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Month: May 2016

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State Foreign Minister Mohamed Sesay proposes a new dialogue model towards sustainability of African migration

May 30, 2016 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  By Umaru S. Jah, Information Attaché – Germany The dramatic influx of African migrants to Europe has sparked serious concerns thus prompting European countries to discuss and map out […]

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Kuwait Approves Bumper Fund for Sierra Leone

May 30, 2016 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

    M.B. Jalloh, Press Attaché, Saudi Arabia and the Gulf States In its continuous drive to seek for investment opportunities into the country and funding for the ongoing road […]

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MRU Ambassadors Call For Revitalization of Makona Free Zone Project

May 30, 2016 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  Ambassadors of Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone to China have supported calls for the revitalization of the Makona River Free Zone Development Project, which was jointly conceived by the […]

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SLPPNA condemns heinous killing of party member by another party supporter

May 30, 2016 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

   WASHINGTON, DC, USA – According to reports reaching the Sierra Leone People’s Party North America Region (SLPPNA), a member of the SLPP, Daddy George, of Segbwema, was stabbed and […]

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Ministry of Political Affairs implores SLPP leadership to bring spiraling violence among its supporters to an end

May 29, 2016 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

On Friday 27th May 2016, the Ministry of Political and Public Affairs received  reports about  skirmishes among Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP)  supporters in Kenema.   The incident reportedly started as […]

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Ambassador Ismael Koroma storms New Jersey

May 29, 2016 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Sierra Leone’s Deputy Permanent Representative to the African Union , Ambassador Ismael Koroma , who is in the Unite…d States to attend the joint AU And UN Security Council Session […]

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Opinion : Why Maada Bio should be banned from all political activities in Sierra Leone

May 29, 2016 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By Keketoma Vamboi Aka The Insider Many in the political circle are advocating vehemently for the immediate ban of Julius Maada Bio from any political activity in Sierra Leone. The […]

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SLPP Man livid with anger over murder of party fanatic by alleged Maada Bio supporter

May 28, 2016 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

The police force in Sierra Leone should not dismiss the persistent and continuing violence and murders perpetrated by supporters of the 2012 failed presidential candidate of Sierra Leone people’s party […]

COMMENTARY

Maada Bio condemns intra-party violence within the SLPP ; Says he believes in ‘peaceful democratic competition ‘

May 28, 2016 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Aspiring opposition Sierra Leone People’s Party presidential flagbearer, Retired Brigadier Maada Bio has issued a statement to condemn yesterday’s killing of a supporter of the SLPP  by another SLPP  fanatic, […]

EDITORIAL

SLPP kills SLPP : Public fears heighten that SLPP intra-party feuds will undermine peace and security in Sierra Leone

May 28, 2016 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

This was how the harrowing news was reported to the public yesterday in the social media . Head of police in Eastern ‪#‎SierraLeone‬ says  that one person has been stabbed […]

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  • Crisis in Parliament : Neutrality undermined or opposition rebrand ?
  • Sierra Leoneans thumb down creation of new districts and dividing of Freetown
  • WHY FORGIVENESS MUST BE PART OF SIERRA LEONE’S POLITICAL FUTURE
  • Freetown Doesn’t Need a New “City” – It Needs Accountability and Inclusion
  • Karpowership says it is willing to work with government to stave off looming big electricity blackout crisis
  • Sierra Leone about to be plunged into total darkness as Karpowership decides to cut off electricity because of SLPP Government’s failure to pay debt
  • Fugitive Bank Governor Kelfala Kallon to be arrested if he insists on being paid in dollars : Trapped by his own regulation
  • Opposition APC MPs Suspend Participation from all activities and Committees in Sierra Leone Parliament_*
  • The silence of Bio-led SLPP Government on U.S visa ban is very dangerous—MP says
  • In A War Of Egos, The Loser Always Wins.
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  • Phebean Samura: Watch and see what will happen soon. Sierra Leone will be a Democratic country very soon. FORGET ABOUT 2028. WE…
  • Catherine Higgins: Remarkable how journalists can write about APC and what not... but you never seem to have the spine to demand…
  • Amadu M. Kamara: Comment no. 2 above continues thusly: if the firebrand do seriously intend indeed to show their numerical strength versus the…

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Speak out and be damned or democracy will die in Sierra Leone

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By Kabs Kanu Nobody will limit or abridge my freedom of expression. As a journalist, I will talk about matters of national and international concerns when and as I deem […]

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IS PRESIDENT BIO THE SIERRA LEONE CURRENT ISSUES?

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By S I Koroma My fellow Sierra Leonean from all tribes, we are Sierra Leoneans that share Sierra Leone in common. I am very proud to be a Sierra Leonean […]

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‘President Koroma won me over through his development projects in my Kailahun District’ : Former SLPP Presidential aspirant Major Ismael Sengu Koroma

June 8, 2012 0

June 8, 2012 | Filed under: Breaking News,Diaspora,Headlines,Lead Story,National News,Talking Point | Posted by:Cocorioko Newspaper By KABS KANU : Former Sierra Leone People’s Party ( SLPP ) Presidential aspirant,  Ishmael Songu Koroma, today refutted […]

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Zainab Bangura Prays for Sierra Leone in Makkah

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   By M.B Jalloh, Press Attaché, Saudi Arabia Sierra Leone’s former Foreign and International Cooperation Minister has arrived in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s second city of Jeddah on a […]

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The Rebirth of Sierra Leone: Let’s Keep the Peace

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By Numeh Sesay : Just over a decade ago, our dear country Sierra Leone was regarded as a pariah state. Sierra Leoneans around the World were ashamed to identify with […]

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