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  • [ June 10, 2025 ] Opposition APC MPs Suspend Participation from all activities and Committees in Sierra Leone Parliament_* ACTION NEWS
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Sierra Leone To Get A Brand New Airport

December 13, 2012 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

 By Abu Bakarr Kamara : The Minister of Transport and Aviation, Vandi Chidi Minah Thursday, December 13, 2012 signed an agreement with the China Railway International Consortium  worth USD190,000,000 (one […]

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Statement By H.E. Ambassador Shekou Touray At The PBC Sierra Leone Configuration Briefing – 12 December 2012 SHARE THIS

December 13, 2012 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Statement by H.E. Ambassador Shekou Touray at the PBC Sierra Leone Configuration Briefing – 12 December 2012   Mr. Chairman; I thank you for conveying this briefing session for members […]

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DATELINE NEW YORK : The diary of a Sierra Leonean Diplomat : Wednesday December 12, 2012

December 13, 2012 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By KABS KANU : I  am very delighted today– and I am  sure most of my countrymen and women in Sierra Leone and the diaspora will also be –because at […]

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We Must Press Home The Momentum:No Time For Idleness, As Preparations For 2017 Should Start Now

December 12, 2012 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By Leeroy Wilfred Kabs-Kanu : The momentum will not, should not and must never die. We have fought the good fight and the Lord God has crowned our efforts with […]

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Former Njala University Dean Professor Magnus Cole Dies In The U.S.

December 12, 2012 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

      Professor Magnus J A Cole (in photo), a trailblazer who established a Science Curriculum Development Center at Njala University of Sierra Leone and revered by both faculty […]

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As Sierra Leone’s Democracy Matures, Diasporans Cry For Voting Rights

December 12, 2012 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By Ibrahim Sourie Mansaray :   Listening to Sierra Leone’s popular radio program ‘Monologue’ on Star Radio on Saturday, I was struck with sorrow about the pathetic story of a […]

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Meet Sierra Leone’s Lovely Award-Winning Actress Wendy Bangura

December 11, 2012 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

 She is moving fast up the ladder and has already pressed some coveted awards to her glorious bosom. Her name is Wendy Bangura and she is one of the most […]

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Bangura Rethinks U.N.’s Sex-Violence Patrol

December 11, 2012 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

The new U.N. point person on sexual violence in armed conflict doesn’t plan to do it on her own., a former health minister from Sierra Leone, is tapping governments to […]

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Truly Proud To Be A Committed Koromaist

December 11, 2012 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

 By Mohamed Sankoh (One Drop) :   When, about two years to the 2012 elections, I coined the phrase “Koromaism” to encapsulate President Ernest Bai Koroma’s “Agenda for Change” and referred, […]

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President Koroma’s APC Won An Outright Mandate To Govern: No Need For A Political Compromise

December 11, 2012 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

 By Solomon Sesay : A Rebuttal to Sorie Fofana’s article- A Need for a Political Compromise My focus for today’s editorial was on another topic until I read Sorie Fofana’s […]

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  • 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.
  • Sierra Leone Faces U.S. Travel Ban: Is Drug Trafficking the Hidden Factor ?
  • For APC to succeed and win the elections in 2028, the tribe must die
  • THE CREATION OF NEW DISTRICTS IS USELESS AND UNCALLED FOR
  • Divisive planning : A cabinet out of touch
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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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Big candlelight Vigil and Fundraiser for Tanker explosion disaster victims in New Jersey today

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BIG VIGIL AND FUND- RAISER IN NEW JERSEY TODAY FOR SIERRA LEONE TANKER EXPLOSION VICTIMS AND SURVIVORS By KABS KANU NEW JERSEY, a state that has always taken the proactive […]

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Ahead of the APC National Youth League Conference scheduled for 23rd, 24th and 25th March 2017 in Port Loko town, under the grand chief patronage of H.E the President , […]

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