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Charles Taylor Transferred to the UK for the Enforcement of his Sentence

October 16, 2013 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Special Court for Sierra Leone Outreach and Public Affairs Office PRESS RELEASE Freetown, Sierra Leone, 15 October 2013 Charles Taylor Transferred to the UK for the Enforcement of his Sentence […]

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Sylvia Blyden enjoys rock star status in Ohio

October 16, 2013 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By Umaru Jalloh : President Koroma’s Special Executive Assistant Doctor Sylvia Blyden stormed the shores of the Buckeye state of Ohio on a short visit to the Ohio APC Chapter […]

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UN Secretary General’s Statements on The International Day for the Eradication of Poverty and World Food Day

October 16, 2013 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

 U N I T E D   N A T I O N S                                           N A T I O N S   U N I E S   THE SECRETARY-GENERAL — […]

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President Ernest Bai Koroma’s Free Health Care Initiative Gets $18 Million Boost from World Bank & Trust Fund

October 16, 2013 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

 The World Bank and the multi- donor trust fund have furthered the second phase of the Reproductive and Child Health Project (RCHP) (Sierra Leone’s Free Health Care Initiative) with additional […]

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President Koroma bags Africa’s “Icon of Democracy” Award in Holland

October 15, 2013 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Barely a month after clinching a meritorious award in the United States of America, Sierra Leone’s President Ernest Bai Koroma has again emerged as the proud winner of this year’s […]

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Condolence to President Ernest Koroma on death of his maternal uncle

October 15, 2013 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

President Ernest Bai Koroma  was  in Kamabai, Biriwa Chiefdom, on Sunday  to attend the funeral service of the late Mr. Sprage Sesay, his maternal uncle. Mr. Sesay, who was 57 […]

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Sierra Leoneans in Saudi Set to Help Pilgrims from Sierra Leone

October 15, 2013 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  By Alhaji M.B. Jalloh, Press Attaché, Saudi Arabia : Sierra Leonean students from Madinah and Riyadh have arrived in the Holy City of Mecca to help their pilgrims from […]

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A call for true patriots to support President Ernest Koroma’s crusade to make Sierra Leone even better

October 15, 2013 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  We have a leader, but lack patriots  ! By Alpha Bedoh Kamara Since his (Ernest Bai Koroma) coming to the Presidency in 2007 Sierra Leone has experienced tremendous transformation […]

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Mo Ibrahim Foundation says Sierra Leone among most improved nations in governance

October 14, 2013 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

London (AFP) – The Ibrahim Prize for Achievement in African Leadership — the world’s biggest individual prize — has no winner for the fourth time in five years, it was […]

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KABS KANU BAGS ‘GEMS OF AFRICA’ AWARD

October 13, 2013 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

The Publisher and CEO of the COCORIOKO Newspaper , Rev. Leeroy Wilfred Kabs-Kanu , who is also Sierra Leone’s Minister Plenipotentiary to the United Nations,  has received another coveted award […]

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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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    The December 22nd, 2006, Press Release from the Office of the President regarding waste management in the City of Freetown, is at best another attempt at derailing Sierra […]

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The Sierra Leone Police has declared many persons wanted as the country remains tense and apprehension reigns in the capital, Freetown, following Sunday’s chaos when armed men allegedly stormed the […]

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