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Discharge of last Ebola Patient: the countdown begins in earnest

August 24, 2015 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  By Jarrah Kawusu-Konte As implementation of Post Ebola recovery programmes gathers momentum, government is set to begin the countdown towards a resilient zero on Tuesday 25th August. Mateneh Ebola […]

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Grand plan by SLRTC for 100 buses to benefit suffering commuters

August 21, 2015 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By Vidal Bultman, We Yone : The Deputy General Manager Sierra Leone Road Transport Corporation (SLRTC), Foday Lansana Suma(FLS) in a press conference held recently in their conference room at […]

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GANG RAPE AND MURDER IN SIERRA LEONE : A Statement by Mrs Zainab Hawa Bangura.

August 21, 2015 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  The civil war in Sierra Leone during which we witnessed so much abuse and violence against women, ended almost 13 years ago. At the end of the war, the […]

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Agenda For Prosperity still at work : Newly-completed Signal Hill Road

August 17, 2015 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

President Ernest Bai Koroma continues his very impressive socio-economic and political development of Sierra Leone , despite the challenges posed to the nation by Ebola.     The Opposition thought […]

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SLPP in-fighting gets more violent, as armed thugs attack John Benjamin’s residence

August 16, 2015 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

A group of men armed with cutlasses, knives, and sticks last Friday night attacked the residence of  former Sierra Leone People’s Party ( SLPP ) Chairman and prospective presidential candidate […]

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IMC Commissioner Bags Best Child Friendly Award

August 14, 2015 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By Abdul R. Bedor Kamara One of the Commissioners of the Independent Media Commission (IMC), Alhaji Dauda Musa Bangura on Tuesday 11th August, 2015 received an award from the Sierra […]

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Frank Kargbo mocks Charles Margai

August 12, 2015 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Recently, Lawyer Charles Margai wrote the Government, through the Attorney General, Hon. Frank Kargbo, complaining that President Ernest Koroma does not have the power to extend the State of Health […]

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Victor Foh says social media should not be used to destroy Sierra Leone

August 5, 2015 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  By M.B Jalloh, Press Attaché, Saudi Arabia Sierra Leone’s Vice President has said in the Egyptian Capital, Cairo that Sierra Leoneans should avoid using the social media against their […]

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CDC Director optimistic about Sierra Leone

August 3, 2015 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By Jarrah Kawusu-Konte : Dr. Tom Frieden, Director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), has said during a courtesy call on President Ernest Bai Koroma at […]

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Congratulating Patriotic Vanguard @ 10

August 1, 2015 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

I have this firm belief/feeling that, ten years of professional reporting, critical analyses on global issues and, of information gathering and dissemination by Patriotic Vanguard online newspaper could best be […]

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THE DAY LIBERIA CHANGED: THE APRIL 14, 1979 RICE RIOTS

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THE DAY LIBERIA CHANGED: THE APRIL 14, 1979 RICE RIOTS By St Clarence D. Avery, MBA | Author | Army Veteran Before the morning of April 12, 1980, there was […]

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SLAM GLOBAL : Our non- partisan Organization is here to amplify the concerns and welfare of the Sierra Leonean people

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By Kabs Kanu The Chairman of the Sierra Leone Advocacy Movement ( SLAM ) – Global, Dr. Alfred Veenod Fullah has declared that the purpose of the organization is to […]

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United Nations calls for peaceful dialogue and respect for rights of citizens to hold peaceful protests in Sierra Leone

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Comment By UN High Commissioner For Human Rights Michelle Bachelet On Protest Deaths In Sierra Leone Friday, 12 August 2022, 6:18 am Press Release: UN High Commissioner for Human Rights […]

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No reform without accountability

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No Reform Without Accountability By Basita Michael, Esq The recent launch of the Justice Sector and Reform Strategy 2024-2030 by His Excellency the President marks yet another ambitious effort to […]

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APC grapples with new issues over Sam Sumana’s Eligibility to be flagbearer

September 12, 2025 0

By Chernor Bah The All People’s Congress (APC), Sierra Leone’s main opposition party, is grappling with internal tensions over the eligibility of former Vice President Dr. Alhaji Samuel Sidique Sam-Sumana […]

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Dr. Kaifala Marah presents 2016 budget in parliament

November 10, 2015 0

  Freetown, November 7 (SLENA) – The Appropriation Act, 2016, being an Act to authorize expenditure from the Consolidated Fund for the services of Sierra Leone for the year 2016 […]

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At ‘very enlightening’ Town meeting, New Jerseyans hear good news about Government efforts to continue transforming Sierra Leone

May 18, 2015 0

By KABS KANU The Ebola outbreak in May last year,  which took Sierra Leone by surprise as it did too to Liberia and Guinea, wreaked incalculable damage to the economy […]

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