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Month: August 2015

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No negotiation on State of Emergency

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

For Immediate Release 5th August, 2015 The Office of the Clerk of Parliament hereby wishes to dispel rumours and to counter statements circulating the social media about a negotiation meeting […]

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VP Foh Arrives in Cairo

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

  Alhaji MB Jalloh Sierra Leone’s Vice President has just arrived in the Egyptian Capital, Cairo to deputize His Excellency President Ernest Bai Koroma who was invited by his Egyptian […]

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Information Minister Alpha Kanu gets courtesy call from Nextent Software developing company

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

  Siraju Bah 4th August, 2015: The Honorable Minister of Information and Communications, Hon Alhaji Alpha BS Kanu has played host to a delegation from a software developing company Nextent […]

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Zainab Hawa Bangura condemns appalling sexual crimes on first anniversary of Sinjar tragedy

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

 Statement by UN Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict, Zainab Hawa Bangura, on first anniversary of Sinjar tragedy (New York, 03 August 2015) One year ago […]

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China’s foreign minister to visit Ebola-affected countries

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

Chinese Foreign Minister, Wang Yi, will on August 8th 20015, embarked on a three day official visit to the three West African nations of Liberia, Guinea  and Sierra Leone, on […]

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Fallacious statements, bigotry and tribalism : Is Sierra Leone Disintegrating Into Tribal And Regional Blocks?

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

By Mohamed Sankoh (One Drop) Mohamed Sankoh (One Drop) It is now trending on social media, especially on Facebook amongst Sierra Leoneans abroad. And this trend has shown, or is […]

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The Ebola vaccine we dared to dream of is here

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

By Jeremy Farrar Courtesy Guardian newspaper of  UK For more than a year and a half, three of the world’s poorest countries have struggled against the most devastating Ebola epidemic in […]

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CDC Director optimistic about Sierra Leone

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

By Jarrah Kawusu-Konte : Dr. Tom Frieden, Director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), has said during a courtesy call on President Ernest Bai Koroma at […]

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An Appeal to our Members of Parliament

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

Over a year ago, the Ebola Virus Disease in the three hardest hit West African nations of Guinea Liberia and Sierra Leone started with a single case in, first, Guinea, […]

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OGI : Clarification on the Committee’s request for status report

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

   

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Social Welfare Minister Hon. Moijueh Kai-Kai addresses CSW Session at UN

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Restoration and Upkeep of Cemeteries in Freetown – The Race Course Cemetery Fencing Project.

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  This was a key initiative taken on by the Sierra Leone Bicentenary Trust, a UK based registered charity, providing education and training for people of all ages. (http://sierraleonebicentenarytrust.org/news.html) Contributing […]

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