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Successful counter-coup ousts military leader in Burkina Faso

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

A group of soldiers announced on state TV that military leader Paul-Henri Damiba has been removed from office. The apparent mutiny followed a military coup in January that left the […]

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Opposition Leader Chericoco protests challenges in voter registration exercise and calls for extension

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

PERSISTENCE OF REGISTRATION CHALLENGES, EXTENSION OF THE REGISTRATION PERIOD, AND PUBLICATION OF DISAGGREGATED FIGURES On Saturday 10 September 2022, I released a public statement in which I acknowledged the efforts […]

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Maada Bio SLPP Government orders the arrest of Freetown Mayor

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

The Jealous First Lady Orders the Arrest of Freetown Mayor, Winner of Bloomberg’s $1M Prize By Abu Shaw  Jealousy and bad heart politics, the trademark of President Bio’s wicked SLPP […]

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Sierra Leone First Lady picks a fight with BBC Correspondent Umaru Fofanah for broadcasting her incendiary remark that husband has PH.D in making coups

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

For drama, Sierra Leone as a country never disappoints. There is always something, especially since the SLPP Government led by Maada Bio came to power in 2018. While addressing an […]

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WIMAGE releases Preliminary Report on the Kenya General Elections and sets up post-elections GAOW Project for the country

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

By KABS KANU , Public Relations Officer, WIMAGE. The  Washington DC USA-based international elections observer organization, Women In Monitoring & Auditing Global Elections (WIMAGE), one of the international elections observer […]

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What the UN Secretary General told the General Assembly : Our world is in big trouble

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

Secretary-General’s address to the General Assembly António Guterres   Mr. President of the General Assembly, Excellencies, Ladies and gentlemen, Our world is in big trouble. Divides are growing deeper. Inequalities […]

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Master-Sergeant Samuel Doe and the 1980 Liberia military coup : What lessons for ECOWAS, President Bio and African dictators , after 42 years ?

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

By KABS KANU Saturday April 12, 1980 was a day like no other in Africa. It was the day when soldiers stormed the Executive Mansion in Monrovia, assassinated President William […]

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Sierra Leoneans stage loud protest at UN and angry chants , boos and insults heaped at beseiged President Bio once again at New York

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

By Kabs Kanu A huge crowd of angry Sierra Leoneans — representing the People’s Power in Politics ( PPP), Sierra Leone Lives Matter and Concerned Sierra Leoneans –congregated at the […]

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Why Charles Taylor turned down the Commonwealth of Massachusetts clemency in 1998

September 21, 2022 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

THE PABULUM Why Charles G. Taylor Turned Down the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Clemency in 1998? President Taylor absconded Liberia in 1983, apparently, while being probed for the IEE Company 1m( […]

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Samura Kamara visits Pepito as APC gears towards sustainable peace

September 21, 2022 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

*AS THE APC PARTY GEARS TOWARDS SUSTAINABLE PEACE, SAMURA VISITS PETITO* Hon Ambassador Alimamy Petito Koroma, on Saturday 17th September played host to Dr Wilson Matthew Samura Kamara at his […]

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  • Yes, I was part of the Sierra Leone UN delegation when we approved ban on FGM
  • Liberia bow to Sierra Leone in friendly international soccer match
  • Parliament is right; First Lady is wrong : There is no law against FGM in Sierra Leone
  • Rethinking the drug crisis in Sierra Leone : A call for responsible media and objective politics
  • They colonized the land. Now they’ve colonized the mind
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