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OPPONG’S PRESIDENCY: A RECURRING STATE FAILURE?

September 12, 2005 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  By Joseph S. Sherman, Washington, DC   Since the military coup of April 12, 1980 and the establishment of a military regime by Samuel K. Doe, the Liberian state started weakening politically and […]

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Mrs. Johnson -Sirleaf is favorite to win , but her critics are very busy

September 10, 2005 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  Saturday September 10, 2005 Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf’s past association with coup plotters and rebel leader Charles Taylor have continued to haunt her in her quest to become the first  elected […]

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AMBASSADOR LEIGH’S PICTURE RESONATED BEYOND BORDERS OF SIERRA LEONE

September 7, 2005 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  Wednesday  September 7, 2005 Even in the agony of defeat, one of Sierra Leone’s most eloquent and  outspoken  men, former Amnassador John Ernest Leigh, made a stirring and powerful […]

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SLPP Convention fall outs continue : Banda-Thomas, Toesman, J.B Dauda ousted in surprising cabinet reshuffle

September 6, 2005 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

 Tuesday September 6, 2005 John Oponjo Benjamin , a one-time Chairman of the National Unity Party ( NUP ) , has been nominated as Sierra Leone’s new Minister of Finance […]

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Ernest Koroma extends the olive branch to dissident elements of the APC

September 5, 2005 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  Tuesday September 5, 2005 By Soriba Kalokoh reporting from Port Loko Precisely at 3: 45am Sunday morning, Hon. Ernest Bai Koroma was proclaimed the new Presidential candidate for the […]

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KABBAH ENTRUSTED MUCH CONFIDENCE IN ME TO BE HIS SUCCESSOR—V-P BEREWA

September 5, 2005 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  Tuesday September 5,2005 Tamba Borbor reports The National Delegates  Conference of the Sierra Leone Peoples Party (SLPP) started Saturday 3rd September at the Makeni Teachers College Conference Hall. Delegates were seen jostling […]

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SLPP GIANTS IN TITANIC BATTLE SUNDAY FOR PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATION : WHO WILL WIN ?

September 3, 2005 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  Saturday September 3, 2005 After months of fractitious wranglings and maneuvres , the SLPP battle for the Presidential nomination goes down to the wire on Sunday when the party’s […]

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SLPP sleep-walking into abysmal darkness

September 2, 2005 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

PRESIDENT TEJAN KABBAH SLPP SLEEP WALKING INTO ABYSMAL DARKNESSFriday September 2, 2005  By JOKO LAHAI Up till Monday 15 August 2005, the whole nation and every Sierra Leonean in the […]

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SLPP risks more lawsuits, as….PENDULUM SWINGS IN FAVOUR OF BEREWA ?

September 1, 2005 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  SOLOMON BEREWA Thursday September 1, 2005 Sierra Leonean political experts at home and abroad have expressed apprehension about the possibility of more law suits against the strife-torn ruling SLPP […]

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THE SLPP IS A DISGRACE TO THE POLITICAL HISTORY OF SIERRA LEONE

August 31, 2005 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  Wednesday August 31, 2005 First_Name: Lawrence Last_Name: Sandi Email_Address: lawlawde80@yahoo.com Address: 17 Rector Road City: Mattapan State: MA Zip_Code: 02126 Comments: So for the past week or so, i […]

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  • Crisis in Parliament : Neutrality undermined or opposition rebrand ?
  • Sierra Leoneans thumb down creation of new districts and dividing of Freetown
  • WHY FORGIVENESS MUST BE PART OF SIERRA LEONE’S POLITICAL FUTURE
  • Freetown Doesn’t Need a New “City” – It Needs Accountability and Inclusion
  • Karpowership says it is willing to work with government to stave off looming big electricity blackout crisis
  • Sierra Leone about to be plunged into total darkness as Karpowership decides to cut off electricity because of SLPP Government’s failure to pay debt
  • Fugitive Bank Governor Kelfala Kallon to be arrested if he insists on being paid in dollars : Trapped by his own regulation
  • Opposition APC MPs Suspend Participation from all activities and Committees in Sierra Leone Parliament_*
  • The silence of Bio-led SLPP Government on U.S visa ban is very dangerous—MP says
  • In A War Of Egos, The Loser Always Wins.
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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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The government’s decision to create new districts—without clear legal backing, public consultation, or economic justification—appears politically driven and constitutionally questionable. It threatens: • Domestic democratic stability, • Economic sustainability, and […]

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Sierra Leoneans respond to the latest mudslide disaster in Freetown : Dr. Julius Spencer suggests how to mitigate the recurring calamity

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Former Information and Communications Minister and now  strategic adviser on public health information to the interim national coordinator of the COVID-19 response, Dr. Julius Spencer , is one of many […]

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11 annoying practices Africans must abandon in order to conquer the world

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BY FARIDA DAWKINS, at 11:00 am, August 29, 2018, OP South Africa…Quartz Africa When we hear derogatory comments about beloved Africa, our first reaction may be to get defensive. After all, Africa is a […]

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As opposition APC fiddles while Sierra Leone is burning, bold actions needed to stop SLPP from stealing another election

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By Kabs Kanu The opposition All People’s Congress ( APC ) is fiddling while Sierra Leone is burning. The party is neither functioning as an ideal opposition nor is it […]

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President Koroma mourns with the Kabbah family

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 By JARRAH KAWUSU-KONTE : President Dr Ernest Bai Koroma has visited the family of the former President Alhaji Dr Ahmad Tejan Kabbah to pay condolences for his passing away. The […]

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