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  • [ May 1, 2025 ] Guinea expands illegal occupation of Yenga, opens fire on residents and forces everybody to flee ACTION NEWS
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  • [ April 29, 2025 ] Video : Sierra Leone gains Independence from Britain and the 1961 Royal Visit ACTION NEWS
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Public perception: jail terms given LAJ’s family were wrongful convictions

June 30, 2022 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Public perception: jail terms given LAJ’s family were wrongful convictions June 30, 2022  The state of fundamental human rights are becoming very critical and frightening in Sierra Leone by the […]

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Secret behind prevalence of blackouts in Freetown exposed : Maada Bio SLPP Government owes electricity powership

June 30, 2022 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

The secret behind the frequent blackouts in Freetown that have made the city the darkest capital in the world as it was during the Ahmad Tejan Kabbah era has been […]

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APC beat SLPP in 4 of 6 bye-elections last weekend and have majority seats in Parliament once again

June 30, 2022 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

The opposition All People’s Congress ( APC )  is once more the majority political party in the Sierra Leone Parliament . They defeated the ruling Sierra Leone People’s Party ( […]

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Parliament approves seven nominees for government jobs by President Bio

June 28, 2022 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

PARLIAMENT APPROVES SEVEN PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEES The Parliament of Sierra Leone has on Tuesday 28/06/2022, unanimously approved The Second Report of the Committee on Appointment and Public Service, Chaired by Hon. […]

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United Nations Assistant Secretary General and Deputy Executive Director Asa Regner to visit Sierra Leone

June 28, 2022 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

UN ASG & UN Women Deputy Executive Director, Asa Regner to visit Sierra Leone   UN Women wish to announce the visit of Assistant Secretary-General of the United Nations and […]

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Just pulling the specks from the APC’s eyes

June 28, 2022 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Just Pulling The Specks From The APC’s Eyes By Mohamed Sankoh (One Drop) Every time I think about what is, at present, happening within and outside the All People’s Congress […]

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Freetown streets empty as gas shortage deepens–With another price increase anticipated

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

This is Circular Road in Freetown. It is virtually empty as gas shortage deepens in the country while another steep increase in the price of fuel products is anticipated.

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Proposed voter registration requirements may exclude thousands of eligible voters

June 27, 2022 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0
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U. S Embassy observes Constituency 056 elections

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

  *U.S. Embassy Observes Constituency 056 By-Elections* Free and fair elections are the foundation of every democracy. U.S. Embassy Freetown sent teams of election observers to Tonkolili for the June […]

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Kandeh Yumkella ‘s wife, Philomena, passes away

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

Dear colleague NGCians, the news of the passing away of our Sister, Philomena Yumkella is now sinking in. The family has now given us clearance to announce it as a […]

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  • Government and Koidu Holdings in stalemate over workers’ better wages and good working conditions
  • UPDATE!!! Uneasy Calm Returns to Central Freetown After Ojeh-Linked Tensions
  • Guinea expands illegal occupation of Yenga, opens fire on residents and forces everybody to flee
  • True Independence and Freedom can only exist in doing what is right
  • Video : Sierra Leone gains Independence from Britain and the 1961 Royal Visit
  • Reflections on Sierra Leone’s 64th Independence Anniversary : A nation still in waiting
  • There will never be world peace until imperialism is dead : Hands off Ibrahim Traore
  • Sierra Leone’s 64th Independence Anniversary Poem by Nicholas Godwin
  • Sierra Leone at 64 : A nation at the crossroads of reflection and regret
  • 64 years after Sierra Leone’s Independence : Sierra Leone’s ongoing struggles and the road to renewal
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  • Phebean Samura: Watch and see what will happen soon. Sierra Leone will be a Democratic country very soon. FORGET ABOUT 2028. WE…
  • 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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Government and Koidu Holdings in stalemate over workers’ better wages and good working conditions

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UPDATE!!! Uneasy Calm Returns to Central Freetown After Ojeh-Linked Tensions

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Urgent Appeal for Security Intervention We are urgently calling on the Central Police Division to intervene in a violent situation unfolding in the Horton Street and Frederick Street area of […]

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The Challenge of Ethnicity and Conflict in Post-War Liberia

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 By Joseph S. Sherman, Washington, DC  Thursday October 6, 2005  Liberia was long characterized by its division into two basic societies.  One was composed of the settlers of the freed slaves, who […]

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GAVI, WORLD BANK, GLOBAL FUND, AND CO ISSUE ANOTHER REPORT CARD ON THE HEALTH MINISTRY

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 By Jonathan Kamara– Many would recall that the name Ministry of Health and Sanitation was synonymous to corruption, and embezzlement of donor’s tax payers’ money. The last straw that breaks […]

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President Koroma addresses Networking Dinner at the Hague

April 4, 2014 0

Courtesies I bring you all greetings from Sierra Leone, a country very committed to sustaining the fact that it now has the second fastest growing economy in the world. I come […]

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Now it is time for Sierra Leone to turn attention to value added sectors like Fisheries

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With iron ore prices still tumbling down development partners are encouraging the Government of Sierra Leone to now focus on value addition sectors such as fisheries and agriculture which have […]

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EBOLA OUTBREAK UPDATES—October 8, 2014

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  EBOLA OUTBREAK UPDATES—October 8, 2014   DISCHARGED CASES   Total Survived and Released Patients  =  538   NEW CASES   New Confirmed cases  = 93 out of 209 samples […]

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