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Month: August 2015

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Remember French Cooperation, Remember Ambassador Michele Galas

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

  By Idrissa Balogun Tejan News of the death of former French Ambassador to Sierra Leone His Excellency Ambassador Michele Galas reawakens thoughts of Franco-Sierra Leone diplomatic relations with its […]

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UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon hosts Farewell Luncheon for Kandeh Yumkella

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

  United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and wife, Madan Yoo (Ban) Soon-taek, today hosted a farewell luncheon for Dr. and Mrs. Kandeh Yumkella in appreciation of his outstanding services to […]

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Restore Hope is Hosting Post Ebola Strategies Summit in Texas

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

  By Sanpha Sesay August 1, 2015: Dallas Texas, USA. At least, after almost 14 months since the Ebola virus ravaged Sierra Leone and West Africa, the non-governmental organization (NGO), […]

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Do Sierra Leoneans understand or appreciate the role of the media ?

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

By KABS KANU : You can stage the most grandiose occasion , with all the pomp and pageantry imaginable, but unless there are the media to cover the story and […]

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JFK, five more years of a “lonelier” job

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

John Baimba Sesay In May, 2014, I was seated in front of Joseph Fitzgerald Kamara Esq., Commissioner-ACC, for an exclusive interview which was centered primarily on the fight against graft. […]

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Patriotic Vanguard is ten years old

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

By Gibril Gbanabome Koroma, CEO/Publisher | This newspaper, the Patriotic Vanguard is ten years old today, Thursday July 30, 2015. How time flies! As part of the celebrations some of our […]

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Congratulating Patriotic Vanguard @ 10

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

I have this firm belief/feeling that, ten years of professional reporting, critical analyses on global issues and, of information gathering and dissemination by Patriotic Vanguard online newspaper could best be […]

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  • The Return Of A Statesman: Ernest Koroma’s homecoming and a new chapter of hope
  • When Weapons Cannot Save a State: Mali’s Warning for Sierra Leone and West Africa
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