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WFP starts biggest one-day food distribution in Ebola-hit Sierra Leone

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

  FREETOWN – Amid concerns over the increasing rate of Ebola infection in Sierra Leone, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and partners today began distributing food distributions for 265,000 people […]

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Dirty water kills hundreds of thousands

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

Press release 19 October 2014 Media contact: Kate van Niekerk Tel: 082 855 9443 E-mail: kate.van.niekerk@gga.org Dirty water kills hundreds of thousands Nearly 320,000 children under the age of five […]

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NOSLINA elects a new Board Chairman

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

The National Organization of Sierra Leoneans in North America (NOSLINA) wishes to announce it has elected Disease expert Dr. John Davies-Cole (pictured) to succeed Mr. Minkailu Jalloh, an IBM engineer of […]

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Japan Calls on Cote d’ Ivoire to Release PPE for Sierra Leone & Liberia

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

Kiyoshi Kodera Vice President of Japan International Co-ordination Agency (JICA) has on October 9th, 2014, called on the government of President Alassane Dramane Ouattara of Ivory Coast, to release the […]

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Sierra Leoneans, let us unite and fight together to defeat Ebola

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

We are one nation, one country. We must therefore unite as one nation and one country to fight this dreadful Ebola plague. That is the message I have been preaching […]

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SRSG Zainab Bangura and DPR to AU call for collective action to eradicate sexual violence

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

By: Abdul Karim Koroma : Press Attache   Sierra Leone’s top UN diplomat and Special Representative of the Secretary General (SRSG) on Sexual Violence in Armed Conflicts, Haja Zainab Hawa Bangura […]

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Sierra Leone Government brings in more ambulances and vehicles to fight Ebola

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

The Government of Sierra Leone has demonstrated once again its determination and commitment to defeat the rampaging Ebola scourge . A giant Boeing 747 has landed at the Lungi International […]

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Chief Epidemiologist for Washington DC Dr. John Davies-Cole is now the Chairman of the Board of NOSLINA

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

  WASHINGTON, DC:   National Organization of Sierra Leoneans in North America (NOSLINA) elects Disease Expert Dr. John Davies-Cole as Chairman of the Board of NOSLINA FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE OCTOBER […]

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Ebola Hardest Hit Countries Urge World Bank to Expedite Emergency Fiscal Support Disbursements

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

The three Ebola hardest hit West African Countries (Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea) have appreciated in unison the efforts of Dr. Jim Yong Kim President of the World Bank Group […]

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Palor Conteh heads new Ebola Response Centre

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

MAJOR PALOR CONTEH    

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  • BREAKING NEWS: Supreme Court Strikes Out AG’s Motion
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BY IBRAHIM SOURIE MANSARAY PHILADELPHIA As the world prepares for the end of the Holy Month of Ramadan, news filtering from Nigeria indicates that the kidnapped Deputy Sierra Leonean High […]

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FREETOWN – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) welcomes the swift and generous contribution of US$100,000 to its emergency operations in Sierra Leone, where massive mudslides and flash floods […]

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ACC EMPOWERS PUPILS OF FAWE SECONDARY SCHOOL IN MAKENI

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    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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