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World Bank commends President Koroma at signing of Third Governance and Growth Credit

December 3, 2009 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Sierra Leone’s President Ernest Bai Koroma was highly commended yesterday  December 3, 2009 by a World Bank official during the signing ceremony for the World Bank Development Financing Agreement for Sierra […]

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Minister Plenipotentiary appeals for aid to children of Sierra Leone

November 24, 2009 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  The Van Fossen Theatre at Bloomfield College, Bloomfield in New Jersey was last Sunday  the scene of emotional appeals for help to aid the children of Sierra Leone during […]

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Pictorial : UN General Assembly 2009

October 10, 2009 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

001jpg   Permanent Representative Shekou Touray meets a guest at his office 006    Permanent Representative Shekou Toure meets Mr. I.M. Conteh Deputy Ambassador of the Sa. Leone Embassy in Washington DC […]

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The Diary of a Sierra Leonean Diplomat

October 2, 2009 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By KABS KANU — Ask any New Yorker or anybody who comes to the Big Apple to work or do business. The end of the 64th Session of the United […]

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PICTORIAL : President Ernest Koroma unveils his government’s achievements to Sierra Leone UN staff in New York

October 1, 2009 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

One of President Ernest Koroma’s engagements while he was in New York last week  to attend the 64th Session of the United Nations General Assembly  was a meeting with staff of […]

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APC North America in Deep Chaos

September 30, 2009 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Brima M. Turay – Arizona, USA   When the APC North America branch stood firmly and fought vigorously alongside the party leadership before and after the 2007 presidential and parliamentary […]

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APC – NA Imbroglio: Ambassador Stevens Responds

September 30, 2009 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

AMBASSADOR BOCKARIE STEVENS By Anthony Abdul Karim Kamara, Jnr.To many Sierra Leoneans, Bockarie Kortu Stevens has done a remarkable job since assuming the office of Sierra Leone’s ambassador to the […]

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APC-NA Crisis: Chairman Conteh Speaks Out

September 29, 2009 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Anthony Abdul Karim Kamara, Jnr. The North American branch of the All People’s Congress (APC), the governing party led by President Ernest Bai Koroma has been in chaos for a […]

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President Koroma endorses APC Party Secretariat’s decision, Osman Conteh concedes defeat!

September 29, 2009 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Anthony Abdul Karim Kamara, Jnr. In what was considered by many observers and supporters of the APC as a strongly worded message, Ernest Bai Koroma, president of Sierra Leone and […]

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“We are an open government” – Hon. Alpha Kanu

September 25, 2009 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Friday, September 25, 2009 Who is Alhaji Alpha Kanu, the minister of Presidential Affairs, popularly known as “Alpha Kahn”? He is a mining engineer by profession, graduating with a Master […]

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“If you have seen someone skilled in his/her work, he/she will stand before kings and he/she will not stand in front of obscure persons. ” Proverbs 22.29 Sarah Jackson, daughter […]

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