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Frank Kargbo mocks Charles Margai

August 12, 2015 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Recently, Lawyer Charles Margai wrote the Government, through the Attorney General, Hon. Frank Kargbo, complaining that President Ernest Koroma does not have the power to extend the State of Health […]

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Bondo is ruining our women, Sierra Leone Civil Society group complains

August 12, 2015 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Sierra Leone has one of the highest rates of female genital mutilation (FGM) in the world, and yet little is known about the health consequences of the practice. The high […]

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SLAM Awards Program

August 11, 2015 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

   

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When Governance institutions fail, Democracy Perishes: Sierra Leone-A rejoinder

August 11, 2015 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

John Baimba Sesay-CHINA :  I have read with fitting attention, the piece written by Lansana Kormoh (Dr.), (my former University Lecturer), titled; “When Governance institutions fail, Democracy Perishes: Sierra Leone”, […]

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ONE – ON – ONE WITH VP VICTOR FOH IN EGYPT

August 11, 2015 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  By M.B. Jalloh, Media Attaché, Saudi Arabia and the Gulf States :    Last week, the Vice President of the Republic of Sierra Leone, Victor Bockarie Foh led a […]

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Sylvia Blyden’s father is safe

August 11, 2015 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Mr. Edward Babatunde Blyden, father of Awareness Times Publisher, Dr. Sylvia O. Blyden, who was reported missing last weekend. has been found. Sylvia Blyden made the joyful announcement in the […]

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Prayers intensify as London Police continue search for missing father of Sierra Leone Publisher

August 11, 2015 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Sierra Leoneans are telephoning and texting one another and asking for prayers for the welfare of the 72 year old father of the Publisher of the Awareness Times newspaper , […]

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Popular socialite Ladi Campbell loses mother

August 11, 2015 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

The death is announced of my mother Mrs. Aina Claribel Madonna Campbell of 48 Soldier Street Freetown Sierra Leone, who  passed away today at the age of 90. She is […]

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New UN development agenda to end poverty in all its forms by 2030

August 10, 2015 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

The 193 U.N. member states have reached agreement on a new development agenda for the next 15 years that calls for eradicating poverty and hunger, achieving gender equality, improving living […]

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World Bank Approves Additional Financing of US$10.0 Million for Sierra Leone’s Social Safety Nets Project

August 10, 2015 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

WASHINGTON, August 6, 2015– The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors today approved an additional financing of US$10.0 million for Sierra Leone’s Social Safety Nets Project (SSN). This additional grant […]

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  John Baimba Sesay-China The promotion of women and children related issues form a major component in Sierra Leone’s development drive, especially as captured in the Agenda for Prosperity as  […]

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