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Month: April 2016

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SLPP now the rented opposition

April 20, 2016 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By Mohamed Sankoh (One Drop) Sometime ago, when some SLPP-leaning Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) and so-called human rights activists engaged in political poaching in the name of seeking the interest […]

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CPJ joins call for World Bank to adopt human rights policy

April 20, 2016 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

The Committee to Protect Journalists has joined Social Justice Connection and other press freedom and human rights groups in calling on the World Bank to adopt a human rights policy […]

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President Koroma praised for standardizing health services to sub-regional specifications

April 20, 2016 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  Freetown, April 19, 016 (MOHS) – The President, Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma , through the Ministry of Health and Sanitation has over the weekend donated a three Compartment Mortuary […]

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ACC takes the fight against corruption to MMCET

April 20, 2016 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By: Junisa Sankoh “Corruption will not survive at the Milton Margai College of Education and Technology (MMCET)” says the Vice Principal Dr. Tabitha Kamara. He made this statement on Monday […]

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Slow But Not Actually Sure : A tribute marking the 10th Anniversary of the Passing Away of my Father

April 20, 2016 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By Ahmed Sahid Nasralla (De Monk)   Pa Hassan Alie Nasralla (1937-2006) My childhood memories of my father are ephemeral, figuratively speaking. I saw him seldom. Father was a professional […]

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Health Minister Reassures China Medical Team

April 20, 2016 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Freetown, April 19, 016 (MOHS) – Health and Sanitation Minister Dr. Abu Bakarr Fofanah has reassured the newly arrived China medical Team of Government’s commitment to building the Jui Friendship […]

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United States Condemns The Gambia’s Response to Peaceful Protests

April 19, 2016 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

United States Condemns The Gambia’s Response to Peaceful Protests Press Statement John Kirby Assistant Secretary and Department Spokesperson, Bureau of Public Affairs Washington, DC April 17, 2016 The United States […]

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Sierra Leone’s great Ambassador passes away

April 19, 2016 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By Sulaiman Forna : Even though many made his job so difficult for him he was still always there for his country men, women and children.   Those Sierra Leoneans […]

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Dr. Samura Kamara to represent Sierra Leone this week in Climate Change Conference at the UN

April 19, 2016 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Sierra Leone ‘s Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Dr. Samura Kamara, will  be in New York to represent  Sierra Leone at this week’s Climate Change Conference at the […]

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Korean- funded medical clinic at Tokeh nears completion, as Ambassador Omrie Golley is invited to May 2016 opening ceremony

April 18, 2016 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  Following an Accord between the Government of the Republic of Sierra Leone and the Korean Medical Peace Foundation, signed on the 18th of June 2015, for a Korean designed […]

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  • More drama in Sierra Leone as Chief Justice orders the arrest of former Justice Minister JFK for yesterday’s tense exchanges at the Supreme Court
  • Another big political drama in Sierra Leone as APC and Supreme Court clash over disputed Constitutional Amendment Bill
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