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Month: October 2013

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Civil Society Organizations’ Wings Must Be Clipped

October 9, 2013 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  By Mohamed Sankoh (One Drop) :    The reactions to a press release, issued by the government of Sierra Leone on 3October 2013, have clearly shown that many of […]

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Govt. Concludes a Very Successful Investment Forum in USA

October 9, 2013 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

 By Pasco Temple : The government of Sierra Leone, through the Ministry of Finance and Economic Development has held a very successful meeting with different Business executives at the margins […]

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Ernest Koroma Government doing a great job selling Sierra Leone’s investment and business potentials to the international world

October 9, 2013 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By KABS KANU :   In pursuit of its Agenda for Prosperity and its goal of making Sierra Leone a magnet for international trade, commerce and investment, the All People’s […]

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Ambassador Sorie lobbies for Salone MPs in the EU Parliament

October 9, 2013 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By: Chernor Ojuku Sesay :   Sierra Leone’s Head of Mission to the European Union, Ambassador Ibrahim Sorie has reiterated his determination to establish thorough links for members of the Sierra Leone […]

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“Dr. Sylvia Blyden is One of the Nuclei of APC North America Chapter” – Osman Conteh

October 9, 2013 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Posted by Cocorioko Newspaper on October 9, 20130 Comment “Dr. Sylvia Blyden is One of the Nuclei of APC North America Chapter” – Osman Conteh One of the founding members of the ruling […]

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Promoting Economic governance and Infrastructure Development for Inclusive Growth : President Koroma’s Agenda for Prosperity gets thumbs up from African Development Bank

October 9, 2013 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Executive Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group (http://www.afdb.org) on Wednesday, 18 September 2013 in Tunis approved Sierra Leone’s Country Strategy Paper (CSP) 2013-2017, which outlines the Bank Group’s […]

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Deputy Foreign Minister Dr. Ebun Jusu and Director General Ambassador Rasie Kargbo in New York for Final stages of this year’s UNGA

October 9, 2013 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Posted by Cocorioko Newspaper on October 9, 20130 Comment The Deputy Foreign Minister Dr.Ebun Jusu and the Director General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Rasie Kargbo have arrived in New […]

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Produced in full : Statement by Foreign Minister Dr. Samura Kamara at UN Security Council on PBC and UNIPSIL

October 9, 2013 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

STATEMENT BY THE MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION, HON. SAMURA KAMARA , DURING THE UN PEACEBUILDING COMMISSION ( PBC ) COUNTRY SPECIFIC SIERRA LEONE CONFIGURATION MEETING ON SEPTEMBER […]

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SRSG Zainab Bangura to deliver lecture at Madison

October 8, 2013 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  Project1808, Inc. in partnership with University of Wisconsin Madison African Studies, the Division of International Studies, Global Health Institute, Global Studies and International Studies Major, Human Rights Initiative ISS- Millennium […]

Obituary

Death in the APC family, as member’s daughter and her male friend killed in crash in Virginia

October 8, 2013 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  The All People’s Congress (APC ) family in North America  is presently neck-deep in mourning following the tragic death  of  Ms. Aminata Sesay,  the daughter of party stalwart , […]

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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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