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Statement by the SRSG on sexual violence in conflict as 122 countries endorse historic ‘Declaration of Commitment to End Sexual Violence in Conflict’

October 4, 2013 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

I welcome the resounding commitment expressed by Member States at the start of the 68th session of the General Assembly to protect women from violence, including egregious sexual violence that […]

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President Koroma Celebrates 60th Birthday Visiting Orphans, the Sick and Underprivileged

October 4, 2013 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  By: State House Communications Unit :   President Ernest Bai Koroma on Wednesday 2nd October organized a prayer breakfast at State Lodge, Hill Station to celebrate his 60thbirthday anniversary. In attendance were […]

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STATEMENT DELIVERED BY THE DEPUTY MINISTER, MINISTRY OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS, MR SHEKA TARAWALIE, AT THE 64TH SESSION OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING OF UNHCR’S HIGH COMMISSIONER’S PROGRAMME

October 4, 2013 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

STATEMENT DELIVERED BY THE DEPUTY MINISTER, MINISTRY OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS, MR SHEKA TARAWALIE, AT THE 64TH SESSION OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING OF UNHCR’S HIGH COMMISSIONER’S PROGRAMME HELD AT GENEVA, […]

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GEMS OF AFRICA Awards show in New Jersey on Friday October 11, 2013

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Information Minister Theo Nicol delivers at the 12th meeting of the ECOWAS ministers of TELECOM/ICT in the Gambia

October 2, 2013 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By Information Attache, Ralph Sawyer- Posted by Cocorioko Newspaper : The Deputy Minister of Information and Communications Theo Nicol and a high power delegation have returned home, after successfully participating at the […]

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Happy birthday to a wonderful person and a great boss : President Ernest Bai Koroma

October 2, 2013 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Posted by Cocorioko Newspaper on October 2, 20130 Comment By KABS KANU :   Today is a great day in Sierra Leone . The Father of the nation , the Fountain of […]

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Outgoing U.S. Ambassador takes leave of President Koroma

October 1, 2013 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

The outgoing United States Ambassador to Sierra Leone, Michael Owen has on Monday 30th September paid a farewell courtesy call on President Ernest Bai Koroma at State House, Freetown. President […]

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Minister Theo Nicol sells agenda for prosperity and constitutional review to citizens in Gambia

October 1, 2013 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By: Ralph Ese’Donnu Sawyerr : Information Attache- Sierra Leone’s Deputy Minister of Information and Telecommunications Hon Theo Nicol has while attending the twelfth ECOWAS Telecom/ICT Ministerial Meeting in The Gambia, explained out […]

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There is only one President in the land : Should the media remain silent ?

October 1, 2013 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Posted by Cocorioko Newspaper on October 1, 20130 Comment By  John O. Reid A sovereign is a ruler, a monarch. Such a person has the authority to reign, to make […]

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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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Development News : Ambassador Bockarie Stevens propounds on what Sierra Leone stands to benefit from winning the MCC Compact Award

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Just before Christmas, as  Sierra Leoneans celebrated the successful staging of the landmark Presidential, Legislative and Local Council Elections, good news came that Sierra Leone  has won the United States […]

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MAADA BIO HEARTBROKEN AND WORRIED Pictures tell the story of a thousand words. The APC National Delegates Convention has generated so much national fervor and optimism in the nation that […]

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