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President Bio creates new firestorm with controversial new Ministry and corrupt Finance Minister appointee

May 9, 2021 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

As if he is cursed not to ever do right, President Maada Bio created a new firestorm in the nation last week when he created a new cabinet ministry position […]

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Diversity, inclusion and unity celebrated at Sierra Leone’s 60th Independence Anniversary Flag-raising program in New Jersey

May 5, 2021 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By Kabs Kanu Sierra Leone’s 60th Independence Anniversary was a golden and auspicious occasion in New Jersey as Sierra Leoneans used the opportunity to celebrate diversity, inclusion and unity during […]

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The Meaning of 27 April 1898: Lessons From Our Collective Past(s)

May 4, 2021 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

The narrativization of our individual/collective past(s), what some would call history, has hardly ever rested on problematizing that past in the interest of national unity. Those who have written about […]

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INDEPENDENCE DAY BROADCAST TO THE NATION BY PRESIDENT JULIUS MAADA BIO, 27TH APRIL 2021

May 1, 2021 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Fellow Citizens: 1. Today, we commemorate sixty years of our country’s independence. We do so by reflecting on the vision, great sacrifice, and courage of those who led, those who […]

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Reflecting on 60 years of Sierra Leone’s Independence : Between quest for nationhood and dependency

April 26, 2021 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By Alhaji U. N’jai On April 27th, 2021, Sierra Leone as a nation turns 60. Celebrations across the country to mark Independence Day have become a usual tradition. There is […]

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Sierra Leone Human Rights Commission condemns police brutality at IPAM campus and demands action against Police

April 15, 2021 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

The Human Rights Commission of Sierra Leone (HRCSL) is concerned about the spontaneous violence that erupted on 12th April, 2021 between protesting students and the Sierra Leone Police (SLP) at […]

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Sierra Leone female student stripped naked as Police brutalize university students

April 15, 2021 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By Abu Shaw (14/04/2021) Police brutality, under the ruling SLPP government, reared its ugly head again against angry university students who protested in Freetown on Monday. Sierra Leone citizens have […]

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Human rights wahala: Kamarainba To Spend Independence Day And Ramadan In Prison.*

April 14, 2021 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Kamarainba To Spend Independence Day And Ramadan In Prison.* Mohamed Kamarainba Mansaray will perform his fasting during Ramadan in Prison. He will also spend 60th Independence Anniversary at the Pademba […]

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President Bio exposed again : Withdrew exorbitant U.S $270,000 from National Treasury for 5-day Japan trip

April 12, 2021 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0
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Undemocratic President Bio turns SLBC, the national broadcaster, into his personal property

April 8, 2021 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By KABS KANU SLBC has effectively been turned into a state-controlled and state- promoting media by this half-baked, lawless and Undemocratic President , Maada Bio, after all the laudable efforts […]

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*A quick quide on how $1,000,000 donated by the Chinese Government 🇨🇳 for the renovation of the Sierra Leone 🇸🇱 Permanent Mission to the UN in New York found its […]

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THE OSWALD HANCILES COLUMN Mayor/SLPP Versus Ignorance/Enlightenment I was bemused and amused after reading the March 31, 2021 “Press Statement” by the governing Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP), with the […]

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