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When power leaves you: The story of treachery, trickery, deceit, cruelty and criminality

August 30, 2025 Kabs Kanu 0

Justice at last: The Nancy Doe story By Dagbayonoh Kiah Nyanfore II, USA The recent decision of the ECOWAS Court in the case of “Nancy Doe vs The Republic of […]

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Guinean troops deny ECOWAS and Sa. Leone fact- finding team entry into Yenga

August 30, 2025 Kabs Kanu 0

  A 12 member ECOWAS team is currently in Sierra Leone for a fact-finding mission about the disputed border village of Yenga and will visit there for a firsthand view. […]

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Reminiscence : Dan Diddo, the storm and the vibrant college journalism at FBC in the 1970s

August 27, 2025 Kabs Kanu 0

DAN DIDDO AND THE STORMY FBC JOURNALISM OF THE 1970s By Kabs Kanu The Warden of Students, Dan Decker ( Dan Diddo) , was a very interesting individual. He used […]

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President Trump, do not take your eyes off Sierra Leone: The president there is threatening to plunge the whole region back to war

August 27, 2025 Kabs Kanu 0

PRESIDENT TRUMP, SIERRA LEONE’S PRESIDENT MAADA BIO IS WORKING TOWARDS BRINGING CHAOS BACK TO THE COUNTRY AND WEST AFTICA . WE NEED SERIOUS U. S OVERSIGHT TO PREVENT ANOTHER HUMANITARIAN […]

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The scam of Youth Empowerment under Maada Bio : A brutal reality check

August 27, 2025 Kabs Kanu 0

The Scam of Youth Empowerment Under Bio: A Brutal Reality Check The announcement of a “landmark” MoU between Sierra Leone’s Ministry of Youth Affairs (MOYA) and UNDP is being paraded […]

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Democracy cannot be bargained away by sharing power

August 27, 2025 Kabs Kanu 0

Democracy Cannot Be Bargained Away by Sharing Power Pa Baimba Sesay In recent times, the idea of “power sharing” has resurfaced in Sierra Leone’s political discourse, promoted as a way […]

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Political machines and the triumph of a united minority over a divided majority

August 27, 2025 Kabs Kanu 0

Political Machines Triumph When a United Minority Act Against a Divided Majority. As the Fatima Bio and the SLPP “Coco Roas” saga rumbles on, social media has been unrelenting with […]

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Behind the facade : Wealth, poverty and the loss of empathy in Sierra Leone

August 27, 2025 Kabs Kanu 0

“Behind the Facade: Wealth, Poverty, and the Loss of Empathy in Sierra Leone” (Part 19 of the Radical Inclusion Series) By: Dr. Columba Michael Joe Blango (21/08/2025) I have spent […]

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Beyond the rhetoric : Fact checking President Bio’s 2025 State Opening Address

August 27, 2025 Kabs Kanu 0

BEYOND THE RHETORIC: FACT CHECKING PRESIDENT BIO’S 2025 STATE OPENING ADDRESS By Mahmud Tim Kargbo Monday, 25 August 2025 President Julius Maada Bio entered Parliament in August with the cadence […]

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Maada Bio ; why , why, why, Mr. President ?

August 27, 2025 Kabs Kanu 0

MR. PRESIDENT, WHY? On 7th August 2025, Sierra Leoneans witnessed yet another disappointing moment as President Bio delivered his State Opening Address one that many now describe as detached from […]

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Sierra Leone’s Envoy to China on Saturday 18th June, 2016, joined hundreds of guests from across the world in witnessing an International Cultural festival in Beijing, China’s capital.   Du […]

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Sierra Leone ‘s Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Dr. Samura Kamara, will  be in New York to represent  Sierra Leone at this week’s Climate Change Conference at the […]

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