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The Triumph of Party Loyalty Over Sierra Leone’s National Interest

January 9, 2007 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  By Mohamed A. Jalloh In his opinion piece entitled “The Significance of Debt Cancellation to the Socio – Economic Development of Sierra Leone,” John Mannah, who now tells us […]

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SA. LEONEAN PHYSICIAN FOUND SAFE IN FREETOWN

January 9, 2007 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

 United States -based Sierra Leonean-born cardiologist,  Dr. Henry Cole , had only  briefly lost contact with his loved ones in the United States, but his collegue , Dr, Elaine Elizabeth […]

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BELLVIEW ABANDONS PASSENGERS AT LUNGI

January 8, 2007 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  By Brima Jalloh   On Saturday 6th January 2007, Belllview flight bound for London decided to abandon over 30 or more of it’s passengers including women and children at […]

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SLPP BUNGLES DECENTRALIZATION POLICY

January 8, 2007 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

    The December 22nd, 2006, Press Release from the Office of the President regarding waste management in the City of Freetown, is at best another attempt at derailing Sierra […]

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SLPP MEMBERS DEFECT TO APC

January 8, 2007 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

 ALFRED ISHMEL SESAY RECEIVES HIS CARD FROM APC LEADER ERNEST KOROMA By Joseph Kamanda   Monday January 8, 2007   Barely six month away to the much- awaited Presidential and […]

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Sierra Leone’s Poverty Reduction Pillars are Crumpling

January 2, 2007 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  by Karamoh Kabba Sierra Leone’s progress report received a passing grade by the World Bank’s International Development Association (IDA) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) recently. The report stated, […]

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THE THREE MUSKETEERS : WHO IS WHO IN SIERRA LEONE 2007 ?

January 2, 2007 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

   By Wilfred Kabs-Kanu , Editor-In-Chief    When the old year rolls out and the world heralds the advent of a new year at midnight today, the same bells that […]

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THE DRAMA OF POLITICS PLAYING ITSELF OUT IN FREETOWN

December 30, 2006 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

THE DRAMA OF POLITICS PLAYING ITSELF OUT IN FREETOWN Observers of  developments in Sierra Leone say that the drama of .politics is playing itself in Freetown. As the General Elections […]

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TOP HINGA NORMAN SUPPORTER JOINS OPPOSITION PMDC

December 29, 2006 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

TOP HINGA NORMAN SUPPORTER JOINS OPPOSITION  PMDC  The political wind of defections and new declarations continue in Sierra Leone as the nation prepares for all-important Presidential and Legislative Elections next […]

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Charles Margai talks at Chatham House

December 7, 2006 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Charles Margai, Leader of the People’s Movement for Democratic Change, Sierra Leone Meeting Summary Chatham House, 7 December 2006 This summary is issued on the understanding that if any extract […]

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  • Freetown: Our Undivided Soul, Our Enduring Legacy
  • The Rising Menace of Scammers and Sextortionists in West Africa
  • The disaster of First Lady Fatima Bio’s involvement in the SLPP Lower Level elections in Kono
  • Ongoing divisions within the party would jeopardize its electoral prospects, Lansana Dumbuya warns APC
  • Juju, oaths and political control: Leaked audio exposes First Lady Fatima Bio
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  • Ambassador Amara Sowa admonishes citizens to work together to reverse the deteriorating situation in the country
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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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