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Sam Sumana loses first round in Supreme Court

May 5, 2015 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  The application for interlocutory injunction filed in the Supreme Court  by the dismissed former Vice -President ,  Alhaji Samuel Sam Sumana , has been rejected by the Court . […]

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The Ascendancy of Sierra Leone’s Supreme Court

May 4, 2015 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

The Ascendancy of Sierra Leone’s Supreme Court Time to Celebrate a Victory By Suphian Kalokoh, JD, MBA Like many of my compatriots, I have been following events surrounding the replacement […]

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President Koroma launches National Social Protection strategy and Implementation Plan

May 4, 2015 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  KEYNOTE ADDRESS BY DR ERNEST BAI KOROMA, PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF SIERRA LEONE, AT THE LAUNCHING OF THE NATIONAL SOCIAL PROTECTION STRATEGY AND IMPLEMENTATION PLAN AND THE SOCIAL […]

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Sierra Leone: 126,000 People to Benefit from Cash Grants through New Social Safety Net Program

May 4, 2015 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

FREETOWN, SIERRA LEONE, May 4, 2015 – The Government of Sierra Leone in collaboration with the World Bank and UNICEF had established a Social Protection Policy in 2011 which has […]

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BBC should give Sierra Leone Government a fair opportunity to be heard

May 4, 2015 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) used to be one of the best sources of credible and objective information about Sierra Leone, though allegations of partiality and negativity towards African issues […]

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President Koroma : 6th most popular leader in Africa (2013 Gallup Polls )

May 4, 2015 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Yes, the poll was taken two years ago, but if you believe what the pundits say that in politics every favourable rating counts in piecing together the final jigsaw puzzle, […]

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Thanks to EBK’s APC Government for high-performance luxury Lungi ferry

May 3, 2015 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

The Minister of Transport and Aviation, Mr. Leonard Balogun Koroma , in red cap , and team inspect the new vessel, called Queen Sierra , which will ply  the sea […]

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Communique of the APC Emergency National Delegates Conference

May 2, 2015 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

ALL PEOPLES CONGRESS COMMUNIQUE OF THE EMERGENCY NATIONAL DELEGATES’ CONFERENECE 30TH APRIL, 2015. Acting in accordance with Article 6.9.2 (ii) of the 5th December 1995 Constitution of All Peoples Congress […]

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Ebola : Argentina to ship more drugs to Sierra Leone

May 2, 2015 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  The Argentine’s Secretary of State, Ambassador Daniel Filmus on Thursday 30th April, 2015 announced in Addis Ababa that his country would ship a large consignment of medicines and vaccines […]

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Zainab Bangura Prays for Sierra Leone in Makkah

May 1, 2015 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

   By M.B Jalloh, Press Attaché, Saudi Arabia Sierra Leone’s former Foreign and International Cooperation Minister has arrived in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s second city of Jeddah on a […]

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Written by Kabs Kanu Thursday, 18 March 2010 06:39 Take it or leave it. Whatever shortcomings critics attribute to President Ernest Koroma’s no-nonsense and uncompromising stand against corruption in Sierra Leone, […]

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