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Another big loss to the nation : Professor Monty Jones is dead

April 30, 2024 Kabs Kanu 0

The groundbreaking  Professor Monty Jones, who did not only win world fame by being the first African to receive the prestigious 2004 World Food Prize for his development of New […]

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Human bones drug creates official emergency after grave robbing runs rampant

April 29, 2024 Kabs Kanu 0

By Matthew Flynn The government of Sierra Leone has declared a state of emergency due to a surge in illicit activity surrounding a drug known as kush. The human bones drug […]

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Sierra Leone: Deforestation ‘threatens’ water supply

April 29, 2024 Kabs Kanu 0

Isaac Mugabi A national park that provides clean water to Sierra Leone’s capital Freetown is under threat due to human activities, a UN report has said Sierra Leone’s capital, Freetown, […]

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As President Bio’s nephew arrested in Liberia for drug peddling, Sierra Leoneans concerned that their president’s family might be involved in international drug trafficking

April 29, 2024 Kabs Kanu 0

SIERRA LEONEANS IN LIBERIA RAISES CONCERNS OVER DRUG TRAFFICKING MONROVIA, LIBERIA – The Drugs Enforcement Agency (DEA) in Liberia has confirmed the arrest of two Sierra Leoneans on drug charges, […]

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U.S gives Sierra Leone President Maada Bio insurmountable mountains to climb

April 27, 2024 Kabs Kanu 0

U.S GIVES MAADA BIO INSURMOUNTABLE MOUNTAINS TO CLIMB By Kabs Kanu Final Millennium Challenge Corporation ( MCC) Compact  will not be approved by the United States , until substantial democratic […]

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Parallels between APC sugar ant sellout Alpha Khan and Squealer in Animal Farm

April 27, 2024 Kabs Kanu 0

By Almasak Drawing parallels between Squealer in “Animal Farm” and Alpha Khan in the SLPP government of Sierra Leone could highlight similarities in their roles as propagandists and manipulators of […]

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Maada Bio takes over as Energy Minister as Government begins arresting electricity crisis in Sierra Leone

April 26, 2024 Kabs Kanu 0

PRESIDENT MAADA BIO took over the Energy Ministry today, following a dramatic sequence of events, which included the resignation this morning of the substantive Minister, Alhaji Kanja Sesay. The electricity […]

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Sierra Leone’s electricity crisis worsens as Energy Minister resigns

April 26, 2024 Kabs Kanu 0

By Amadu Lamrana Bah Alhaji Ibrahim Kanja Sesay has resigned effective immediately as Sierra Leone’s Minister of Energy as the country’s electricity crisis continues. The reasons for his resignation haven’t […]

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Speaker Abass Bundu: The revolution eats its own

April 25, 2024 Kabs Kanu 0

PONDER MY THOUGHTS BY Andrew Keili SPEAKER ABASS BUNDU: THE REVOLUTION EATS ITS OWN Abass Chernor Bundu has been a member of the Paopa revolution since its inception. Whereas his […]

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Sierra Leone : A never -ending saga of struggle and stagnation

April 25, 2024 Kabs Kanu 2

Sierra Leone: A Never-Ending Saga of Struggle And Stagnation 23 April, 2024| Dr Doma In coming days, Sierra Leone marks yet another year of independence for which citizens are left […]

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  • Presidential immunity must not become a burial cloth for justice
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