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Sierra Leone Ex-Servicemen abroad call for release of kidnapped General Nelson Williams

July 2, 2016 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  Sierra Leone is in a state of shock, disbelief and extreme anxiety following the kidnap  by unknown persons of one of the country’s diplomats , Deputy High Commissioner to […]

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UN SRSG Mrs. Zainab Bangura addresses Council on Foreign Relations

July 2, 2016 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

The Special Representative of the UN Secretary General on Sexual Violence in Conflict was  invited by the Council For Foreign Relations which is one of the big and influential Think Tank […]

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Six women to conduct business with in Sierra Leone

July 2, 2016 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By Moiyattu Banya, Women Change Africa Sierra Leone is a country with much potential for businesses in West Africa and it shows with the emerging and thriving successful businesses that […]

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For Outstanding Performance JFK Selected for “Excellence in Leadership” Award

July 2, 2016 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

The members of the Board of Directors and entire Management team of the African Achievers Awards have selected the Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Mr. Joseph Fitzgerald Kamara for […]

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Health Minister Addresses 120 Certified Newly Trained State Registered Nurses

July 2, 2016 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  By Mamadi M. Khonte Government health facilities across the country are to benefit from a crop of 120 newly trained and certified State Registered Nurses from the Faculty of […]

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WORLD BANK BOOSTS PRESIDENT KOROMA’s POST EBOLA HEALTH SECTOR RECOVERY AGENDA

July 2, 2016 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

WORLD BANK BOOSTS PRESIDENT KOROMA’s POST EBOLA HEALTH SECTOR RECOVERY AGENDA L –R Mr. Paminder Brar, World Bank Country Manager, Dr. Abu Bakarr Fofanah, Minister of Health and Sanitation at […]

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The All People’s Congress Georgia Chapter Inaugural Fundraising Ball

July 2, 2016 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  For Immediate Release July 1, 2016   PRESS RELEASE Contact Person: Mohamed Bangura, Secretary General /Public Relations Officer & Chairman, Inaugural Planning Committee Organization: All People’s Congress (APC), Georgia […]

EDITORIAL

Sierra Leone faces anxious moment as her diplomat in Nigeria is kidnapped

July 2, 2016 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Sierra Leone was plunged into anxiety yesterday when her Deputy High Commissioner in Nigeria, Retired General Nelson Williams was kidnapped by unknown people in a region of Nigeria where the […]

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  • Lenses Behind Bars: A Prosecutor Becomes an Inmate
  • As Nigeria records first case, is Ebola spreading in Africa ?
  • British Guardian newspaper story : How Europe’s most wanted cocaine trafficker turned Sierra Leone into the world’s first true narco state
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  • Former Chief Justice Charles Francis Margai criticizes the handling of the JFK matter
  • JFK is free : Chief Justice accepts his apology and warns lawyers
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By KABS KANU:   The Permanent Mission of Sierra Leone to the United Nations yesterday held a mini-press conference on the UN High-Level HIV/AIDS Meeting which starts today at the […]

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