a cesspool of corruption : Maada Bio gave his wife over $1 million from Consolidated Fund for launching program of HANDS OFF OUR GIRLS Campaign

March 17, 2020 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By Chernoh Alpha M. Bah, Matthew Anderson & Mark Feldman In the first two articles of our Sierra Leone investigation series, we highlighted the existing disparities in the national salary […]

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SIERRA LEONE HAS ONLY ONE VENTILATOR TO TREAT CORONAVIRUS PATIENTS*

March 17, 2020 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  By Dr. Asad Naveed01039 The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) continues to wreak havoc around the globe. Africa was initially thought to be a safe zone for the disease, but now […]

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

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*GOVERNMENT OF SIERRA LEONE, KOIDU LIMITED, KOIDU LIMITED WORKERS, ACTIVISTS AND THE COMUNITY IN A STALEMATE OVER BETTER WAGES AND GOOD WORKING  CONDITIONS IN KONO*   By Karamoh Kabba A […]

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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 LEONEANS PERISH IN TSUNAMI DISASTER ? Anxious citizens await news

December 31, 2004 0

  Thursday December 31, 2004 Anxiety is slowly sweeping through some Sierra Leonean circles as some of the nation’s citizens may have been caught up in the colossal tidal wave […]

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A travesty of democracy and broad daylight robbery in Sierra Leone, as President Maada Bio is declared elections winner and returned for another 5 years

June 27, 2023 0

By Kabs Kanu Freetown, Sierra Leone : What many Sierra Leoneans are describing as a travesty of democracy ensued in this impoverished West African country today as their much-criticized  leader,  […]

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Sierra Leone Government ups media outreach in diaspora : Bayraytay and Government media team in the U.S. on the move

May 9, 2015 0

  The Government of Sierra Leone has accentuated its media outreach in the diaspora. The purpose of the outreach is to share with Sierra Leoneans in the diaspora  and the […]

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Corruption, Accountablity and Politics in Sierra Leone

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 – Friday 22 June 2007. “70% of Sierra Leoneans are poor mainly due to corruption. The Truth and Reconciliation Commission report squarely pinned the primary cause of the brutal rebel war […]

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Remarks by UN Secretary General at events marking the historic signing of the Paris Agreement on Climate Change

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View of the GA Hall Opening Signing Ceremony of the Paris Climate Treaty. Video capture UN Web 2 April 2016 – With their signatures of the landmark Paris climate accord, […]

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