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Sierra Leone at 61 : A nation of many woes

April 27, 2022 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By Cornelius Oguntola Melvin Deveaux: At 61 years of independence, Sierra Leone is a nation of many woes; compatriots would agree it has all the hallmarks of a failed state. […]

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My Thoughts (Sierra Leone Independence Day Celebration)

April 27, 2022 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

My Thoughts (Sierra Leone Independence Day Celebration) April 27, 2022 – As we prepare for the Independence Day holiday, I want to send my good wishes to Sierra Leoneans, recharge […]

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Sierra Leone at 61: Nothing to celebrate : More poverty, suffering, bad governance , anger and frustration

April 27, 2022 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

When Sierra Leone gained Independence in 1961 from Britain, the excitement, expectations and hope for a better future were indescribable . Sierra Leone danced and jubilated all over the country. […]

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Sir Milton Margai’s speech on Independence Day, April 27, 1961

April 27, 2022 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Sir Milton Margai’s speech on Independence Day, April 27, 1961 This message was delivered on Thursday April 27, 1961  by Sierra Leone’s first Prime Minister Sir Milton Margai Men, women […]

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INDEPENDENCE ANNIVERSARY : CELEBRATING HELL WITH NO END IN SIGHT

April 27, 2022 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

CELEBRATING HELL. WITH NO END IN SIGHT 04–27- 2022 Ibrahim T Jalloh Sixty one years ago today, Sierra Leone gained independence from Britain and that was in 1961. The expectations […]

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Independence Anniversary Message : UN Resident Representative calls for inclusive politics in Sierra Leone

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

  On the occasion of the 61st anniversary of the independence of Sierra Leone attained on April 27, 1961, as Resident Coordinator and on behalf of the United Nations Country […]

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AYV TV protest arrest of Sierra Leone Teachers Solidarity leader on their premises

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

Ayv Sierra Leone 3m  ·  AYV is drawing the attention of the Sierra Leone Association of Journalists, the Independent Media Commission and the entire security sector especially the Sierra Leone Police […]

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Why U.S economic support for Sierra Leone continues, despite President Bio’s horrendous human rights abuses, bad governance and widespread corruption

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

By KABS KANU Sierra Leoneans at home and abroad,  who read the recent damaging U.S State Department Human Rights and Country Report on Sierra Leone, which accused the President Maada […]

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Sierra Leone Teachers go on Strike , rubbishing Bio’s 2018 ‘Free Quality Education’ Flagship

April 25, 2022 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Sierra Leone Teachers on Strike as They Rubbish Bio’s 2018 ‘Free Quality Education’ Flagship By Abu Shaw  The Sierra Leone teachers, the most disrespected professionals in the country today, have […]

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HISTORICAL : Kwame Nkrumah’s vintage address to the new Ghanaian nation and the world on March 6, 1957

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

Sixty-five years ago on March 6, Ghana became the first country in Africa to gain independence from colonial rule. With other members of the Big Six at the old Polo […]

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  • An idiot’s guide to winning an election
  • The Crumbling House: APC’s Internal Chaos and the Systematic Marginalization of Political Pluralism in Sierra Leone
  • For corruption : Sierra Leone suspended from all IMF programs
  • Sierra Leone will defend herself to the last against Guinea, if necessary– Interior Minister
  • Taking the Mining discourse to another level:  Patriotism Must Be Grounded in Reality:
  • Big losses for Sierra Leone media: Accident claims lives of SLBC camera journalist and female intern
  • The Battle for Hearts and Minds Descends into The Abyss of Moral Politic, Witch-hunt and Gas lighting
  • The Voice Returns: Christiana Kamara Stuns Sierra Leone in Her Triumphant Return with Bormeh.
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  • Catherine Higgins: Remarkable how journalists can write about APC and what not... but you never seem to have the spine to demand…
  • Amadu M. Kamara: Comment no. 2 above continues thusly: if the firebrand do seriously intend indeed to show their numerical strength versus the…

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  Media Coordinator in the office of the Government Spokesman of Sierra Leone, Mr. Abdulai Bayraytay has reiterated President Ernest Bai Koroma’s Commitment to fully abide by the 1991 Constitution […]

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It is unbelievable that today (November 15, 2016) marks exactly one year in office of my administration. You will agree with me that when my administration assumed the leadership of […]

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