2014 – Page 129 – Cocorioko

TOM NYUMA PASSES AWAY

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

The cold hands of death gripped Sierra Leone again this morning as one of the bravest and one of the most gallant former officers of the country’s armed forces, retired […]

Haja Sally Savage : From the Fourahbayan Community of New Jersey

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

Inna Illahi wa Inna illahi Rajoun. Members of the Sierra Leone community in New Jersey and beyond, it deeply saddens us to inform you that our dear sister,mother and friend Haja Sally […]

Haja Sally Savage to be laid to rest tomorrow

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

نا لله وإنا إليه راجعون Inna Lillaahi Wa Inna Ilayhi Raaji’oon (From Allah we came and to him we will return) Dear Family, Friends and Acquaintances. Assalamu alaikum wa rahmatullahi […]

President Koroma is coming back to the White House, along with 46 other African leaders

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

In another development clearly indicating how much respect the U.S. President Barak Obama has for the Sierra Leonean Head of State, President Ernest Bai Koroma is coming back to the […]

Sierra Leone sells 2013′s largest diamond

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

FREETOWN ( AFP ) – Sierra Leone said on Friday it had exported the largest diamond discovered in the west African nation last year – a 125-carat stone worth around […]

Youth issues take centre stage as Sierra Leone and Senegal’s youth ministers parley

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

By: Ralph Ese’Donnu Sawyerr : Sierra Leone’s Minister of Youth Hon. Alimamy Kamara while attending the 4th PAN-AFRICAN SUMMIT OF YOUTH LEADERS OF THE UNITED NATIONS in Senegal paid a courtesy call […]

Ambassador Bangali attends opening session of AU PRC Meeting

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

By: Abdul Karim Koroma – Ethiopia : Ambassador Andrew Gbebay Bangali, Sierra Leone’s Envoy to the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia on Tuesday 21st January 2014 attended the formal opening […]

China to expand trade with Sierra Leone to record US $ 2 Billion

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

PHOTO : PRESIDENT ERNEST KOROMA WHOSE INSPIRING LEADERSHIP INSPIRES CONFIDENCE IN INVESTORS IS SEEN HERE SHAKING HANDS WITH THE CHINESE LEADER XI JINPING DURING HIS VISIT TO BEIJING LAST YEAR […]

Masdar PV to supply modules for one of West-Africa’s largest solar plants in Sierra Leone

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

Masdar PV, the innovative manufacturer of thin-film photovoltaic products selected for the delivery of 6 MWp to Sierra Leone. The Solar Park Freetown with a capacity of 6 MW […]

That clarion call by President Ernest Koroma

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

By Mohamed Sankoh (One Drop) : The last time I wrote about it, I received two phone calls backed by a follow-up letter from the Independent Media Commission (IMC). But […]

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Sierra Leone’s Minister of Social Welfare, Children’s and Gender Affairs, Dr. Soccoh Kabia addresses UN Women’s Session

March 7, 2010 0

March 7, 2010. Chairperson, UN Session on women by Sierra Leone’s Distinguished delegates, Ladies and Gentlemen, Firstly, I would, on behalf of the Government and people of Sierra Leone, like […]

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President Koroma Opens Dad’s Car Extension Building

May 2, 2014 0

By State House Communications Unit His Excellency President Dr Ernest Bai Koroma has on Friday 2nd May 2014 opened Dad’s Car Centre Limited extension building in Freetown. Dad’s Car […]

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President Bio and President Ouattara Commit to Deepen Bilateral Cooperation

May 7, 2018 0

By: State House Media and Communications Unit His Excellency President Julius Maada Bio and his Colleague Head of State President Alassane Ouattara have committed to deepen the bilateral cooperation between […]

COMMENTARY

SRSG Zainab Bangura to brief UN on Report on conflict-related sexual violence before Friday’s Security Council Open Debate

April 23, 2014 0

Dear Colleagues, The UN Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict, Zainab Hawa Bangura, will attend the noon briefing on Thursday, 24 April to discuss the new UN […]

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Sylvia Blyden’s opening statement on UN Convention on the Rights of The Child

September 15, 2016 0

HON. DR. SYLVIA BLYDEN’S OPENING STATEMENT ON THE PRESENTATION OF THE COMBINED THIRD TO FIFTH PERIODIC REPORT OF SIERRA LEONE IN FULFILLMENT OF ARTICLE 44 OF THE U.N. CONVENTION ON […]