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Sierra Leone journalists at daggers drawn over Ebola money

June 8, 2015 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Journalists can’t account for ebola media funds given to SLAJ Over 200 journalists at the annual general meeting of the Sierra Leone Association of Journalists (SLAJ) have asked their executive […]

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Sierra Leone and Guinea Intensify Cross-Border Collaboration to end Ebola

June 7, 2015 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By State House Communications Unit Freetown – June 6, 2015; Since the Ebola outbreak just over one year ago, the Mano River Basin has been beset with difficulties to end […]

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Democratic Party Mayoral Primary elections winner Phil Kramer thanks West Africans for support

June 7, 2015 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Dr. Phil Kramer, the councilman who became the Mayoral nominee of the Democratic Party after winning the party’s primary elections for the November contest in Franklin Township, Somerset, New Jersey […]

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Zainab Bangura Speaks on Sexual Violence & hails President Obama, UN Secretary General Ban Ki – Moon in the fight against Ebola

June 7, 2015 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By M.B. Jalloh, Press Attaché, Saudi Arabia, the Gulf States and Central Asia Madam Zainab Hawa Bangura is a very busy woman. As the UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative on Sexual […]

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Sierra Leone’s Minister of Youth Affairs Alimamy Kamara addresses High-level Event for World Programme of Action on Youth at the UN

June 6, 2015 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By KABS KANU : The United Nations General Assembly this week commemorated the twentieth anniversary of the adoption of the United Nations World Programme of Action for Youth . The concept […]

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Sierra Leone gets first Lieutenant General

June 6, 2015 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  Freetown, June 6, 2015 – The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) and three other senior officers of the Republic of Sierra Leone Armed Forces (RSLAF) have been promoted to […]

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Sierra Leone 2015 Census to go on

June 6, 2015 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Preparatory activities for the 2015 Sierra Leone Population and Housing Census have re- commenced. The recommencement is premised on the fact that the Ebola epidemic that accounted for the postponement […]

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President Koroma urges public servants to do what it takes to deliver on their mandate

June 6, 2015 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By State House Communications Unit There have been sustained efforts by the presidency of Sierra Leone to enhance effective service delivery. Over the past several years, the Office of the […]

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Petrol station explosion kills at least 150 people amid heavy flooding in Ghana’s capital

June 6, 2015 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

 The following pictures of the disaster were posted by our man, Idrissa Conteh.    THE RESULT OF THE MASSIVE FLOODING THAT PRECEDED THE FIRE DISASTER  CARS SUBMERGED IN WATER IN […]

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Vice-President Victor Bockarie Foh : The immortal lessons of loyalty and faithfulness

June 6, 2015 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By KABS KANU : Three years before the APC came to power, I had an experience with a Sierra Leonean politician that  carried profound lessons in life. It reinforced what […]

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  • Former President Ernest Koroma arrives in Sierra Leone to attend ECOWAS Summit
  • When the Law Ends, but the Constitution Still Speaks
  • The Return Of A Statesman: Ernest Koroma’s homecoming and a new chapter of hope
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  • Opinion: The Ernest Bai Koroma Treason Case Raises Difficult Questions About Justice in Sierra Leone
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  • Statement by Ex- President Ernest Koroma on dropping of treason charges against him
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By Sorie Sudan Sesay August 29, this year will mark a very spectacular day for Sierra Leoneans in  Frankfurt, Germany and the event will draw both Sierra Leoneans from within Germany and elsewhere […]

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 The Government of President Ernest Bai Koroma has received a Twenty Five Million United States Dollars Grant as Budgetary support from the International Development Association (IDA/World Bank). Sierra Leone’s Ambassador […]

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