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FLASHBACK : Is Sierra Leone’s Bio Going After Corruption, or His Adversaries?

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

FLASHBACK : Is Sierra Leone’s Bio Going After Corruption, or His Adversaries? Jamie Hitchen Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2018   In late October, a corruption inquiry into the activities of Sierra Leone’s […]

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Illegal & Overfishing by Chinese Trawlers Leave Local Fishermen ‘Starving’

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

Illegal & Overfishing by Chinese Trawlers Leave Local Fishermen ‘Starving’   Traders at Tombo market descaling fish. Photograph: Peter Yeung By Peter Yeung in Tombo As illegal industrial-scale fishing by foreign fleets […]

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Alpha Kanu to be kicked out of the APC, if he dares campaign for the SLPP –Ambassador Osman Yansaneh

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

Renegade party member Alpha Sahid Kanu has been sternly warned by Secretary General , Osman Foday Yansaneh, that he will be kicked out of the All People’s Congress ( APC […]

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Democracy sliding downhill at dangerous pace in Sierra Leone as SLPP Government detains another opposition leader

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

While one opposition leader, Alliance Democratic Party ( ADP) Chairman Mohamed Kamarainba Mansaray is fighting for his life in capitivity by the regime, the undemocratic and human rights-abusing Sierra Leone […]

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Former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, who visited Sierra Leone during war, passes away

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

U.S. Embassy Freetown, Sierra Leone  Yesterday, we heard the sad news that Madeleine Albright, the first woman to serve as the U.S. Secretary of State, passed away at the age […]

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Leone Stars have new technical officer and captain

March 24, 2022 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0
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Ernest Koroma decries re-emergence of coups and deterioration of peace and democracy in West Africa

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

Abuja, Nigeria – Wednesday, 23rd March, 2022. Former President Ernest Bai Koroma has urged West African leaders, policy makers, civil society, and diplomats to accelerate ongoing efforts in stemming the […]

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Very sick Kamarainba transferred from Pademba Road Prisons to Military Hospital, and is being denied visitors

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

Just  as feared by human rights and political activists who have been clamoring for his release from detention at Pademba Road Prisons, Alliance Democratic Party ( ADP ) leader Mohamed […]

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All because of second term ambitions, Maada Bio ditches brag to make Sierra Leone self- sufficient in rice production

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

  Yankuba Kai-Samba Writing from Chelmsford UK A YEAR LEFT TO ELECTIONS IN SIERRA LEONE, PRESIDENT BIO HAS SIGNED 1 BILLION DOLLARS DEAL WITH VIETNAM TO SUPPLY RICE TO SIERRA […]

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SLPP officials responsible for massive embezzlement in 2020 Audit Report still walking free, as Anti- Corruption Commissioner fails to keep his promise to prosecute them

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

  By Kabs Kanu When the 2020 Audit Report on the Office of the President and ministries, departments and agencies ( MDAs ) in the SLPP government was released in […]

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  • THE BAR, THE BENCH AND THE TEST OF JUSTICE
  • Chief Justice Kamanda’s action on JFK could deepen political tensions and threaten Sierra Leone’s national security
  • WHEN JUSTICE BECOMES A POLITICAL WEAPON
  • More drama in Sierra Leone as Chief Justice orders the arrest of former Justice Minister JFK for yesterday’s tense exchanges at the Supreme Court
  • Another big political drama in Sierra Leone as APC and Supreme Court clash over disputed Constitutional Amendment Bill
  • When development finance becomes a leverage
  • The constitution must not be a casualty of political convenience
  • THE SLPP’S CONSTITUTIONAL TEST
  • WHEN POWER MEETS THE CONSTITUTION: SIERRA LEONE IS WATCHING
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