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Is SLPP playing games to delay and abort the Tripartite Cross-Party dialogue ?

December 18, 2023 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

The Chief Minister, Dr. Moinina Sengeh is shamelessly playing the SLPP script just as everybody suspected. Sierra Leoneans suspected that government troops broke into the Pademba Road Prisons and freed […]

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Even the head of the army Gen. Lavahun said it was not a coup attempt : Why did Maada Bio and SLPP change tune ?

December 18, 2023 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Lieutenant General Peter Kakowou Lavahun , the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) of the Republic Sierra Leone Armed Forces (RSLAF),  said that the November 26, 2023 incident in Sierra Leone […]

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Tripartite Dialogue fails to begin as opposition APC blames SLPP

December 16, 2023 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

PRESIDENT MAADA BIO : NOT SERIOUS ABOUT THE CROSS-PARTY TRIPARTITE DIALOGUE ? The much-awaited Tripartite Cross-Party Committee dialogue and Elections Review that the international community is depending on to break […]

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Who freed the prisoners and why ? Gaffe by Dr. Sengeh lets the cat out of the bag

December 16, 2023 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By Kabs Kanu Fears that the ruling SLPP Government orchestrated the attack on Pademba Road Prisons to free inmates and provide future excuse for the government’s failure to account for […]

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President Bio’s SLPP government on a wild rampage to abort the tripartite peace dialogue

December 15, 2023 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By Kabs Kanu The Government of President Maada Bio has gone berserk as if on a sinister mission to abort something. First, the questionable abortive military coup –which the public […]

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Concerns arise for safety of former President Ernest Koroma

December 15, 2023 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Following the enforcement of an array of restrictions regarding visitations to former President Ernest Bai Koroma, all security personnel previously attached to him were recalled yesterday, Thursday 14th. The new […]

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Ernest Koroma defended : International organization accuses Maada Bio of witch hunt in Sierra Leone

December 15, 2023 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  BRENTHURST FOUNDATION STANDS WITH FORMER PRESIDENT By Andul Bero Kamara ( Chief)   The Brenthurst Foundation is a think-tank body with its headquarters based in South Africa and was […]

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U.S. Congress members threaten to withhold $ 500 million Compact money if President Bio does not shape up, in another big rebuff for the MCC

December 15, 2023 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

U.S CONGRESS TAKES ON MC The Millennium Challenge Corporation ( MCC ) went on to re- -select Sierra Leone for the $500 million grant , despite concerns seem to be […]

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Deceitful Information Minister Chernoh Bah skips the fine prints of MCC announcement and sends SLPP supporters into premature jubilation

December 15, 2023 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

SLPP’S DECEITFUL INFORMATION MINISTER SKIPS THE FINE PRINTS OF MCC PRESS RELEASE ONCE AGAIN AND SENDS PARTY SUPPORTERS INTO PREMATURE JUBILATION. By Kabs Kanu Sierra Leone has been reselected for […]

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Lifting the veil: Unravelling the unceremonious departure on leave of the Chief Justice

December 15, 2023 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

A shadow descended over Sierra Leone’s justice system on December 7th, 2023, with the revelation that Chief Justice Desmond Babatunde Edwards (Photo above) had “taken leave.” This announcement, delivered through a letter […]

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  • *Dear Sierra Leonean-Trained Legal Practitioners: This Is Your Moment*
  • 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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