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AIG Memuna Conteh / WO Dura Fiasco : Sierra Leone’s Ministry of Defence issues press release to calm tensions between Army and Police

December 27, 2014 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

A week ago,  Sierra Leone Police Assistant Inspector General,  Memuna Conteh, Commander / Head of the Eastern Area Control , was accused of slapping  Army officer, Warrant Officer 2 , […]

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COCORIOKO ‘S REAL OWNER AND CEO IS LEEROY WILFRED KABS-KANU

December 27, 2014 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

The public is hereby informed that the real owner and CEO of the Cocorioko Newspaper is Leeroy Wilfred Kabs-Kanu. All information about the paper should be requested from kabbskanu@aol.com .

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UN looking for volunteers to work in Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea

December 24, 2014 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Applications in response to the Ebola crisis Call for applications In coordination with several UN partners, the United Nations Volunteers (UNV)programme is mobilizing UN Volunteers to Liberia, Sierra Leone and […]

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Commentary: Ebola deaths of so many Sierra Leone doctors are tragic on several levels

December 24, 2014 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

The loss of skilled medical workers has a big impact on loved ones, patients and efforts to fight the disease. BY CLAUDENA SKRAN APPLETON, Wis. — No evacuation plane to the […]

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Sierra Leone Prepares for ‘Ebola Christmas’ of Little Cheer

December 24, 2014 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By Silas Gbandia- Mabinty Mansaray’s plan for Christmas and New Year’s was the usual: grab her kids and her two sisters and take the bus from Freetown, the capital of […]

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Season’s greetings from the Ministry of Information and Communications

December 24, 2014 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

The Offices of the Honourable Minister of Information and Communications and the Government Spokesman wish to express their profound thanks and appreciation for your tremendous support over the year. May […]

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UNICEF Ebola response: 400+ survivors receive psycho-social support and kits to restart their lives

December 24, 2014 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

KENEMA, Sierra Leone, 24 December 2014 – More than 400 Ebola survivors have taken part in four separate survivor conferences over the past few days in the districts of Kailahun, Kenema […]

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Former Tourism Minister invited by Anti-Corruption Commission

December 24, 2014 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

ANTI-CORRUPTION COMMISSION CATHEDRAL HOUSE 3 GLOUCESTER STREET FREETOWN SIERRA LEONE, WEST AFRICA   TEL: 232-22 221468 FAX: 232-22 221900 24th December 2014   PRESS RELEASE ACC INVITES FORMER MINISTER OF […]

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Usman Boie Kamara Foundation saddened by the death of one of its trustees & chairman, Dr. Victor R. Willoughby

December 23, 2014 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Condolences – Dr. V R Willoughby The Usman Boie Kamara Foundation is saddened by the death of one of its trustees & chairman, Dr. Victor R. Willoughby. The foundation joins […]

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Medics arrive to relieve colleagues at Kerry Town

December 23, 2014 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

JIATF HEADQUARTERS 21 DEC 14 PRESS RELEASE MEDICS ARRIVE TO RELIEVE COLLEAGUES AT KERRY TOWN British and Canadian Military Medics arrive in Sierra Leone to join the fight against Ebola. […]

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  • For corruption : Sierra Leone suspended from all IMF programs
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  • 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.
  • The FBC students union and NUSS used to be very potent institutions fighting for the welfare of Sierra Leoneans, but today……
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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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