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Month: April 2014

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U.S. says Sierra Leone is becoming one of Africa’s greatest success stories

April 28, 2014 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

On the Occasion of the Republic of Sierra Leone’s National Day Press Statement John Kerry Secretary of State Washington, DC April 25, 2014 On behalf of President Obama and the […]

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Broken opposition finding fault in 3rd term mantra

April 26, 2014 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

 By John Baimba Sesay :   Much has been postulated about an issue that appears to be coming from Sierra Leoneans regarding President Ernest Bai Koroma. This has to do […]

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President Koroma has no intention to seek a Third Term, APC reiterates

April 26, 2014 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By KABS KANU It has been reiterated that Sierra Leone’s President Ernest Koroma has no intentions to seek a third term. The Deputy Publicity Secretary of the ruling All People’s […]

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President Koroma’s 53rd Independence Anniversary gift to the South : A modern sports stadium in Bo

April 26, 2014 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By KABS KANU : One of President Ernest  Koroma’s enduring legacies that will forever remain indelible footprints in the sands of time is his foresight and commitment to spread his […]

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SECURITY COUNCIL ADOPTS TEXT URGING TARGETED SANCTIONS AGAINST PERPETRATORS OF SEXUAL VIOLENCE DURING ARMED CONFLICT

April 26, 2014 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  The Security Council today urged the United Nations sanctions committees to apply targeted sanctions against parties committing sexual violence during armed conflict.   Ahead of a debate on the […]

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Remarks by UN Sec. Gen. Ban Ki-Moon at Security Council Open Debate on sexual Violence in conflict

April 26, 2014 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the Security Council open debate on sexual violence in conflict, in New York today April 25, 2016     I thank Nigeria […]

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Statement by SRSG Zainab Bangura at Security Council Open Debate on sexual violence in conflict

April 25, 2014 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

STATEMENT OF ZAINAB HAWA BANGURA SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE SECRETARY-GENERAL ON SEXUAL VIOLENCE IN CONFLICT SECURITY COUNCIL OPEN DEBATE ON SEXUAL VIOLENCE IN CONFLICT 25 April 2014 I wish to […]

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Performance targets : Some Permanent Secretaries and professional heads will not get salaries in May

April 25, 2014 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By: Amadu Femoh Sesay Information Officer-Cabinet Secretariat   The Secretary to the Cabinet and Head of the Civil Service, Dr. Ernest Sahid Alie Surrur has expressed dismay about the inability […]

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SLeCAD Honors Special Adviser to the President

April 25, 2014 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  By: Amadu Femoh Sesay   The Sierra Leone Chamber for Agribusiness Development (SLeCAD) on Friday 18th April organized a welcome and congratulation dinner in honor of the Special Adviser […]

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Amb Omrie Golley has paid a courtesy call on the Dean of the African Group of Ambassadors

April 25, 2014 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

In  one of his first assignments as Ambassador of Sierra Leone to the Republic of Korea, Amb Omrie Golley has paid a courtesy call on the Dean of the African […]

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  • An idiot’s guide to winning an election
  • The Crumbling House: APC’s Internal Chaos and the Systematic Marginalization of Political Pluralism in Sierra Leone
  • For corruption : Sierra Leone suspended from all IMF programs
  • Sierra Leone will defend herself to the last against Guinea, if necessary– Interior Minister
  • Taking the Mining discourse to another level:  Patriotism Must Be Grounded in Reality:
  • Big losses for Sierra Leone media: Accident claims lives of SLBC camera journalist and female intern
  • The Battle for Hearts and Minds Descends into The Abyss of Moral Politic, Witch-hunt and Gas lighting
  • The Voice Returns: Christiana Kamara Stuns Sierra Leone in Her Triumphant Return with Bormeh.
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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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