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Brima Bangura ( BB) , another APC foot soldier in New Jersey, dies

October 31, 2013 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

 By KABS KANU : Residents of New Jersey awoke to more grief and sorrow yesterday morning when it was announced that another staunch member of the ruling All People’s Congress […]

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Life is so unpredictable : Look at Late BB at Dauda Bangura’s funeral in February

October 31, 2013 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By KABS KANU Life is really unpredictable: Mr. Brima Bangura , popularly known as BB, of Somerset, New Jersey , died on Tuesday morning at his home at Highland Park, […]

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SIERRA LEONEANS: TOXIC WORDS : A TIME BOMB WAITING TO EXPLODE

October 29, 2013 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By Syl Juxon-Smith : IS IT FRUSTRATION OR DESPERATION DRIVING THE NATION OR DELIBERATE WILFUL INSULTS AND ACTIONS THAT CAN POTENTIALLY BACKFIRE AND EXPLODE….!   WE USE TO BE A […]

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President Ernest Koroma returns home

October 29, 2013 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By Jarrah Kawusu-Konte President Ernest Bai Koroma has returned home after a week long trip overseas to provide spousal support for his amiable wife, First Lady Madam Sia Nyama Koroma […]

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AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL JOINT PRESS RELEASE : Sierra Leone: New law promotes transparency — Long-Awaited Information Act Could Spur Greater Government Openness

October 29, 2013 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL JOINT PRESS RELEASE 29 October 2013 Sierra Leone: New law promotes transparency Long-Awaited Information Act Could Spur Greater Government Openness  The Sierra Leone parliament’s passage of a freedom […]

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Parliament Enacts Freedom of Information Act

October 29, 2013 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By KWAME YANKSON   Freetown, 29th October, 2013- The Sierra Leone Parliament today enacted into law, the Right to Access Information Act, 2013 otherwise known as, the “Freedom of Information […]

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WHATEVER THEY MAY SAY, PRESIDENT KOROMA REMAINS THE BEST HEAD OF STATE SIERRA LEONE HAS HAD SINCE INDEPENDENCE

October 26, 2013 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

BY KABS KANU : One thing about our people. In fact, two things. One, we forget easily. Two, there is that despicable spirit of unthankfulness in many of us. We […]

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What is wrong if Sierra Leone’s authorities move to enforce libel laws to curb irresponsible and reckless journalism ?

October 26, 2013 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Posted by Cocorioko Newspaper on October 25, 20130 Comment By KABS KANU : Because they had been left to do what they please by a media-tolerant President and government, the media in […]

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Britain seeks ways to work together with President Koroma for the implementation of the Agenda for Prosperity.

October 21, 2013 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

   FREETOWN: President Ernest Bai Koroma received the British Minister for Africa, Mr. Mark Simmonds (in photo) at State House in Freetown, during a courtesy call. President Koroma thanked the […]

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Alimamy Pepito Koroma and Munda Rogers fired

October 19, 2013 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

The Minister of Works, Housing and Infrastructure, Hon. Alimamy Petito Koroma and the Director General of the Sierra Leone Roads Authority, Munda Rogers have been relieved of their posts with […]

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  • Crisis in Parliament : Neutrality undermined or opposition rebrand ?
  • Sierra Leoneans thumb down creation of new districts and dividing of Freetown
  • WHY FORGIVENESS MUST BE PART OF SIERRA LEONE’S POLITICAL FUTURE
  • Freetown Doesn’t Need a New “City” – It Needs Accountability and Inclusion
  • Karpowership says it is willing to work with government to stave off looming big electricity blackout crisis
  • Sierra Leone about to be plunged into total darkness as Karpowership decides to cut off electricity because of SLPP Government’s failure to pay debt
  • Fugitive Bank Governor Kelfala Kallon to be arrested if he insists on being paid in dollars : Trapped by his own regulation
  • Opposition APC MPs Suspend Participation from all activities and Committees in Sierra Leone Parliament_*
  • The silence of Bio-led SLPP Government on U.S visa ban is very dangerous—MP says
  • In A War Of Egos, The Loser Always Wins.
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  • Phebean Samura: Watch and see what will happen soon. Sierra Leone will be a Democratic country very soon. FORGET ABOUT 2028. WE…
  • Catherine Higgins: Remarkable how journalists can write about APC and what not... but you never seem to have the spine to demand…
  • Amadu M. Kamara: Comment no. 2 above continues thusly: if the firebrand do seriously intend indeed to show their numerical strength versus the…

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The government’s decision to create new districts—without clear legal backing, public consultation, or economic justification—appears politically driven and constitutionally questionable. It threatens: • Domestic democratic stability, • Economic sustainability, and […]

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Ebola’s stunning return to Liberia stresses need for continued vigilance

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1 July 2015 – The World Health Organization (WHO) today reported that Ebola had resurfaced in Liberia after a teenager who died earlier this week tested positive for the disease […]

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UNICEF/HFAC organize 260 social mobilization teams on motorbikes to take Ebola sensitization to the streets

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    Freetown, 14 August 2014 – UNICEF and the Health for All Coalition (HFAC) have embarked on a week-long street-to-street campaign in every district capital in the country. In […]

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Truth and Reconciliation Commission : Some submissions

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Appendix 2, Part 3: Submissions 119 Cambridge Gardens Kingston-Upon-Thames Surrey KTl 3NP United Kingdom 10 February 2003 Email: l.kanu@btopenworld.com The Truth and Reconciliation Commission Block A Brookfields Hotel Freetown Sierra […]

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