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Month: August 2015

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Ambassador Golley receives Korea EXIMBANK Officials at Sierra Leone Mission in Seoul

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

  Sierra Leone’s Ambassador to the Republic of Korea, His Excellency Ambassador Omrie Golley, today Friday 7th August 2015 received the Director of the Economic Development Cooperation Fund of Korea […]

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MRCG presents Media Position Paper to Constitutional Review Committee–CRC

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

By Mohamed Faray Kargbo The Media Reform Coordinating Group (MRCG) on Thursday 6th August 2015 submitted a joint media position paper to the Constitutional Review Committee (CRC). The ceremony took […]

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The end of Ebola in sight in Sierra Leone, says NERC Chief Palo Conteh

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

By CLARENCE ROY-MACAULAY  Sierra Leone has only four recorded cases of Ebola, the West African nation’s head of Ebola said Thursday, adding that he is hopeful the countdown to zero […]

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Community Trust and the Ebola Endgame

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

Ranu S. Dhillon, M.D., and J. Daniel Kelly, M.D. Six-year-old Fatou was exposed to Ebola at her uncle’s funeral in Forécariah, a district along Guinea’s border with Sierra Leone where […]

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Ebola Vaccine trial co-author talks about success rate of the vaccine

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

John-Arne Røttingen, the director of the Division of Infectious Disease Control at the Norwegian Institute of Public Health and adjunct professor of Global Health and Population at Harvard University, is […]

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Private Sector is a Key Priority in Post Ebola Recovery, says President Koroma

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

By State House Communications Unit President Ernest Bai Koroma on Tuesday 4th August said that the private sector is a key priority in government’s post Ebola recovery plan. The president […]

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EBK calls for mutual accountability in Post-Ebola recovery programs

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

  By State House Communications Unit President Ernest Bai Koroma Tuesday 4th August, 2015 assured a High-Level Panel on Global Response to Health Crisis that the principles of the New […]

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Chinese Spokesman speaks on Foreign Minister’s visit to Sierra Leone

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

  Dear media friends, Good afternoon! Welcome to the briefing. At the invitation of Sierra Leonean Foreign Minister Dr. Samura Kamara, Chinese Foreign Minister Mr. Wang Yi will pay an […]

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Victor Foh says social media should not be used to destroy Sierra Leone

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

  By M.B Jalloh, Press Attaché, Saudi Arabia Sierra Leone’s Vice President has said in the Egyptian Capital, Cairo that Sierra Leoneans should avoid using the social media against their […]

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Arsenal out to restore supremacy in the English Premier League

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

  By firing from all four cylinders and comprehensively beating a full-blooded Chelsea side in the Community Shield on Sunday, Arsenal has succeeded not only in breaking the age-old undefeated […]

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  • Crisis in Parliament : Neutrality undermined or opposition rebrand ?
  • Sierra Leoneans thumb down creation of new districts and dividing of Freetown
  • WHY FORGIVENESS MUST BE PART OF SIERRA LEONE’S POLITICAL FUTURE
  • Freetown Doesn’t Need a New “City” – It Needs Accountability and Inclusion
  • Karpowership says it is willing to work with government to stave off looming big electricity blackout crisis
  • Sierra Leone about to be plunged into total darkness as Karpowership decides to cut off electricity because of SLPP Government’s failure to pay debt
  • Fugitive Bank Governor Kelfala Kallon to be arrested if he insists on being paid in dollars : Trapped by his own regulation
  • Opposition APC MPs Suspend Participation from all activities and Committees in Sierra Leone Parliament_*
  • The silence of Bio-led SLPP Government on U.S visa ban is very dangerous—MP says
  • In A War Of Egos, The Loser Always Wins.
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  • Phebean Samura: Watch and see what will happen soon. Sierra Leone will be a Democratic country very soon. FORGET ABOUT 2028. WE…
  • Catherine Higgins: Remarkable how journalists can write about APC and what not... but you never seem to have the spine to demand…
  • Amadu M. Kamara: Comment no. 2 above continues thusly: if the firebrand do seriously intend indeed to show their numerical strength versus the…

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Sierra Leone’s Rich and Powerful Are Breaking the Ebola Burial Rules And it’s putting everyone at risk

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By Tommy Trenchard June 30, 2015 On a barren hillside outside Sierra Leone’s capital, Freetown, Alieu Mansaray put on a brave face as strangers in full plastic bodysuits lowered his […]

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