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Deputy Health Minister in Ethiopia for Immunization confab

February 24, 2016 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Sierra Leone’s Deputy Minister of Health and Sanitation II, Hon. Madina Rahman is in Ethiopia attending the First Ministerial and Stakeholders Conference on Immunization in Africa, which commenced today (24th […]

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Sierra Leoneans angry over proposed removal of citizenship clause

February 24, 2016 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

The Sierra Leone constitution guarantees citizenship through African-Negro ancestry. In other words, to be a Sierra Leonean citizen, one must be born in Sierra Leone by either black African parents […]

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UN Secretary General : “We have to do much more to protect human dignity and human rights of women and girls”

February 23, 2016 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  23 February 2016 – United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today reiterated his call for support from Member States to resolve such global humanitarian issues as the refugee and migrant […]

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New HOC for Saudi Arabia

February 23, 2016 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

The bright evening of Friday, 19th February, 2016, was an enhancement of occasion and circumstance as the Sierra Leone Community in Riyadh turned up in numbers and in colourful attire […]

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President Koroma ends fact finding and assessment tour

February 23, 2016 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  By State House Communication Unit President Ernest Bai Koroma on Friday 19 February, 2016, concluded a fact finding and assessment tour of three communities including the Lumley Government Hospital, […]

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AMBASSADOR TIMBO’S STATEMENT TO THE RAS AL KHAIMAH RULER

February 23, 2016 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  His Highness Sheikh Saud Bin Saqr Al Qasimi Ruler of Ras Al Khaimah. Your Highness, ASALAMU-ALAIKUM WARAMATULAH WABARAKATOU It gives me the greatest honour and privilege to convey the […]

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UAE Set to Partner with Sierra Leone

February 23, 2016 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

UAE Set to Partner with Sierra Leone By M.B. Jalloh, Press Attaché, Saudi Arabia and the Gulf States Sierra Leone’s Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) […]

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In search of VP Foh’s Agenda: “I have no Agenda”

February 22, 2016 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

John Baimba Sesay-CHINA Some twelve months ago, (February 19th 2015) Victor Bockarie Foh then Ambassador to China left Beijing for Freetown. He was to be sworn into office as the […]

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Trouble looms at Bo Mini-Stadium

February 22, 2016 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  Watched by over 500 hundred spectators and with Kick off done by Reverend Shodankeh Johnson, the anticipated victory match between Bo Rangers FC and East End Lions ended up […]

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Visa Holds Fraud Prevention Workshop in West Africa for the First Time

February 21, 2016 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

PRESS RELEASE Visa Holds Fraud Prevention Workshop in West Africa for the First Time The three-day workshop shares fraud prevention best practices with clients and partners in the region DAKAR, […]

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  • Timothy Kabba is out : Mohamed Rado Swaray is now Foreign Minister as President Bio reshuffles his cabinet
  • *The 2028 Election May Have Already Begun*
  • Sierra Leone cannot afford another democratic collapse and war, but Maada Bio is driving us rapidly back into it
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  • Another sad day for democracy in Sierra Leone, as SLPP passes constitutional amendments without 2/3rd majority parliamentary vote
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