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SLPP officials cannot afford to damage our relations with our international development partners

August 22, 2023 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Lately, I’ve noticed that the language of our government officials when addressing development partners isn’t diplomatic. The descriptions push on them are demeaning and have the tendency to strain our […]

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Arata’s death sends a chilling message to Paopa thugs : If you live by the gun, you will die by the gun

August 22, 2023 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

‼️🚨‼️🚨‼️🚨‼️🚨‼️🚨‼️🚨‼️🚨‼️🚨‼️🚨‼️🚨 *Arata’s Death Sends a Chilling Message to PAOPA Thugs* *21/08/2023* I want to start this off by condemning the mobbing of Arata to death. That said, the purpose of […]

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Should the whole of Africa support the coups in the Sahel?

August 22, 2023 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By Abdulai Mansaray As controversial as the question in the title might sound, Africa and especially its generations need to wrap their heads round this question. In the face of […]

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Is ECOWAS poised to attack Niger or they are just threatening ? THE LATEST

August 22, 2023 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

*IS* *ECOWAS* *POISED* *TO* **ATTACK** *NIGER* ? *OR* * *THEY* *JUST* *THREATENING* ? *THE* *LATEST* *IS* *COUP* *LEADERS* *HAVE* *ANNOUNCED* *A* *THREE* *YEAR* *TRANSITIONAL* *TIME-LINE* BY Umaru Kande Independent political […]

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Why Bola Tinubu wants to take West Africa to war in Niger

August 22, 2023 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

We received some intelligence last week but refused to share it because it was too heavy. Now that Bola Tinubu has declared war on Niger through ECOWAS, we think it’s […]

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Shameful trend in Sierra Leone : No credible instititions left in country

August 22, 2023 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

*The sturboness of few people has been dragging the entire nation to serious set backs.* Following the trend of things currently happening in Sierra Leone before, during and after the […]

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Maada Bio and SLPP : Bastardizing democracy in Sierra Leone

August 22, 2023 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

BASTARDISING DEMOCRACY!! President Julius Maada Bio knows very well that an aggressive tax policy is counterproductive to national growth. Taxation by itself does not develop a country. it never raises […]

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Striking the balance : Democracy, Coup d’etat and the African quest for stability

August 22, 2023 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

*Striking the Balance: Democracy, Coup d’Etat, and the African Quest for Stability* By: Abubakarr Benson Executive Director, Centre for Youth Participation in Democracy (CYPaD) Date: 20 August, 2023 In the […]

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A look at history in Sierra Leone: How Political mistakes have been costly to the SLPP and the APC

August 22, 2023 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By Mahmoud Jalloh This was how it happened, according to history: In 1967, Sierra Leone went to the polls to elect a new Prime Minister. The two major candidates were […]

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As citizens dissatisfied with elections result, Maada Bio ‘s false mandate could lead to uncertainty and instability in Sierra Leone

August 22, 2023 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By Karim Bah Democracy goes far beyond elections. But elections are fundamental in the democratization of a country. Unlike the US, we the citizens of Salone do not recognize Maada […]

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  • Mediocre flagbearer will not unsit a ruling government
  • 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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  • Former Chief Justice Charles Francis Margai criticizes the handling of the JFK matter
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Ambassador Isatu Timbo inducts into office Mary Metzger as newly appointed Chief of Staff

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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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Gabon soldiers stage coup and arrest President after he is declared winner of another phoney African election

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LIBREVILLE, Gabon (AP) — Mutinous soldiers claimed to have seized power in Gabon on Wednesday and put the president under house arrest, hours after he was declared the winner in […]

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31 Sierra Leonean media officials/ journalists head for China

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By John Baimba Sesay A total of thirty-(31) media officials and journalists from Sierra Leone are slated to arrive in Beijing, China’s capital, on Thursday, 6th July,2017, for a three […]

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Information Minister Apha Kanu says today’s Diaspora Town Meeting in DC was a landmark event

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Posted by Cocorioko Newspaper on September 17, 2013 :  By KABS KANU  AND PASCO TEMPLE :  Sierra Leone’s Minister of Information and Communications, Hon. Alpha Kanu,  said this afternoon that today’s Town […]

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