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Sierra Leone Police arrest and suspend officer caught on video brutalizing woman

April 26, 2021 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

The rate at which human rights abuses are escalating in Sierra Leone is concerning. This week, a Sierra Leone Police officer was caught on video brutalizing a woman with the […]

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Opposition leaders narrate how presidential guards manhandled them at State House

April 26, 2021 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By Abu Shaw Brutality and human rights abuses are conspicuously synonymous with the ruling SLPP government in Sierra Leone under President Maada Bio. The opposition politicians are the latest victims […]

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Kudos to the Opposition for Keeping the Party in Power accountable

April 26, 2021 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Kudos to the Opposition for Keeping the Party in Power Accountable A Commentary By Ranger In succeeding to get the ruling SLPP party to do the right thing to bring […]

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President Bio refuses to see opposition party leaders

April 26, 2021 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Last Thursday, President Maada Bio refused to see leaders of the newly-formed Consortium of Opposition Political parties who had gone to State House to deliver him a letter in connection […]

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Evaluating Sierra Leone’s democracy : Battling for the soul of our democracy !

April 26, 2021 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Evaluating Sierra Leone’s democracy : Battling for the soul of our democracy ! BY REV. GIBRILLA KARGBO “Turning and turning in the widening gyre. The falcon cannot hear the falconer; […]

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Three Years of the Maada Bio Administration : Parts 1 and 2

April 26, 2021 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Three Years of the Bio Administration – Part One On April 4, 2018, Sierra Leone changed the government from the former All Peoples Congress (APC) Party of Ernest Bai Koroma […]

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Freetown tense as Police and okada riders in bloody running battles on the streets

April 24, 2021 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Freetown was tense on Thursday and Friday as Sierra Leone Police and okada bike riders were involved in bloody run battles on the streets of the capital. One bike rider […]

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A Thematic Diagnosis of President Bio’s Media Tour (Part 1 )

April 24, 2021 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By Alusine Sesay First of all let me commend President Bio for his bold step to subject himself to media scrutiny-his move was a novelty. I could safely say that, […]

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Justice Fisher rules that APC Party can Hold Emergency National Delegates Conference, but Ernest Koroma and NAC excluded

April 20, 2021 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Justice Fisher Orders APC Party to Hold Emergency National Delegates Conference* *Judiciary Communications, Main Law Courts Building, Freetown, 19th April, 2021:* High Court Judge, Justice Adrian J. Fisher, presiding over […]

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SLPP accused of causing yesterday’s disgraceful scenes at Parliament

April 20, 2021 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

SLPP  caused yesterday’s disgraceful scenes at Parliament By Abu Shaw in London (20/04/2021) Yesterday was historically a very sad day for the members of the Sierra Leone Parliament after they […]

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  • Looking Beyond OAU vs ECOWAS Numbers Part 1: Reassessing the “Lost Opportunity” Argument —
  • President Koroma Returns Home, Though Not Altogether – All Is Well That Ends Well
  • Former President Ernest Koroma arrives in Sierra Leone to attend ECOWAS Summit
  • When the Law Ends, but the Constitution Still Speaks
  • The Return Of A Statesman: Ernest Koroma’s homecoming and a new chapter of hope
  • When Weapons Cannot Save a State: Mali’s Warning for Sierra Leone and West Africa
  • Opinion: The Ernest Bai Koroma Treason Case Raises Difficult Questions About Justice in Sierra Leone
  • President Bio, Ernest Bai Koroma, and Sierra Leone’s Search for Peace and Justice
  • Statement by Ex- President Ernest Koroma on dropping of treason charges against him
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