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When Foday Sankoh’s Nephew Is Not Sankoh’s Nephew

November 15, 2016 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  By Mohamed Sankoh (One Drop) I have found out that one of the Achilles heels of the Sierra Leone’s People’s Party (SLPP), or the thing that will always irritate […]

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Climate Change and Global Disease Burden! Cancers topping the list

November 15, 2016 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  By Jonathan Abass Kamara Sierra Leone is to participate in the Health Environment and Climate Change Ministerial Meeting at the conference of the parties to the UN Framework Convention […]

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At AU Peace and Security Council Retreat, Ambassador Kamara calls for practical strategies to end conflicts in Africa

November 10, 2016 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

 The 9th Retreat of the African Union Peace and Security Council commenced on Monday 7th November, 2016 at the Mulungushi International Conference Centre in Lusaka, Zambia. The theme of the […]

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SACKED VICE PRESIDENT SAM SUMANA SHOT HIMSELF!

November 9, 2016 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  By Tony Bee-Conteh, Sydney, Australia   A handsome and young good  looking gentlemen man call Alhaji Sam Sumana shot himself in the foot (exiled himself for ever) without anybody […]

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Shandong Iron and Steel Group to pump $700 million in iron ore project in Sierra Leone

November 6, 2016 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By State House Communication Unit The Vice Chairman of China Iron and Steel Association, Hou Jun has said that USD$ 700 million will be utilized for the construction of processing […]

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President Koroma, beware of enemies of peace in Sierra Leone

November 2, 2016 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  By Tony Bee, Sydney, Australia   President Koroma, beware of enemies of peace, progress and development in the country. Such unpatriotic and unnationalistic Sierra Leoneans do not want to […]

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Sierra Leone’s tourism sector in perspective-minister speaks!

October 31, 2016 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

John Baimba Sesay- China Sierra Leone offers huge untapped touristic potentials, with high-end ecotourism experiences, added to the hundreds of kilometers of prime beaches. It thus has unique landscape, scenery […]

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NEW BOOK BY A SIERRA LEONEAN FEMALE STAR

October 29, 2016 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  The book “Tears, Trials and Triumphs” is a compelling, true life story of the effects of the Sierra Leone civil war relates the personal experiences suffered by Wendy Bangura […]

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OBITUARY : Mammy Binty Kargbo

October 26, 2016 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

The death is announced of Mammy Binty  Kargbo commonly known as Binty Nongoh,  formerly of 5 O’Neil Street Freetown. Age 92. She died in the USA.       She […]

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Foreign Minister Samura Kamara addresses Parliament for ratification of 5 conventions/protocols and charter of IOC

October 24, 2016 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

STATEMENT BY THE MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION, Dr SAMURA M W KAMARA,  TO PARLIAMENT FOR THE RATIFICATION OF FIVE CONVENTIONS/PROTOCOLS AND THE CHARTER OF THE ORGANISATION OF […]

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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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By Dauda Musa Bangura 23 September 2021 The events of the last few days have been very historic for one of Sierra Leone’s, and indeed, one of Africa’s oldest and […]

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By Umaru S. Jah, IA Germany :   Sierra Leone is a blessed country. A country blessed with multiple forms of natural resources.  If riches are only measured in terms […]

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The opposition All People’s Congress ( APC ) will hold  a very important news conference today Wednesday February 14 to brief party cadres, grassroots and supporters about the Tripartite Committee. […]

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 Titus Boye-Thompson Strategic Media & Development Communications Unit When some commentators reflect on the performance of the Sierra Leone Police Force, it is rarely accepted that such an institution would […]

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