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THE SYMBOL OF PRESS FREEDOM!*

May 5, 2021 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

THE SYMBOL OF PRESS FREEDOM!* By Paul Kamara 03 May, 2021 Dear Friends, Colleagues! May 3 is observed every year as International Press Freedom Day to remind us of the […]

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UNFPA-trained midwife promotes safe motherhood, save mothers and babies in Alikalia

May 5, 2021 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

UNFPA-trained midwife promotes safe motherhood, save mothers and babies in Alikalia Alikalia, Koinadugu, Sierra Leone, 29 April 2021 – “Serving a hard to reach community like Alikalia comes with a […]

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APC must unite to overcome serious challenges

May 4, 2021 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By Cornelius Deveaux Sierra Leone’s main opposition All Peoples Congress is sadly caught up in a complexity of setbacks which are seriously limiting the party’s ability to cement the blocks […]

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The Meaning of 27 April 1898: Lessons From Our Collective Past(s)

May 4, 2021 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

The narrativization of our individual/collective past(s), what some would call history, has hardly ever rested on problematizing that past in the interest of national unity. Those who have written about […]

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Bio misses another penalty

May 4, 2021 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By Abdul Suhood Komeh in London, England* All Maada Bio had to do was show a touch of class, a sprinkle of leadership. For just one day. How hard can […]

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Why the U.S. Supports Bad and Wicked Government in Sierra Leone

May 3, 2021 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By Kabs Kanu THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT is aware of the bad governance, corruption and human rights abuses of the President Maada Bio government in Sierra Leone. The 2020 U.S […]

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The irony of celebrating political Independence

May 3, 2021 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

The irony of celebrating political independence and the lack of economic freedom of a nation that after sixty years of independence,still can’t provide clean water, electricity , healthcare education and […]

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The APC’s internal conflict resurfaces as NRM gnashes teeth again

May 3, 2021 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

*THE POSITION OF THE NATIONAL REFORMATION MOVEMENT (NRM) ON RECENT HAPPENINGS IN THE ALL PEOPLE’S CONGRESS (APC)** FRIDAY, APRIL 30, 2021* On the 19th April, 2021, a High Court Judge […]

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AN OPEN LETTER TO MY SON: The demotions by President Bio

May 3, 2021 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

My son, This is Pappay. I have been calling you without success. I know you must have been very busy at work. I hope I did not disturb you. My […]

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Quranic reading and memorial service for Alex Mansaray on Saturday May 8

May 2, 2021 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Socialite and political activist, Mr. Alex Mansaray, who passed away on May 3, last year as a result of Covid-19, will be memorialized on Saturday May 8, 2021 as part […]

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  • From image cleansing to image crisis : Maada Bio is facing his biggest reputational test
  • “Dry Yai Koba Shame” Syndrome: Defending the Indefensible
  • Stop trying to use FGM as a tool to gain elusive power in Sierra Leone
  • Yes, I was part of the Sierra Leone UN delegation when we approved ban on FGM
  • Liberia bow to Sierra Leone in friendly international soccer match
  • Parliament is right; First Lady is wrong : There is no law against FGM in Sierra Leone
  • Rethinking the drug crisis in Sierra Leone : A call for responsible media and objective politics
  • They colonized the land. Now they’ve colonized the mind
  • The First Lady’s dilemma: Protecting her own but preaching to others
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