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APC penetrates SLPP stronghold ; Wins 31% of the votes as ADP too takes 13%, leaving SLPP with a troubling 56 % pyrrhic victory

May 29, 2017 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

If the bye-elections results in Segbwema, the birth place of the Sierra Leone People’s Party’s most powerful operative, John Oponjo Benjamin , is anything to go by ( And why […]

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Sierra Leone’s Expenditure Rationalization Program that many people misconstrued had no negative impact on the people : Government Spokesman elucidates in New Jersey

May 29, 2017 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

The Outreach Coordinator and the Spokesman of the Sierra Leone Government, Mr. Agibu Tejan-Jalloh , said in New Jersey last week that the Expenditure Rationalization Program launched last year , […]

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Communique of C-10 Malabo Consultative Summit

May 28, 2017 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Determined that the historic injustice to Africa is urgently addressed and the continent given the full representation it deserves at both categories ( Permanent and Non-Permanent ) of the United […]

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Women’s Forum Secretary General heads to High Level African Women Leaders Meeting in New York*

May 28, 2017 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Mrs. Gladys Hastings Spaine, the elected Secretary-General of the *WOMEN’S FORUM* of Sierra Leone is today flying out of Sierra Leone to attend the “High-Level Women Leaders Forum for Africa’s […]

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Youngest Editor off to World Bank Sponsored International Workshop

May 28, 2017 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By Abu Bakarr I. Kamara May 26, 2017, 17:04   25 years old Abdul Malik Bangura, the youngest newspaper editor in West Africa who edits Sierra Leone’s most widely read […]

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Sierra Leone: Heightening Our Engagements through Economic Diplomacy

May 28, 2017 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

John Baimba Sesay- CHINA The world, writes Jean-Robert Leguey-Feilleux in ‘The Dynamics of Diplomacy,’ has undergone spectacular alteration. “Some traditional forms of diplomacy”, the writer believes, “are losing their prominence. […]

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Connecting Sierra Leone to the rest of the world : Aviation Minister closes in on Turkish Airlines

May 25, 2017 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  In his quest for the world to meet the beautiful diamond of West Africa, Sierra Leone’s Minister of Transport and Aviation, Mr Leonard Balogun Koroma appears to be marching […]

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Big reception to herald Africa Day Celebrations in New York : Sierra Leone to attend

May 25, 2017 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  Today is AFRICA DAY, the annual commemoration of the founding of the Organization of African Unity (OAU)—- now the African Union ( AU ) . In a statement marking […]

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PICTURE OF THE DAY

May 25, 2017 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

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Women of Faith 2017 to host Rev. Victoria Beecham ( UK )

May 25, 2017 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

The Women of the Grace Christian Fellowship Ministries of Old Bridge, New Jersey,  under the leadership of the chairlady of the Women’s Ministry. Joyce Tower,  along with the Host Pastor, […]

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Tribute To Solomon Berewa By Sorie Fofana I first met Solomon Berewa in 1996 when he was serving as the de facto spokesman for the SLPP Presidential candidate, Ahmad Tejan […]

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At UN Sustainable Energy Forum : Statement by Professor Monty Jones , Head of the Sierra Leone delegation

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Excellencies, First, I would like to commend the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon for the SE4ALL initiative. Let me also acknowledge the strong leadership embodied by the members of the SE4ALL […]

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BIG SELL-OUT BY NGC, AS THIRD FORCE PARTY ALIGNS WITH RULING SLPP ?

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The political atmosphere in Sierra Leone is becoming more and more predictable, demonstrating  how much and why Sierra Leoneans do not trust their politicians. The NGC  came out this evening […]

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Inspector General William Fayia Sellu’s intimidation tactics threaten press freedom in Sierra Leone

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*Inspector General Fayia Sellu’s Intimidation Tactics Threaten Press Freedom* *By Mackie M. Jalloh* The Sierra Leone Association of Journalists (SLAJ) has raised alarm over an unsettling incident involving journalist Thomas […]

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