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Sierra Leone : A shameful country with a compromised opposition , media, civil society , judiciary, Parliament , religious council and intelligentsia

May 13, 2025 Kabs Kanu 0

By Kabs Kanu President Maada Bio and his wife, Fatima Bio , are getting away with everything in Sierra Leone. The couple and the  ruling Sierra Leone People’s Party ( […]

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Bio family scandals: Useless opposition and accountablity institutions hand foreign outlets the initiative to expose President and wife

May 13, 2025 Kabs Kanu 0

President Julius Maada Bio’s regime, unopposed by a weak and feeble opposition, unhindered by a compromised Anti-Corruption Commission, unchecked by a largely self-censored media, surrounded and propped up by sycophants […]

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VIDEO : How did Sierra Leone’s First Lady come about all this unexplained wealth ?

May 13, 2025 Kabs Kanu 0

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US’s Cut to UNFPA Funding Risks Lives of Women and Adolescent Girls

May 13, 2025 Kabs Kanu 0

US’s Cut to UNFPA Funding Risks Lives of Women and Adolescent Girls John Baimba Sesay As hope awakens with the first light of dawn, a woman’s life becomes the true […]

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VIDEO : Where did First Lady Fatima Bio get the money to buy and build all these estates and hotel in the Gambia ?

May 13, 2025 Kabs Kanu 0
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Tensions Rise at Sierra Leone–Guinea Border as Military Buildup Continues in Yenga

May 12, 2025 Kabs Kanu 0

By Franklyn Amoah Kemokai Tensions Rise at Sierra Leone–Guinea Border as Military Buildup Continues in Yenga Tensions are escalating along the border between Sierra Leone and Guinea over a disputed […]

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Inside the vulgar riches, deluxe estates and posh hotels of Fatima Bio- Sierra Leone’s First Lady , a former Nollywood film star who once lived in a London council flat

May 11, 2025 Kabs Kanu 0

   

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British newspaper reports explosive story of Maada and Fatima Bio’s grand scale corruption and posh estates and marquee hotels

May 11, 2025 Kabs Kanu 0

  Sierra Leone’s first lady rents a council flat in south London As 336,000 households wait for accommodation in the capital, Fatima Jabbe-Bio retains tenancy of her old home in […]

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Africa, and 50 shades of democracy to make Africa great again

May 10, 2025 Kabs Kanu 0

Africa and the Fifty Shades of Democracy to Make Africa Great Again. Donald Trump and Ibrahim Traore are two leaders who could be best described as “Strange Bedfellows”. Despite being […]

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Yenga : Brotherhood abandoned at the border

May 10, 2025 Kabs Kanu 0

Sierra Leone : The betrayal of Yenga By John Baimba Sesay I have written a few opinions on Yenga. But in January 2021, I wrote about why diplomacy should remain […]

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  • *WHAT POWER OUGHT TO KNOW ABOUT ITSELF*
  • Former Chief Justice Charles Francis Margai criticizes the handling of the JFK matter
  • JFK is free : Chief Justice accepts his apology and warns lawyers
  • When the headline outrages more than the allegations
  • All Eyes on the Supreme Court as Constitutional Amendment Case Resumes
  • *The Politics of Revenge: Must Sierra Leone Continue to Play Tit-for-Tat?*
  • Courtroom confrontation between Chief Justice and JFK : My personal reflection
  • *Dear Sierra Leonean-Trained Legal Practitioners: This Is Your Moment*
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PART 2 : PRESIDENT KOROMA’S CONTINUED CHAIRMANSHIP AFTER 2018 WILL BE A BLESSING TO THE APC

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John Baimba Sesay I have been following the debate in Parliament with great interest. Like many Sierra Leoneans, I spent almost the entire day on Tuesday and well into 2:00 […]

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By Kabs Kanu In a stunning departure from normal political custom and protocol where her office is expected to be neutral, First Lady of Sierra Leone, Mrs . Fatima Bio, […]

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