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Sierra Leone: President’s Office takes steps to stop publication of Africanist Press articles critical of Bio’s regime

May 11, 2022 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Sierra Leone: President’s Office takes steps to stop publication of Africanist Press articles critical of Bio’s regime   By Chernoh Alpha M. Bah, Matthew Anderson, and Mark Feldman  Leaked correspondence […]

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CELEBRATING* FREEDOM OF THE PRESS WHERE IT DOES NOT EXIST!

May 11, 2022 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By John Leigh The usual democratic Freedom of Speech & Freedom of the Press rights that were effective in the Western Area from 1792 to circa 1970 — the Glory […]

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*Sierra Leone’s President Julius Maada Bio Publicly Launches Country’s Bid for a Seat on United Nations Security Council*

May 10, 2022 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

*Sierra Leone’s President Julius Maada Bio Publicly Presents Promotional Items, Launches Country’s Bid for a Seat on United Nations Security Council* *_State House, Freetown, Monday 9 May 2022 –_* His […]

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Baba Ogun says : Reconciliation imperative before APC holds lower level elections

May 10, 2022 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By Cornelius Deveaux The ruling of Justice Adrian Fisher in the matter between Alfred Peter Conteh versus Ernest Bai Koroma, Osman Foday Yansaneh, All Peoples Congress, and the Political Parties […]

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APC imbroglio : Who is the common enemy ?

May 7, 2022 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Cornelius Oguntola Melvin Deveaux The ruling of Justice Adrian Fisher in the matter between Alfred Peter Conteh versus Ernest Bai Koroma, Osman Foday Yansaneh, All Peoples Congress, and the Political […]

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The saga of Maada Bio, a ruthless dictator misruling Sierra Leone from the fringes of lunacy

May 7, 2022 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By KABS KANU On the day Maada Bio was pitchforked to the highest echelon of political power in the war-scarred nation in 2018, the sun stopped smiling on Sierra Leone. […]

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No Freedom after Free Speech in Sierra Leone : Bio exchanges 1965 Public Order Act ( Part 5) with more deadly cybercrime Law

May 7, 2022 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

No Freedom after Free Speech in Sierra Leone   By Mohamed Sankoh (One Drop)   By expunging Part Five of the Public Order Act 1965 and bringing the Cybercrime Act […]

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Four years of hardship for the poor man in Sierra Leone : NGC Newsletter exposes the facts

May 7, 2022 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0
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Presidential Investigative Task Force discovers causes of the Wellington Fire Disaster of 5th November 2021

May 7, 2022 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY OF THE REPORT OF THE INVESTIGATION INTO THE WELLINGTON FIRE DISASTER OF 5TH NOVEMBER 2021   PRODUCED BY THE PRESIDENTIAL TASK FORCE IN MARCH 2021   The Wellington […]

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Kemoh Sesay’s arrest and incarceration : Another politically-motivated witch hunt by the SLPP

May 7, 2022 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Opposition Politician Charged, Refused Bail, Sent to Prison for Criticising the Failed Bio By Abu Shaw in London (06/05/2022) A classical example of a politically motivated witch-hunt by the failed […]

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