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President Koroma sanctions Abacha Traders’ move to Sewa Grounds

February 3, 2014 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By Titus Boye-Thompson : President Ernest Bai Koroma put his full weight and executive power behind Mayor Bode Gibson when on Sunday 2nd February 2014, he authorized resources to accelerate […]

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Full statement by UN Chief in Sierra Leone Jens Anders Toyberg-Frandzen to National Council of Paramount Chiefs

February 3, 2014 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Β  Β  FULL STATEMENT Jens Anders Toyberg-Frandzen, the United Nations Secretary-General’s Executive Representative and head of United Nations Integrated Peacebuilding Office in Sierra Leone (UNIPSIL) National Council of Paramount Chiefs […]

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UN Envoy: Constitutional Review Process Unique Opportunity for Voices of Sierra Leoneans to be Heard

February 3, 2014 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

PRESS RELEASE   (Kenema, 30 January 2014) – Over 100 Paramount Chiefs gathered from 28 to 30 January in Kenema to discuss the review of Sierra Leone’s 1991 constitution as […]

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ECOWAS AMBASSADORS MEET OVER GUINEA BISSAU CRISIS

February 3, 2014 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Β  Β  Β  Β  Β  Β  Β  Β  Β  Β  Β  Β  Β  Β  Β  Β  Β Β  ECOWAS Group of Ambassadors in Dakar- Senegal on the invitation of The Institute […]

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No Time For Maada Bio’s Madness

February 3, 2014 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By Mohamed Sankoh (One Drop) :Β  A letter, purportedly written by the Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP)’s failed 2012 presidential candidate, Julius Maada Bio, shows the thought-process of a confused […]

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SIERRA LEONE NURSES ASSOCIATION ANNIVERSARY DINNER AND DANCE

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Street Traders and State Power

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Street Traders and State Power Yusuf Bangura Department of Political Science Fourah Bay College, Freetown February 2014 There have been sporadic confrontations between state authorities and street traders over the […]

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