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Plan International Sierra Leone Wins Global Awards

May 4, 2016 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

ย L-R-The Plan International Sierra Leone team, Ansu Karim( Business Development Manager), Casely Ato Coleman( Country Director), Timothy Sam( Youth Engagement Advisor) and Kamanda Kamara( Member of the Global Youth Advisory […]

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SIERRA LEONEAN DIASPORA PHILANTHROPIST HONOURED

May 4, 2016 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  By ODA Communications Unit Help the Helpless Consortium including Hope 4 Ebola Orphans, Embracing Children Adoption Services and Ripsta Culture GEDO has on the 1st May 2016 at Angola […]

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World Press Freedom Day 2016 : SLAJ reminds President Koroma

May 4, 2016 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  By Ahmed Sahid Nasralla (De Monk) Journalists in Sierra Leone have again used the occasion of World Press Freedom Day, Tuesday 3rd May 2016, to remind the countryโ€™s President […]

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Seminar on Chinaโ€™s Economic Development Practices for Sierra Leone ends in Beijing

May 4, 2016 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

    With sponsorship from the Chinese Ministry of Commerce, fourteen (14) Senior Government Officials from Sierra Leone, including Permanent Secretaries, on Wednesday 4th May ended a three week Seminar […]

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President Koroma Launches National Employment Policy and Strategy and Implementation Plan for Sierra Leone

May 3, 2016 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  By State House Communication Unit FREETOWN, Sierra Leone, Monday 2 May, 2016// — President Dr Ernest Bai Koroma has launched the National Employment Policy and Strategy and Implementation Plan […]

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President receives Global Fund delegation, administers oath to two ministers

May 3, 2016 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  By State House Communication Unit President Dr Ernest Bai Koroma Friday 29 April, 2016 received a high-powered delegation from the Global Fund International at State House in Freetown. According […]

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World Press Freedom Day : UN officials underscore importance of free flow of information and democracy

May 3, 2016 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

3 May 2016 โ€“ Top United Nations officials today highlighted the dependency of human rights, democratic societies and sustainable development on the free flow of information and press freedom, stressing […]

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Thank God for Press Freedom in Sierra Leone under President Ernest Bai Koroma

May 3, 2016 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

On an important day like this–The World Press Freedom Day–another blessing that Sierra Leoneans should be toasting and celebrating is the unfettered freedom of the press and the free flow […]

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Sierra Leoneans in Texas stage grand Independence Anniversary celebration

May 3, 2016 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Dallas, Texas, USA: May 2, 2016: It is traditional for the Association of Sierra Leonean Organizations in Texas (ASLOT), to bring together all Sierra Leoneans in the metroplex to celebrate […]

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VP Victor Foh addresses Second Ordinary Session of Fourth Pan-African Parliament

May 3, 2016 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  Hon.Vice President Foh ย delivered his speech on behalf of His Excellency President Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma ADDRESS BY AMBASSADOR DR. VICTOR BOCKARIE FOH VICE PRESIDENT OF SIERRA LEONE – […]

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