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Press Release from Dr. Samura Kamara

May 28, 2015 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

PRESS RELEASE FROM DR. SAMURA KAMARA, CANDIDATE FOR THE PRESIDENCY OF THE AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK   YOU WILL RECALL THAT SIERRA LEONE WAS ONE OF THE EIGHT (8) CANDIDATES FOR […]

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Indeed, he could have been the jewel in the crown at AfDB , but IT IS NOT THE END OF THE WORLD

May 28, 2015 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

THE NATION IS PROUD OF YOU, DR. SAMURA KAMARA Dr. Samura Kamara indeed fought the good fight , a fight he was favourite to win but in a world where […]

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Zainab Bangura laments sexual abuse of female captives in Nigeria by Boko Haram

May 28, 2015 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Culled from The Guardian Newspaper of Nigeria : Ms.  Zainab Bangura, UN Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict, on Wednesday decried reported rape and forced marriages […]

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Vice President Foh departs for Kailahun with the Ebola Message

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

  John Baimba Sesay- Freetown Vice President Victor Bockarie Foh on 28th May, departed for Kailahun District,Eastern Region of Sierra Leone on his Extermination of Ebola drive and keeping Sierra […]

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Sierra Leone’s Dr. Samura Kamara will be the jewel in the AfDB’s crown

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

 February 27, 2015. BY WILFRED KABS-KANU : Dr. Samura Kamara, one of the most celebrated Sierra Leoneans and a truly distinguished son of the land, will be blazing the trail to […]

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SLRSA Making President Koroma’s Agenda for Youths A Priority

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

By Mohamed Lamrana Jalloh (Media Guru) In his second maiden inaugural speech, the First Gentleman of the republic of Sierra Leone, His Excellency President Ernest Bai Koroma promised Sierra Leoneans […]

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Sierra Leoneans Are Assured of Good Governance

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

  A cross section of Sierra Leoneans from New York, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia and Washington DC, who converged at the conference room of 1701 19th Street Chancery of the Embassy […]

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Stripped and then sold: ISIS sending ‘prettiest virgins’ to become sex slaves : Zainab Bangura

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

  THE ISLAMIC State (ISIS) is sending the ‘prettiest virgins’ it has abducted to some of Syria’s markets to sell them SEX SLAVES. Young girls have been stripped and handed […]

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Global Fund Boss assures Sierra Leone’s Health and Sanitation Minister

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

‘’WE ARE KEEN TO BE MORE FLEXIBLE THAN YOU HAVE REQUESTED’’- GLOBAL FUND BOSS ASSURES HEALTH AND SANITATION MINISTER   Health and Sanitation Minister, Dr. Abu Bakarr Fofanah and Executive […]

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100 buses to arrive soon

May 26, 2015 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  The 100 buses procured by the Government of President Ernest Bai Koroma are expected to be in freetown in the coming weeks,having left the People’s Republic of China. These […]

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  • Parliament is right; First Lady is wrong : There is no law against FGM in Sierra Leone
  • Rethinking the drug crisis in Sierra Leone : A call for responsible media and objective politics
  • They colonized the land. Now they’ve colonized the mind
  • The First Lady’s dilemma: Protecting her own but preaching to others
  • The people of Sierra Leone are crying out for their democratic rights
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