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KABS KANU, 22 OTHERS BAG ‘GEMS OF AFRICA’ AWARD

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

Posted by Cocorioko Newspaper :  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 […]

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KABS KANU BAGS ‘GEMS OF AFRICA’ AWARD

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

KABS KANU BAGS ‘GEMS OF AFRICA’ AWARD Posted by Cocorioko Newspaper on October 13, 20130 Comment The Publisher and CEO of the COCORIOKO Newspaper , Rev. Leeroy Wilfred Kabs-Kanu , […]

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THANK YOU GOD FOR LETTING MEN GIVE ME MY FLOWERS WHILE I AM STILL ALIVE

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

 BY LEEROY WILFRED KABS-KANU :  In Liberia, we have a saying : “GIVE ME MY FLOWERS WHILE I AM STILL ALIVE .” This saying probably emerged because often, only when […]

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Sierra Leone’s Deputy Foreign Minister Ebun Jusu addresses UN General Assembly meeting on Advancement of Women

October 12, 2013 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Mr. Chairman, Distinguished Delegates Sierra Leone aligns itself with the statement delivered by the distinguished delegation of Ethiopia on behalf of the African Group. Since the adoption of the Millennium […]

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In Sierra Leone – President Koroma Positions The Ball To Score The Winning Goal

October 12, 2013 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By: KABS KANU   11 October, 2012 – Today, as gigantic throngs of human beings dressed in his party colors (Red ) swamped the city of Freetown  and massed around […]

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Big Awards show in New Jersey today: GEMS OF AFRICA to be honored

October 11, 2013 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Today Friday October 11, 2013 is a big day in New Jersey . The SPRINGS OF JOY will be staging their Gems of Africa Awards show . Africans impacting the […]

COMMENTARY

“S/Leone has the Potential to Be One of The Richest Countries in Africa” IFC Private –Sector development Specialist

October 11, 2013 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  World Bank’s Lead Private sector development Specialist for Africa Region, John F. Speakman has praised Sierra Leone’s economic and financial policies and said Sierra Leone has the potential to […]

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ECOWAS selects Ambassador Bangali on technical committee

October 11, 2013 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Sierra Leone’s multi-accredited Ambassador to the Federal democratic Republic of Ethiopia, His Excellency Andrew Gbebay Bangali was unanimously selected today (10th October 2013) by the ECOWAS Group of Ambassadors to […]

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WHEN ACTIVISTS BECOME AGITATORS, SOCIETY LOSES ITS CIVILITY

October 11, 2013 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By Titus Boye-Thompson : Strategic Media & Development Communications Unit : The spate of ultimatums handed out to Government recently underlines a fissure in the relationship between civil society and […]

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Opinion

This Is No Longer A Question Of The SLPP Fighting The SLPP

October 10, 2013 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Tony-Bee3 (1)By Tony Bee : The recent frequent opposition Sierra Leone Peoples Party (SLPP’s) so-called intra -party political violence is a case for concern. It should therefore, be condemned by […]

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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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