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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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  • As sand becomes more valuable, Sierra Leone’s Mahera Coast grows more vulnerable
  • THE FAILURE OF PRINCIPLES: WHY PRESIDENT JULIUS MAADA BIO’S LEADERSHIP DESERVES SERIOUS JUDGMENT
  • BREAKING NEWS: Supreme Court Strikes Out AG’s Motion
  • Lenses Behind Bars: A Prosecutor Becomes an Inmate
  • As Nigeria records first case, is Ebola spreading in Africa ?
  • British Guardian newspaper story : How Europe’s most wanted cocaine trafficker turned Sierra Leone into the world’s first true narco state
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By Kabs Kanu The ceremony was grand, auspicious and colorful. It was the induction into office last weekend of Madam Mary Metzger , who has been appointed Chief of Staff […]

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By Abdulai Mansaray It might have started long before Patrice Lumumba of the then Congo was betrayed and killed by the Belgians. Since then, the political history of Africa is […]

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Spectacular corruption in Sierra Leone : Still no satisfactory explanation from SLPP about 21 shiploads of rice donated by China

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The ruling SLPP Government has not given any satisfactory explanation about the 21 shiploads of rice donated to Sierra Leone by China. But reports are that the government has sold […]

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Maada Bio, wait until you have crossed the river before you cuss the crocodile

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By Kabs Kanu According to journalist, Mahmoud Tim Kargbo. President Maada Bio has talked   tough in Nairobi, Kenya,  against Sierra Leone’s development partners and stakeholders ( See report below ). […]

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