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Month: May 2014

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Sierra Leone Submarine Fibre Optic Cable presently making steady progress

May 8, 2014 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By Abdul R. Bedor Kamara : The Sierra Leone Submarine Fibre Optic Cable is presently making steady progress under the control of SALCAB. The Governments idea to take full ownership […]

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U.S. Embassy to Hand Over Family Health Prevention Unit (FHPU) in Gondama, Bo

May 8, 2014 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

    Embassy of the United States of America Public Affairs Office   Freetown May 6, 2014 Contact: Boa Lee Tel: 076 515 000   NOTICE TO THE PRESS FREETOWN, […]

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ACC EMPOWERS PUPILS OF FAWE SECONDARY SCHOOL IN MAKENI

May 8, 2014 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

    The Northern Regional Office of the Anti-Corruption Commission has empowered pupils of the Forum of African Women Educationalist (FAWE) Secondary School in Makeni to enable them contribute to […]

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Foreign Minister Samura Kamara discusses bilateral issues with UAE Minister

May 8, 2014 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By Alhaji Jalloh :   The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of The Republic of Sierra Leone  paid a courtesy call on the Minister of State for Foreign […]

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7 YEARS AGO : REMEMBERING FODAY KALOKOH AND 2 OTHER FALLEN COMPATRIOTS

May 6, 2014 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

It was a big blow to the All People’s Congress ( APC ) 7 years ago during the heat of the electioneering campaign for that year’s Presidential Elections when three […]

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Attorney General Frank Kargbo addresses UN Human Rights Council Committee on Torture in Geneva

May 5, 2014 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

OPENING STATEMENT by Hon Franklyn Bai Kargbo, Attorney General and Minister of Justice of the Republic of Sierra Leone to the United Nations Human Rights Council Committee on Torture, Geneva, […]

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Sierra Leone to abolish death penalty

May 5, 2014 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Hon. Franklyn Bai Kargbo, on May 2nd 2014, told the United Nations Committee against Torture that Sierra Leone will shortly abolish the death penalty. […]

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Dislodged rock smashes house and crushes 5 people to death

May 5, 2014 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By COCORIOKO :  The unwise removal of forests  around the hills of Freetown to build houses ,  leading to heavy soil erosion, greenhouse effect, flooding and landslides caused another massive […]

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Exclusive Interview : ACC Boss discusses job and challenges

May 5, 2014 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  By Pa Baimba Sesay :Sierra Leone’s President, Ernest Bai Koroma was elected in 2007 on the platform of change. This change was clearly captured in his first five years […]

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Secretary to the cabinet tours Emergency Surgical Hospital

May 5, 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 and the Deputy Director […]

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