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Month: March 2016

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President Koroma Launches 2015 Population and Housing Census Provisional Results

March 31, 2016 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  Speech by His Excellency Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma on the Occasion of the formal launching of the 2015 Population and Housing Census Provisional Results on March 31st 2016. Distinguished […]

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Government takes measures to restrict movements to and from Guinea

March 31, 2016 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

THE GENERAL PUBLIC IS HEREBY INFORMED THAT FOLLOWING A MEETING HELD AT STATE HOUSE BETWEEN HIS EXCELLENCY THE PRESIDENT, RELEVANT SECTORAL MINISTERS AND THE NATIONAL SECURITY TEAM ON THE RESURGENCE […]

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Sierra Leone’s economy to grow by 4.3 percent in 2016, says IMF

March 31, 2016 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Sierra Leone economy to grow by 4.3 percent in 2016-IMF “Sierra Leone’s economy is recovering from the twin shocks of the Ebola virus epidemic and the halt in iron-ore mining. […]

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Yellow Journalism destroying the fabric of Sierra Leone media

March 31, 2016 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  Many Sierra Leoneans are very ignorant about the media. Though we live in a media society today, with everything pervaded by media, listening to some Sierra Leoneans gives you […]

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Please Kamarainba Mansaray, See Dr Nahim

March 31, 2016 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  By Mohamed Sankoh (One Drop) Some time ago when Dr Edward Nahim, the only psychiatrist in Sierra Leone, said that there were about 600,000 Sierra Leoneans in the country […]

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Attorney General and Minister of Justice Orders the Establishment of Legal Aid Office in Port Loko

March 31, 2016 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  By Hassan Bruz Northern Bureau Chief The Attorney General and Minister of Justice –Hon. Joseph Kamara has instructed for the setting up of a Legal Aid Office in the […]

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Big Loss to Journalism in Salone, as another former BBC Stringer dies

March 31, 2016 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By M.B. Jalloh : Foday Fofana reportedly passed away at their 19 Hagan Street family residence in the East End of Freetown in the early hours of this morning. Born […]

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Presidential appointees are expected to sail through Parliament

March 31, 2016 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

COMMITTEE ON APPOINTMENTS INTERVIEWS NINE PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEES President Koroma has made the best choice of Ministers and Ambassadors for the country. Nine of those fine young men and women were […]

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Invest Sierra Leone – Sierra Leone’s only annual investment forum returns to London

March 31, 2016 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  Posted on 30 March 2016 by Africa Business Invest Sierra Leone, the only annual forum dedicated to encouraging investment into Sierra Leone, returns to London on 5 May 2016. […]

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Sierra Leone Airport Authority’s Acting General Manager Calls for Support and Cooperation

March 31, 2016 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By Hassan Bruz Northern Bureau Chief The Acting General Manager at the Sierra Leone Airport Authority [SLAA] – Mr. Idris Nabih Fofana, has urged for the support and cooperation of […]

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