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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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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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October 16, 2015 0

ANTI-CORRUPTION COMMISSION CATHEDRAL HOUSE 3 GLOUCESTER STREET FREETOWN SIERRA LEONE, WEST AFRICA TEL: 232-22 221468 FAX: 232-22 221900 16th October, 2015    PRESS RELEASE   ACC ARRESTS TOWN CHIEF IN BUMPE […]

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Musician Boss LAJ is still being held by the Sierra Leone Police, amidst public condemnation

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There is widespread public condemnation of the arrest , detention and cruel treatment by the Sierra Leone Police of popular rapper ,Alhaji Amadu Bah, popularly known as  Boss LAJ. According […]

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At Covenant Child, the men cooked and served the women to make them feel special on Mothers’ Day

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Mothers ‘Day  was most memorable and special at the Covenant Child World Ministries last Sunday. To make the women of the church feel special, the men delivered a surprise by […]

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New HOC for Saudi Arabia

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The bright evening of Friday, 19th February, 2016, was an enhancement of occasion and circumstance as the Sierra Leone Community in Riyadh turned up in numbers and in colourful attire […]

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To ensure peaceful run-off, President Kabbah meets SLPP, APC Presidential candidates : COMMUNIQUE ISSUED

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COMMUNIQUE OF A SPECIAL MEETING CONVENED BY HIS EXCELLENCY THE PRESIDENT ALHAJI DR AHMAD TEJAN KABBAH OF THE TWO MAIN POLITICAL PARTY LEADERS ON THE FORTHCOMING RUN-OFF ELECTIONS TO BE HELD ON SATURDAY THE 8TH […]

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