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Month: January 2015

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An inter-agency mission kicks off Ebola Recovery Assessment in Sierra Leone

January 20, 2015 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Press Release An inter-agency mission kicks off Ebola Recovery Assessment in Sierra Leone An inter-agency team has begun an Ebola Recovery Assessment (ERA) mission in Sierra Leone as part of […]

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Norman Thomas Harrell passes away

January 19, 2015 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

THE SIERRA LEONE NURSES ASSOCIATION IS DEEPLY SADDENED TO ANNOUNCE THE LOSS OF OUR SLNA-NYT HONORARY MEMBER AND DONOR  MR. NORMAN THOMAS HARRELL (AKA BAI BUREH)  SUNRISE 10/19/40-SUNSET 1/13/15. PLEASE […]

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Death announcement : Pamela Williams-Jalloh

January 19, 2015 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

On Behalf of the Sierra Leonean Community and Members of THE MISS SIERRA LEONE NEW YORK PAGEANT COMMITTEE and Members of USLO , We would like to inform you of the […]

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Danish Prime Minister commends President Koroma for courage and effective leadership

January 19, 2015 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  By State House Communications Unit : Danish Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt has paid a courtesy call on President Ernest Bai Koroma at State House this afternoon, Monday 19 January […]

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“Post Ebola Rebuilding Is Bigger Than That of the War” Hon. Madina Rahman

January 19, 2015 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Hon. Madina Rahman Sierra Leone’s Deputy Health Minister has said the Post Ebola rebuilding is projected to be bigger than that of the concluded eleven years civil war. HON. MADINA […]

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THANK YOU , NEW JERSEY

January 19, 2015 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  I want to thank the New Jersey community for the support being given to President Ernest Koroma and the Government and people of Sierra Leone in the fight to […]

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Preparing for the Post-Ebola Fight

January 19, 2015 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

by Ebola Deeply    · Ebola Deeply founding member Jon Gosier has been blogging from the Milken Institute School of Public Health in Washington, D.C., which is hosting “The Ebola […]

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Ebola gives Bondo knock out blow in Sierra Leone

January 19, 2015 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Ebola has devastated Sierra Leone, but has also brought some unexpected solace for the women and girls there. The country has temporarily banned female genital mutilation (FGM) as part of […]

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“The United States needs to send personnel and resources here to combat Ebola until the last case” : U.S. doctor in Sierra Leone

January 19, 2015 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  Dr. Noah Rosenberg“Ebola was never the only killer here, and our ability to appropriately diagnose and treat these patients is woefully limited.” Ebola: Reports from the front lines January […]

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New Jersey honors one of its own, new Deputy Health Minister Hon. Madina Rahman

January 19, 2015 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

 By KABS KANU :  The All People’s Congress (APC ) New Jersey Chapter , the Fourah Bay Community  and the Sierra Leone Community of New Jersey (SLC NJ ) last […]

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KABS KANU BAGS ‘GEMS OF AFRICA’ AWARD

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The Publisher and CEO of the COCORIOKO Newspaper , Rev. Leeroy Wilfred Kabs-Kanu , who is also Sierra Leone’s Minister Plenipotentiary to the United Nations,  has received another coveted award […]

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BY KABS KANU : When President Ernest Koroma highlighted this problem now being propounded  here by the WHO , he was not trying to blame the people wholly for the […]

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