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Month: August 2016

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Sierra Leone and Brazil advance bilateral relations in Korea

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

  The Brazilian Ambassador to the Republic of Korea, His Excellency Ambassador Luis Fernando Serra today Wednesday 24th August 2016 paid a courtesy call on Sierra Leone’s Ambassador to the […]

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Minister of Tourism thrills students of Limkokwing University

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

  The excitement that followed the visit of the Minister of Tourism and Cultural Affairs, Sidie Yahya Tunis at the Limkokwing University in Sierra Leone was phenomenal. From the administration […]

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Maternal, infant, child mortality in Sierra Leone

August 23, 2016 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By Aruna Turay Sierra Leone’s decade long civil war has been mapped out as being responsible for the country’s low standards in the reduction of maternal, infant and child mortality […]

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Deputy Speaker turns Agriculturist …50acres farm land to be cultivated

August 23, 2016 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  By Fadda Bakish   Hon. Chernor R.M. Rahman Bah, committed to food security attainment The Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Hon. Chernor Maju Rahman Bah is planning to undertake some […]

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Sierra Leone, South Sudan Meet on Post War Reconciliation and Justice Experience Sharing

August 23, 2016 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  Envoys of Sierra Leone and South Sudan to China on Monday, 22nd August, 2016 had information and experience sharing session on both countries’ wars, post war challenges, process of […]

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Making health services available to the most remote communities in Kenema and Kailahun

August 23, 2016 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  By Ahmed Sahid Nasralla (De Monk)   Interior of a PHU in Nyemeya in Tunkia chiefdom, Kenema District               A group of NGO field workers recently visited communities […]

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THE POLICE CANNOT ALLOW MAYHEM TO TAKE HOLD

August 23, 2016 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  Titus Boye-Thompson   Events of recent weeks have embroiled our young people at loggerheads with the Police. While calls for unreasonable force may have some weight, it may be […]

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VOICE FROM MATEBOI : That Moseray Fadika’s Prayer on Monologue

August 23, 2016 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

VOICE FROM MATEBOI That Moseray Fadika’s Prayer on Monologue By Jonathan Abass Kamara The prayer I am talking about here is that of the late Philanthropist and Politician, Moseray Fadika […]

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Health Manager UNICEF, Calls for Community Engagement to fight Maternal and Newborn Mortality in Sierra Leone

August 23, 2016 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  By Jonathan Abass Kamara and Kadrie Koroma The UNICEF’s Health Manager, Dr. Nuzhat Rafique has expressed the need to engage communities for the survival of mothers and newborn in […]

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In handling Emergency Obstetric and Neonatal Care in Sierra Leone; WHO boss assures Cottage hospital

August 23, 2016 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By Aruna Turay Country Representative of the World Health Organization (WHO) in Sierra Leone, Anders Nordstrom, has assured his organization’s continued support to Sierra Leone’s only maternal referral hospital, Princes […]

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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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