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SQUANDERMANIA : Concealing Fiscal Costs: How Sierra Leone’s Single Treasury Account leads to Unauthorized Public Spending

March 16, 2020 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  THE FASTEST AND WORST EVER CORRUPTION BY ANY GOVERNMENT HAS BEEN UNCOVERED BY THE AFRICANIST PRESS INVESTIGATION. SIPHONING MONEY FROM THE CONSOLIDATED FUND INTO HIS WIFE’S SELF-ENRICHMENT ,”HANDS OFF […]

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Sierra Leone restricts oversees travel and public gatherings

March 16, 2020 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0
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Bio engages members of the National Ebola Response Centre as part of government’s preparedness to tackle any Coronavirus-

March 16, 2020 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

State House, Freetown, Monday 16 March 2020 – His Excellency President Dr Julius Maada Bio has engaged members of the National Ebola Response Centre, NERC, as part of government’s preparedness […]

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Tribute To Solomon Berewa

March 15, 2020 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Tribute To Solomon Berewa By Sorie Fofana I first met Solomon Berewa in 1996 when he was serving as the de facto spokesman for the SLPP Presidential candidate, Ahmad Tejan […]

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Open letter to President Maada Bio

March 14, 2020 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

OPEN LETTER TO H.E JULUIS MAADA BIO, PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF SIERRA LEONE From: Mohamed C. Bah, Leader and 2018 Presidential candidate, NDA Party Date: 03/08/2020 Dear Mr. President, […]

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Sierra Leonean dies en route to the U.S.

March 14, 2020 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

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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President Bio hires a nutritionist and she is getting more money and benefits than university professors

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

A further sign about how the Maada Bio Paopa Government  has decided to bankrupt the Sierra Leone economy further, Even as government workers have still not been paid for February […]

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Financial Leeches on Sierra Leone’s Payroll: How Political Appointees enlarged the Wage Bill

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

By Chernoh Alpha M. Bah, Matthew Anderson,  & Mark Feldman In the introductory article to our investigation series on Sierra Leone, we highlighted the existing disparities in the national salary […]

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Payroll Corruption in Sierra Leone: The Ministry of Finance’s Scandalous Wage Bill

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

Payroll Corruption in Sierra Leone: The Ministry of Finance’s Scandalous Wage Bill  PUBLISHED DATE:MARCH 1, 2020  7 COMMENTSON PAYROLL CORRUPTION IN SIERRA LEONE: THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE’S SCANDALOUS WAGE BILL  By […]

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Late Solomon Berewa showed an example of good statesmanship that Maada Bio better copy and follow

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

When he was defeated in the 2007 Presidential Elections by Ernest Koroma,  Mr. Solomon Berewa , who passed away in  Freetown today, demonstrated great statesmanship and patriotism by immediately conceding […]

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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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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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FLASHBACK: UN Secretary General outlines the responsibilities of states to civilians under International Humanitarian Law

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Secretary-General’s remarks to the Security Council – on the Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict António Guterres on May 23, 2023 Mr. President, War means hunger. Armed conflict is a […]

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A catastrophe under a catastrophic President : Sierra Leone sells rainforest for Chinese fish plant

May 17, 2021 0

By Alan Luke A CATASTROPHE UNDER A CATASTHROPHIC PRESIDENT Catastrophic’: Sierra Leone sells rainforest for Chinese fish plant Controversial deal with China would be ‘disastrous’ for fishing and protected rainforest, […]

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What is the government’s plan to make the economy more productive?

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  By MUSA FAWUNDU  What is the government’s plan to make the economy more productive? Detailed plan. Investments in ancillary and supportive areas of infrastructure, and particular industries and types […]

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Diaspora Focus honors Information Minister Dr . Alpha Kanu

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By Septimus Kanu : Because of the tireless efforts the Hon. Minister of information and communications, Dr. Alhaji Alpha Bakarr Sahid Kanu ,  and his profound political Leadership he provided […]

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Constitutional Review Commission concludes Pre-Consultation Tour

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