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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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