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Sierra Leonean Christians in USA Pray For Divine Intervention to End Ebola Havoc

August 20, 2014 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  A cross section of Christians in the tri-state of Washington DC, Maryland and Virginia USA, held an afternoon hours of Ecumenical Prayer Service at the Good Samaritan Lutheran Church […]

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Iraq: UN Officials Call for Immediate End to Sexual Violence Against Iraqi Minorities

August 20, 2014 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Statement of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict Zainab Hawa Bangura and the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Iraq Nickolay Mladenov New York/Baghdad, 13 […]

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World Bank Supports Fight Against Ebola With $6M

August 20, 2014 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

The World Bank has lend its hands to the President Ernest Bai Koroma government with the sum of Six Million Uni…ted States Dollars ($6M) as grant, on the restructured Sierra […]

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Deputy Health Minister to relocate to Kenema to oversee Eastern Region disease control measures

August 19, 2014 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

According to very credible reports reaching this press, the Torchlight can authoritatively state that the Deputy Minister of Health and Sanitation 1, in the Ministry of Health and Sanitation, Dr […]

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POLICE SETS OUT COMMUNICATIONS STRATEGY TO EFFACE THE EBOLA VIRUS

August 18, 2014 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

SLP Communications Unit : The Sierra Leone Police has unveiled its communications strategy for the Ebola virus to address the sensitization and dissemination of information on best practice to fight […]

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Nigeria seeking to dispel misinformation about Ebola

August 18, 2014 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

‹ › PASSENGERS wearing protective face masks and gloves push trolleys loaded with their luggage upon arrival at Murtala Mohammed Airport in Lagos.—AFP LAGOS (Nigeria): Caleb Akano bought kola nuts […]

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Bockarie Stevens invites doctors and health care personnel to crucial meeting on Ebola at Sierra Leone Embassy in Washington DC

August 18, 2014 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0
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President Ernest Koroma addresses Ebola issue in State House Press Conference

August 17, 2014 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By ABC News : Sierra Leone President Ernest Bai Koroma has called on the World Health Organization (WHO) to do more to fight an Ebola outbreak that has killed 348 […]

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LETS TAKE THE POLITICS OUT OF THIS EBOLA THING

August 17, 2014 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Strategic Media & Development Communications Unit :   Discussions relating to the onslaught of Ebola in Sierra Leone has thus far been preponderantly political, especially amongst the chattering classes. The […]

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AS THE WAR ON EBOLA INTENSIFIES, SLRTA SUPPORTS OFFICE OF THE FIRST LADY

August 17, 2014 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

BY SLRTA COMMUNICATIONS UNIT. The Executiove Director of the Sierra Leone Road Transport Authority Dr. Sarah Finda Bendu (Mrs.) on Thursday 14th August 2014, presented a cheque of 50 Million […]

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