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In rural Sierra Leone, Fatmata’s kids won’t be eating tonight

October 31, 2022 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

In rural Sierra Leone, Fatmata’s kids won’t be eating tonight As hunger reaches unprecedented levels in the West African country, school feeding is a lifeline for one woman raising a […]

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Guinean junta leader Mamady Doumbuya knows better than to interfere in Sierra Leone’s internal affairs

October 31, 2022 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By KABS KANU Sierra Leoneans, their country sitting on a tinderbox and many people  fearing that it will explode if next year’s elections are rigged by the unpopular regime of […]

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Bio, Doumbuya promise to strengthen ties between Sierra Leone and Guinea

October 31, 2022 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

The leader of Guinea’s ruling junta, Colonel Mamady Doumbouya, was greeted in Freetown during a visit to neighbouring Sierra Leone. Doumbouya was met by Sierra Leone’s president, Julius Maada Bio, and promised to strengthen the […]

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Law unambiguously defines the life span of a constituency

October 31, 2022 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

*Law unambiguously defines the life span of a constituency* By Cornelius Oguntola Melvin Deveaux I write to be at the table of the public discourse on the pronouncement from the […]

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Sierra Leone’s Information Minister Mohamed Swaray urges OIC member states to work together to counter Disinformation

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

*Sierra Leone Minister of Information And Communications Addresses 12TH Session Of OIC, Urges Member States To Work Together To Counter Disinformation* *Istanbul, Turkey, Saturday 22nd October 2022 -* Sierra Leone […]

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Hunger and anger are now shrouding Sierra Leone

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

Hunger And Anger Are Now Shrouding Sierra Leone By Mohamed Sankoh (One Drop) I came to know of the American author, Mark Twain, through the abridged version of his celebrated […]

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APC will also resist any criminal attempt by President Bio to use unconstitutional Proportional Representation for 2023 elections

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

  PARLIAMENT BUILDING OAU DRIVE, TOWER HILL FREETOWN E-mail: majubah.parl@gmail.com Monday, 24th October, 2022 Press Release The Conditions for PR System DO NOT Exist as per the Sierra Leone Constitution. […]

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NGC to contest government decision to use Proportional Representation for 2023 elections

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

DR. DENNIS BRIGHT STATEMENT BY THE NATIONAL GRAND COALITION ON THE DECISION TO USE PROPORTIONAL REPRESENTATION SYSTEM IN THE MULTI-TIER ELECTIONS, JUNE 24TH 2023 Posted on October 25, 2022 by sierraleonenews NATIONAL GRAND […]

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A Peace Corps worker killed a woman in Africa. The U. S helped him escape prosecution

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

Tricia L. Nadolny, Donovan Slack, Nick Penzenstadler and Kizito Makoye –  Oct. 23, 2022, update: USA TODAY originally published this investigation in December 2021. It was available to read for […]

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‘New Direction’ is Taking Us Nowhere – A Serious Indictment of the Failed President Bio’s Regime

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

‘New Direction’ is Taking Us Nowhere – A Serious Indictment of the Failed President Bio’s Regime By Mohamed Sankoh (20/10/2022) The ruling SLPP regime said that it would steer Sierra Leone […]

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  • Stop trying to use FGM as a tool to gain elusive power in Sierra Leone
  • 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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That mischievous letter that was circulated in the Sierra Leone army and which prompted Monday’s emergency press conference by military and Police chiefs in Freetown should not be taken lightly. […]

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