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Sierra Leone, United States, and Partners Release Global Health Security Agenda Five Year Roadmap for Sierra Leone

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

  United States Mission Sierra Leone Public Affairs Office Contact: Hollyn Green Tel: 099105000 Notice to the Press Sierra Leone, United States, and Partners Release Global Health Security Agenda Five […]

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The Paris climate deal and Africa

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

By Richard Munang : Africa’s development and climate change experts are confident that the historic Paris Agreement on Climate Change that was unanimously adopted last December in Paris will be […]

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Ebola payment method : UN praises Sierra Leone

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

UN report commends Sierra Leone’s Ebola fight* Sherriff Ahmed Ismail A new study by the United Nations-based *Better Than Cash Alliance* finds out that digital payments to Ebola response workers […]

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Busy weekend for Information Minister Mohamed Bangura as he, Deputy and experts visit fibre optic sites in the North

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

By Abdul Kabia : The Minister of Information and Communications, Hon. Mohamed Bangura  and his Deputy, Hon. Cornelius Deveaux, senior members of the Ministry, the Sierra Leone Cable Network and […]

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VP Foh to represent President Koroma at the ACP Summit in Papua New Guinea

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

His Excellency, Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma has officially designated his able and trusted Vice President of the Republic of Sierra Leone, Ambassador Dr. Victor Bockarie Foh to represent him at […]

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President Koroma Receives Update on Water Crisis in Freetown and report on GAVI Funds

May 17, 2016 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By State House Communication Unit In an effort to seek and promote the welfare of citizens, President Dr Ernest Bai Koroma today Tuesday May 17 2016 summoned the appropriate authorities […]

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Ambassador Alimamy Koroma presents letters of credence to Chinese President Xi Jinping

May 17, 2016 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Sierra Leone’s Ambassador to the People’s Republic of China, His Excellency Alimamy P. Koroma, on 17th May, met with, and presented his Letters of Credence and those of recall of […]

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Parliament allows use 0f existing voters ‘ register for upcoming bye-elections

May 17, 2016 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

 The Parliament of Sierra Leone has on Tuesday 17th May 2016 passed into law, with a slight amendment, the Constitutional Amendment Act, 2016, to allow for use of the existing […]

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The 2016 Miss Sierra Leone Board and Contestants Pay Courtesy Call on the Ministry of Tourism and Cultural Affairs

May 17, 2016 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By Abubakarr Kamara : The Board of Directors for the 2016 Miss Sierrra Leone Beauty Pageant today paid a courtesy call on the Ministry of Tourism and Cultural Affairs their […]

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New Ambassador meets embassy staff, calls for teamwork

May 16, 2016 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

New Ambassador meets embassy staff, calls for teamwork Sierra Leone’s new Ambassador to the People’s Republic of China, has on Monday, 16 May, 2016, held a maiden meeting with all […]

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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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OBITUARY ANNOUNCEMENT : CECIL YOMIE JONES , FATHER OF RONALD OSEH JONES OF NEW JERSEY

June 24, 2016 0

The death is reported of Mr. Cecil Yomie Jones, who went home to be with the Lord on June 23, 2016. Mr. Jones resided in Piscataway, NJ where he passed […]

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Sierra Leoneans demonstrate at the White House in solidarity with President Ernest Bai Koroma

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By KABS KANU : Supporters of President Ernest Bai Koroma and the government of Sierra Leone staged a successful demonstration in front of the U.S. White House at 1600 Pennsylvania […]

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Former APC Leader and ambassador Eddie Turay has passed away

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While Sierra Leone is transfixed with tension as the nation awaits the results of yesterday’s elections, the opposition All People’s Congress ( APC ) has been hit by yet another […]

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273 DIE OF EBOLA IN SIERRA LEONE; 200 SURVIVE–Says Ministry of Health

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