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Bollore’s Golden Heart CEO bids Farewell

January 26, 2022 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

The country manager of Bollore Transport and Logistics Sierra Leone Capt Fabjanko Kokan has on Thursday 20th January,2022 fade farewell to newspaper editors who had converged at the Freetown Terminal […]

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A SAFE MILITARY IS WHEN IT’S RAPE FREE**

January 24, 2022 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

A SAFE MILITARY IS WHEN IT’S RAPE FREE** The Criminal Justice System Must Support Victims of Sexual Violence In Accordance with National and International Obligations and Commitments Rape, also known […]

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Coup in Burkina Faso ?

January 24, 2022 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Burkina Faso: Coup d’état fears grow with President Kaboré’s location uncertain By Jeune AfriquePosted on Monday, 24 January 2022 09:13 Is a coup d’état underway in Burkina? Contradictory information is circulating […]

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Did President Bio abuse the presidential power of Prerogative of Mercy?

January 24, 2022 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Prerogative of mercy is a power constitutionally conferred and exercised exclusively by the President in the context of Sierra Leone and in any other republican state or the monarch in […]

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If the playing field is level and fair, and the APC up to their game, Alpha Khan will make no impact in Port Loko

January 24, 2022 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By Kabs Kanu It seems to some people that the Alpha Kanu defection to the ruling SLPP is a game-changer and that it has given the SLPP an upper hand […]

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Will Alpha Khan Make a Difference for the SLPP in Port Loko District?

January 24, 2022 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By Idrissa Salaam Conteh Will Alpha Khan Make a Difference for the SLPP in Port Loko District? President Bio’s appointment of Alpha Khan as Resident Minister North-West with a cabinet […]

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Sierra Leone: Evidence on corruption linking President Bio’s family missing in FY2020 Audit Report

January 24, 2022 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By Chernoh Alpha M. Bah, Matthew Anderson, and Mark Feldman Details on corruption and financial irregularities involving family members and business associates of Sierra Leone’s President Julius Maada Bio were […]

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Sierra Leone’s disaster in Cameroon : Let us stop celebrating mediocrity

January 24, 2022 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By Nicholas Godwin Let me start by saying that the Sierra Leone national team, Leone Stars, was given all the motivation any team would ask for…(Well any team from an […]

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That disappointing night in Cameroon for Sierra Leone: What lessons ?

January 24, 2022 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By Kabs Kanu The night that Equatorial Guinea dumped Sierra Leone out of the Africa Nations Cup, many Sierra Leoneans all over the world went to bed without eating their […]

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Better luck next time : When is next time ?

January 23, 2022 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By KABS KANU I started following the Sierra Leone national football team in the late 50s as a growing boy in Freetown . I remember our next door neighbor Pa […]

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  • 65th Independence anniversary : Echoes of a dark and ugly past ; Appeal to President Bio not to drag Sierra Leone into another war
  • 65 YEARS OF INDEPENDENCE have been Cruel luck for the people of Sierra Leone
  • Sixty-five years after independence, one painful truth remains: we, as a people, have failed Mama Salone.
  • Independence Anniversary : A reflection on the role of the SLPP in national unity, peace agreements and political responsibility
  • 65 years of Independence : Let us be honest for a second
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  • Built by Many, Broken by One: The Unraveling Story of the Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP).
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