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FLASHBACK : Is Sierra Leone’s Bio Going After Corruption, or His Adversaries?

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

FLASHBACK : Is Sierra Leone’s Bio Going After Corruption, or His Adversaries? Jamie Hitchen Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2018   In late October, a corruption inquiry into the activities of Sierra Leone’s […]

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Illegal & Overfishing by Chinese Trawlers Leave Local Fishermen ‘Starving’

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

Illegal & Overfishing by Chinese Trawlers Leave Local Fishermen ‘Starving’   Traders at Tombo market descaling fish. Photograph: Peter Yeung By Peter Yeung in Tombo As illegal industrial-scale fishing by foreign fleets […]

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Alpha Kanu to be kicked out of the APC, if he dares campaign for the SLPP –Ambassador Osman Yansaneh

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

Renegade party member Alpha Sahid Kanu has been sternly warned by Secretary General , Osman Foday Yansaneh, that he will be kicked out of the All People’s Congress ( APC […]

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Democracy sliding downhill at dangerous pace in Sierra Leone as SLPP Government detains another opposition leader

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

While one opposition leader, Alliance Democratic Party ( ADP) Chairman Mohamed Kamarainba Mansaray is fighting for his life in capitivity by the regime, the undemocratic and human rights-abusing Sierra Leone […]

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Former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, who visited Sierra Leone during war, passes away

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

U.S. Embassy Freetown, Sierra Leone  Yesterday, we heard the sad news that Madeleine Albright, the first woman to serve as the U.S. Secretary of State, passed away at the age […]

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Leone Stars have new technical officer and captain

March 24, 2022 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0
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Ernest Koroma decries re-emergence of coups and deterioration of peace and democracy in West Africa

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

Abuja, Nigeria – Wednesday, 23rd March, 2022. Former President Ernest Bai Koroma has urged West African leaders, policy makers, civil society, and diplomats to accelerate ongoing efforts in stemming the […]

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Very sick Kamarainba transferred from Pademba Road Prisons to Military Hospital, and is being denied visitors

March 22, 2022 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Just  as feared by human rights and political activists who have been clamoring for his release from detention at Pademba Road Prisons, Alliance Democratic Party ( ADP ) leader Mohamed […]

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All because of second term ambitions, Maada Bio ditches brag to make Sierra Leone self- sufficient in rice production

March 22, 2022 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  Yankuba Kai-Samba Writing from Chelmsford UK A YEAR LEFT TO ELECTIONS IN SIERRA LEONE, PRESIDENT BIO HAS SIGNED 1 BILLION DOLLARS DEAL WITH VIETNAM TO SUPPLY RICE TO SIERRA […]

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SLPP officials responsible for massive embezzlement in 2020 Audit Report still walking free, as Anti- Corruption Commissioner fails to keep his promise to prosecute them

March 22, 2022 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  By Kabs Kanu When the 2020 Audit Report on the Office of the President and ministries, departments and agencies ( MDAs ) in the SLPP government was released in […]

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  • “Lives will be lost”: How the U.K.’s aid cuts may affect parts of Africa
  • WE ARE BACK IN BUSINESS : THANKS FOR YOUR PATIENCE
  • Solar street light project in Lunsar illuminates the city
  • Why does Ghana’s democracy hold steady in a turbulent democratic landscape?
  • Prospects for democratic resilience in Africa during uncertain times
  • Trump praises Bio’s name, but what’s in it for supporters to celebrate ?
  • Sierra Leone : No excuse for a weak, ill-trained and ill-equipped Armed Forces
  • WHEN WILL SLPP EVER CARE FOR SIERRA LEONE ?
  • Report on the ‘State of African Governance’ paints mixed picture for continent’s political outlook
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The unraveling of the opposition Sierra Leone People’s Party ( SLPP )  continues and now it is the veteran politician,  Old Man Sama Banya , who once supported former presidential […]

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    Karamoh Kabba Former Sierra Leone Ambassador to the United States, Hon. John Ernest Leigh has no moral authority to shower such plaudits on Vice President Solomon Berewa:   “I support […]

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