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President Ernest Koroma continues pushing his agenda for a better Sierra Leone

May 26, 2016 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

PRESIDENT ERNEST BAI KOROMA, unrelenting and determined, continues to push forward his agenda to make Sierra Leone a better country for all her citizens. It has been a hectic week […]

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AFRICA DAY : UN Secretary General sees positive prospects for Africa

May 25, 2016 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

25 May 2016, UN News Service – Despite an uncertain global economic landscape, Africa’s prospects are positive, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said today, urging the continent’s leaders to use […]

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Deadbeat SLPP : Now, debt-collectors knock at the door at Sierra Leone Embassy in Brussels

May 25, 2016 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  Staff at the Sierra Leone Embassy in Brussels were thrown in a mood of disbelief and shock when a team of Debt Collectors from the Belgium government stormed the […]

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Landmark day at the United Nations Security Council for the African Union and Sierra Leone

May 25, 2016 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Monday May 23, 2016 was a landmark day for the African Union and Sierra Leone. The 10th joint consultative meeting was held between the Peace and Security Council of the […]

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Ambassador A.P Koroma calls on Dean of ECOWAS envoys

May 25, 2016 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  His Excellency Ambassador Alimamy Phillip Koroma on Wednesday, 25th May, 2016, called on, and held fruitful discussions with the Dean of ECOWAS Group of Ambassadors, Ambassador Sedozen Jean-Claude Apithy, […]

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WINDFALL FOR EBOLA ORPHANS

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

  By ODA Communications Unit The Government of Sierra Leone has provided two acres of land at John Obey community to ‘Hope 4 Ebola Orphans Charity Foundation’ and its partners […]

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Daily Mail , 1966 : Hinga norman and Larry Lightfoot-Boston graduate from prestigious British military academy

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

By your Historian, KABS KANU : The stack of old Sierra Leone Daily Mail  newspapers for 1966 I am reading  are turning up some very interesting news and pictures . […]

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President Koroma Opens International Conference on Women in Leadership

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

  By State House Communication Unit FREETOWN, Sierra Leone, May 23, 2016// –President Dr Ernest Bai Koroma opened the International Conference “Women Engineering Change, Accelerating the Peace in Achieving Results, […]

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“Confucius Institute at FBC Is Symbol of Growing China-Sierra Leone Friendship”-Amb. Kumba Momoh

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

  Sierra Leone’s deputy Envoy to the People’s Republic of China, has referred the establishment of a Confucius Institute at Fourah Bay College (FBC), University of Sierra Leone (USL) four […]

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Nanette Thomas could be a Hero in EBK’s administration

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

By Sanpha Sesay The Texas Chief   Dallas, Texas, USA May 22, 2016. Time has now permitted me to give a recital of the abilities and establishment of the woman […]

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MAADA BIO AND INTERNATIONAL DIPLOMACY————- BIO CAME TO POWER THROUGH INTERNATIONAL CONSPIRACIES AND HE REMAINS IN POWER THROUGH DIPLOMATIC CHICANERY By Kabs Kanu Maada Bio lost the plot at home […]

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As Sierra Leone’s biggest and most widely read digital newspaper, with readership in Sierra Leone and forums all over social media, Cocorioko extends our deepest and heartfelt condolence to the […]

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