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Abass Bundu apologizes to the nation for his corrupt compatriots in Sierra Leone’s Parliament

January 26, 2024 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  Honorable members of parliament from the SLPP who should be the representative of the people supporting an alleged corrupt clerk of Parliament and misuse of public office clerk paran. […]

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U.N envoy Linda Thomas -Greenfield stresses the importance of the inter -party tripartite dialogue and pending electoral reforms in Sierra Leone

January 26, 2024 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield U.S. Representative to the United Nations Freetown, Sierra Leone January 24, 2024 AS DELIVERED Good afternoon. I can’t tell you, Ambassador, how thrilled I am to be […]

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Moral Bankruptcy Contest: Speaker of Parliament Dr Abass Bundu Versus the Clerk of Parliament Paran Tarawallie

January 25, 2024 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By Mohamed Sankoh (26/01/2024) And for the purpose of determining the degree of moral bankruptcy and fiscal recklessness; the Speaker of Parliament will represent the head. I will have to […]

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Liberia ‘s new President Joseph Boakai should guard his steps against being drawn by the SLPP into their tribalistic politics in Sierra Leone

January 25, 2024 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  By Kabs Kanu As a part citizen of both the Republics of Liberia and Sierra Leone, I am advising the new President of Liberia, His Excellency Mr. Joseph Boakai, […]

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U.S Government to fund electoral reforms in Sierra Leone , but where is the civil society it wants to work through to engage citizens ? ?

January 24, 2024 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

The United States Representative to the United Nations, Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield has announced today in Freetown that the U.S. government through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) will […]

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4, 000 mine workers and families face grim future in Sierra Leone, as Sierra Rutile to suspend operations

January 24, 2024 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By KABS KANU It is going to be grim for over 4, 000 mine workers and their families in Sierra Leone, as the SIERRA RUTILE MINING COMPANY ceases operations . […]

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50 World Bank -funded buses to help ease chronic transportation problems in Freetown

January 23, 2024 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0
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New Liberian President suffers heatstroke during inauguration ceremony

January 23, 2024 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0
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Defining week coming for Sierra Leone, as America’s UN Ambassador comes to reinforce U.S. commitment to democracy, regional peace and inclusive governance

January 23, 2024 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Though it appears like a significantly scaled down delegation, the United States is sending its United Nations Ambassador, Her Excellency Linda Thomas – Greenfield , to Freetown this week to […]

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Recalling a very difficult era in Sierra Leone Journalism

January 22, 2024 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

THIS WAS A VERY DIFFICULT ERA IN SIERRA LEONE JOURNALISM By Kabs Kanu Thanks to another Peace Corps , Peter Andersen of the famous and pace-setting Sierra Leone Web, a […]

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  • UPDATE!!! Uneasy Calm Returns to Central Freetown After Ojeh-Linked Tensions
  • Guinea expands illegal occupation of Yenga, opens fire on residents and forces everybody to flee
  • True Independence and Freedom can only exist in doing what is right
  • Video : Sierra Leone gains Independence from Britain and the 1961 Royal Visit
  • Reflections on Sierra Leone’s 64th Independence Anniversary : A nation still in waiting
  • There will never be world peace until imperialism is dead : Hands off Ibrahim Traore
  • Sierra Leone’s 64th Independence Anniversary Poem by Nicholas Godwin
  • Sierra Leone at 64 : A nation at the crossroads of reflection and regret
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Call on Coalition of Political Parties to probe process of ongoing National Civil Registration

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Democracy By Machete in Sierra Leone….Assistant Superintendent of Police Slashed By SLPP Supporters

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By  Abu Bakarr Kargbo on Sep 4, 2007, 02:37 It would be recalled that the first rounds of the 1996 Presidential and Parliamentary elections were marred by violence. Voters in […]

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Palo Conteh appears in court on treason charge

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By KABS KANU The former Minister of Defence in the past All People’s Congress ( APC }  Government , Retired Major Palo Conteh,  today appeared before the Freetown Magistrate Court, […]

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NGC founder Kandeh Yumkella warns why coups now rearing ugly heads once again in Africa

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For Peace and Stability, Human Rights Matter Hon. Kandeh K. Yumkella The growing trend of unconstitutional and illegal overthrow of governments by the military in West Africa can be stopped […]

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