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Month: January 2015

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President Ernest Koroma has staunchly upheld women’s empowerment in post -war Sierra Leone

January 27, 2015 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

PRESIDENT ERNEST KOROMA HAS STAUNCHLY UPHELD WOMEN’S EMPOWERMENT IN POST WAR SIERRA LEONE John Baimba Sesay-China Under the presidency of Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma, Government’s commitment to gender equality and […]

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President Ernest Bai Koroma sends President Yayah Jammeh special message

January 27, 2015 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  “My people and I do stand behind The Gambia in line with democracy” President Koroma Sierra Leones’s Ambassador to The Gambia, His Excellency Ambassador Soulayman Daramy acting under the […]

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Decline in Ebola cases is encouraging but critical gaps remain, says MSF

January 27, 2015 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Yann Libessart/MSF ‘This decline is an opportunity to focus efforts on addressing the serious weaknesses that remain in the response.’ BRICE DE LA VINGNEMSF DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS January 26, 2015 […]

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Top U.S. hospital blesses Sierra Leone’s Ebola fight

January 27, 2015 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Sent to Cocorioko by Lansana Sesay -Written by Felix Sesay : A crisis in some circles is perceived as a situation where in the realization of a definite action must […]

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Dr. Tom Frieden: ‘We Can’t Let Ebola Get Away This Time’

January 27, 2015 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

January 26th, 2015 By Lara Setrakian and Kate Thomas Ebola Deeply co-founder Lara Setrakian sat down with Dr. Tom Frieden, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention […]

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WHO urges better global preparedness against future outbreaks

January 27, 2015 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

The Ebola outbreak is “clearly” in retreat throughout the affected countries of West Africa but the continuing emergency response shows the need for urgent changes so that “never again should […]

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Courage, tenacity , Action –Three traits that changed the tide in Sierra Leone’s Ebola fight

January 25, 2015 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By KABS KANU : He has certainly booked his place in the pantheon of Sierra Leonean heroes and by the time this is all over, three characteristics that epitomize his […]

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Tide turning in Ebola fight after hard lessons

January 25, 2015 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By KRISTA LARSON and MARIA CHENG15 hours ago . View gallery . . . . DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — A top U.N. official in the fight against Ebola greeted just […]

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New Chief Electoral Commissioner appointed

January 23, 2015 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT PRESS RELEASE THE GENERAL PUBLIC IS HEREBY INFORMED AS FOLLOWS: (1) THAT CHIEF JUSTICE UMU HAWA TEJAN-JALLOH WILL PROCEED ON LEAVE TO RETIREMENT ON 6TH FEBRUARY, […]

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Confucius Peace Prize conducts prayer session for Ebola affected regions in West Africa

January 23, 2015 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

    The China International Peace Research Center in collaboration with the Embassy of the Republic of Sierra Leone, in the People’s Republic of China on Thursday, January 22nd, 2015, organized ‘The Confucius Peace Prize Prayer meeting […]

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