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[ February 8, 2025 ] KALANGBA ECHO : Cocaine saga : Scapegoating, lies and denials ACTION NEWS
[ February 8, 2025 ] Attorney General and Minister of Justice calls for unity at Sierra Leone Bar ACTION NEWS
[ February 8, 2025 ] Supreme Court rules against SLPP minister that private citizens cannot be forcibly removed from their lands ACTION NEWS
[ February 8, 2025 ] Sierra Leoneans !!! Where has our national pride gone ? ACTION NEWS
[ February 7, 2025 ] A future without USAID : A crisis or an opportunity ? ACTION NEWS

Human rights organization’s observation on the alleged Sierra Leone Prison break attempt

April 30, 2020 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

APC expresses concern about safety of its members under custody of the Sierra Leone Police

April 30, 2020 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

30th April 2020 The All People’s Congress notes with grave concern developments that took place yesterday at the Pademba Road Maximum Security Male Correctional Centre that led to the […]

Germany stops aid to Sierra Leone for human rights abuses, corruption and bad governance

April 29, 2020 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Germany has terminated aid to Sierra Leone and a number of countries because of human rights abuses, corruption and bad governance, according to a report in the German newspaper, Frankfurter Allgemeine […]

Panic in Freetown as riot breaks out at Pademba Road Prisons

April 29, 2020 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Prisoners inside Sierra Leone’s central Pademba Road Prison were on riot earlier Wednesday. Some of the prison facilities were set ablaze by the inmates over alleged too much #COVID19 restrictions. Gunshots […]

SIERRA LEONE AT 59: SAME OLD, SAME OLD

April 28, 2020 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

PONDER MY THOUGHTS BY Andrew Keili SIERRA LEONE AT 59: SAME OLD, SAME OLD! Happy 59th birthday to this “land that we love”. President Bio put a hold on […]

Sierra Leone Ambassador With ‘Boundless Energy’ Dies of COVID-19 in New Jersey : NBC News

April 21, 2020 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Sierra Leone Ambassador Foday Mansaray, a representative of the International Human Rights Commission, is among the latest victims who died due to COVID-19 complications. Published April 20, 2020 • Updated 26 mins […]

As Democracy is Quarantined, should we be Vaccinated Against Politics?

April 6, 2020 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

No present-day living specimen, organism or specimen may have ever experienced what the world is witnessing these days; thanks to the pandemic Corona Virus. It goes without saying that pandemics […]

Mob justice prescribed by First Lady begins in Sierra Leone as soldiers brutalize ace journalist

April 2, 2020 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Popular Sierra Leonean investigative journalist Fayia Amara Fayia was mercilessly beaten by military personnel in Kenema today and is now on a wheelchair after his was released from a military […]

Drama in Sierra Leone, as Major Parlor Conteh arrested , days after President Bio solicited his help to stop Coronavirus from entering country

March 20, 2020 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

In Sierra Leone, there is no end to political drama. Just four days after he was called upon by President Maada Bio to help his government stop the corinavirus from […]

State House is a cesspool of corruption : Maada Bio gave his wife over $1 million from Consolidated Fund for launching program of HANDS OFF OUR GIRLS Campaign

March 17, 2020 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By Chernoh Alpha M. Bah, Matthew Anderson & Mark Feldman In the first two articles of our Sierra Leone investigation series, we highlighted the existing disparities in the national salary […]

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Diplomatic Community in Addis Ababa observes A Minute of Silence prayers for the victims of flooding and mudslides in Sierra Leone

August 18, 2017 0

The Diplomatic Community in Addis Ababa on Wednesday 16th August, 2017 observed A Minute of Silence prayers in observance for the victims of the flooding and mudslides in some parts […]

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‘All We See Is Dead Bodies’: Sierra Leone Floods and Mudslides Ravage Freetown

August 15, 2017 0

NEW YORK TIMES COVERAGE OF SIERRA LEONE DISASTER By JAIME YAYA BARRY August 14, 2017 Mudslides and flooding caused by heavy rain killed scores of people in Freetown, the capital of Sierra Leone. […]

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President Bio resurfaces in Kenya

July 17, 2019 0

After a week of anxiety in the nation over his whereabouts, President Maada Bio has resurfaced in Kenya. See story in other pages .

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V-P leads high-power Sierra Leone delegation to Saudi Arabia

August 13, 2012 0

Posted by Cocorioko Newspaper on August 13, 2012 V-P leads high-power Sierra Leone delegation to Saudi Arabia By Alhaji Jalloh : V.P Sumana Leads Nine-Man Delegation to Saudi Arabia Politics Written by […]

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Sierra Leone’s Information Minister Mohamed Swaray urges OIC member states to work together to counter Disinformation

October 27, 2022 0

*Sierra Leone Minister of Information And Communications Addresses 12TH Session Of OIC, Urges Member States To Work Together To Counter Disinformation* *Istanbul, Turkey, Saturday 22nd October 2022 -* Sierra Leone […]

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