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Ambassador Eddie Turay apologizes to President Ernest Koroma

January 30, 2015 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

PRESS RELEASE RE:  COMMENTS MADE ON THE 7TH JANUARY, 2015, PODIUM PROGRAMME ON SIERRA LEONE BROADCASTING CORPORATION Subsequent to my appearance on the “Podium” programme on the Sierra Leone Broadcasting […]

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Ebola will not be gone in any country until it is gone from every country

January 30, 2015 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Speech by David Nabarro, United Nations Secretary-General’s Special Envoy on Ebola 136th Executive Board Special Session on Ebola 25 January 2015 Mr Chairman, Your Excellencies, Thank you very much indeed, […]

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Why is Boko Haram advancing in Nigeria ?

January 30, 2015 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Nigeria’s military decline: Boko Haram is capitalising on the rot at the core of Nigeria’s army by Eleanor Whitehead Feb 01, 2015 Goodluck Jonathan and John Kerry In a small […]

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Military takeovers in Africa: When will the AU bare its teeth?

January 30, 2015 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

by Brian Klaas Feb 01, 2015 Ousted Burkina Faso leader Blaise Compaoré It was late 1987 when Blaise Compaoré became president of Burkina Faso in a coup d’état. Michael Jackson […]

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President buoys Sierra Leone Army

January 30, 2015 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

STATEMENT BY HIS EXCELLENCY DR. ERNEST BAI KOROMA AT THE WELCOME CEREMONY OF LEOBATT 1 30 January 2015 The Chief of Defence Staff, Senior Officers, Officers, Men and Women of the […]

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ABC Secretariat Presents Magazine to President Koroma

January 30, 2015 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  By State House Communications Unit The Attitudinal and Behavioural Change (ABC) Secretariat Thursday 29 January presented their report/magazine and also informed President Ernest Bai Koroma about other activities the […]

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UBA Boosts Fight against Ebola

January 30, 2015 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  By State House Communications Unit The United Bank for Africa (UBA) Thursday 29 January donated an additional cheque transfer of Three Hundred Thousand United States Dollars ($300,000) to support […]

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We have to remain focused, says President Ernest Koroma

January 30, 2015 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  By State House Communications UnitPresident Ernest Bai Koroma Thursday 29 January called on all Sierra Leoneans and development partners to remain focused in the fight against the waning Ebola […]

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President Koroma assures Music Federation

January 30, 2015 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  By State House Communications UnitAt a meeting with representatives of the Sierra Leone Music Federation, President Ernest Bai Koroma Wednesday 28th January assured the federation of government’s continued support […]

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AU elects Sierra Leone’s Anti-Corruption Boss

January 29, 2015 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

African Union Executive Council of Ministers elects Joseph Fitzgerald Kamara, Commissioner of Anti-Corruption Commission to African Union Advisory Board on Corruption. ACC BOSS ( LEFT) AND AMBASSADOR KAMARA  The ACC […]

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  • 65th Independence anniversary : Echoes of a dark and ugly past ; Appeal to President Bio not to drag Sierra Leone into another war
  • 65 YEARS OF INDEPENDENCE have been Cruel luck for the people of Sierra Leone
  • Sixty-five years after independence, one painful truth remains: we, as a people, have failed Mama Salone.
  • Independence Anniversary : A reflection on the role of the SLPP in national unity, peace agreements and political responsibility
  • 65 years of Independence : Let us be honest for a second
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  • Built by Many, Broken by One: The Unraveling Story of the Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP).
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  • *Fatima Bio’s Shameless Inclusivity Sermon Crashes Against the Shameful Memory and Evidence of Her Own Iron Chained Exclusion at the SLPP Gate*
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COCORIOKO EDITORIAL: Echoes of a Dark Past – An Independence Day Plea for Sierra Leone’s Soul As Sierra Leone marks another Independence Anniversary, the air should ideally be thick with […]

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British human rights organization “strongly condemns” use of excessive force and the consequent deaths in Sierra Leone

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