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Moseray Fadika laid to rest after fitting funeral that drew mammoth crowds

August 21, 2016 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By KABS KANU : Grief and sorrow continue to lay thick across Freetown this weekend after Friday’s funeral for the the late Sierra Leonean humanitarian, philanthropist , former mining executive […]

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Destined to rule

August 21, 2016 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

FROM THE COCORIOKO ARCHIVES Even as Opposition Leader ,  PRESIDENT ERNEST KOROMA was regal, full of zeal, progressive thinking, endeavour and infectious confidence . Ernest BAI (Means CHIEF in Temne […]

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GRAMMY NOMINEE BOLSTERS BODY OF WORK

August 19, 2016 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

GRAMMY NOMINEE BOLSTERS BODY OF WORK Wilfred “Freddy Will” Kanu Jr. bolstered his body of work with a new series of books called, “The Sandmann’s Journal”. On June 6th, 2016 […]

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Moseray Fadika’s body arrives in Sierra Leone

August 19, 2016 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

The body of the late Ambassador Moseray Fadika arrived in Freetown today. Mr .Fadika, who was vying to run for the Presidency under the banner of the ruling All People’s […]

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Intertwined Relations between the Public and Police

August 19, 2016 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  John Baimba Sesay- China In a June 2012 article titled “A societal problem demanding societal solution”, I dilated on the relevance of having an acceptable level of trust and […]

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*Development Partners are ‘pleased with the successes and progress’ of the President’s Recovery Priorities*

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

  By Memuna Forna Saidu Conton-Sesay, the Chief of Staff, welcomed development partners to State House on Friday 12 August 2016 to update them on the progress of the President’s […]

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Horror, as young woman dies in Sierra Leone Bondo Bush

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

DAKAR (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – The death of a teenage girl in Sierra Leone during a female genital mutilation (FGM) procedure performed by a women-run secret society should spur the […]

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VP VICTOR FOH DID NOT CAUSE THE KABALA RIOTS

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

Titus Boye-Thompson, Communications Expert The mere mention of riots in Kabala is a serious matter for contention, the area being wedged in the Norther most tip of Sierra Leone, bordering […]

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UN Scribe taps Salone’s C Bah for Advisory Group

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

  Sierra Leonean born global activist and girl champion, Chernor Bah (Cee Bah) has been appointed by the UN Secretary- General, Ban Ki-Moon to a prestigious Advisory Group of experts […]

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VP Foh launches campaign to end child marriage

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

KEYNOTE ADDRESS BY THE HONOURABLE VICE PRESIDENT, AMB. DR. VICTOR BOCKARIE FOH AT THE OFFICIAL LUNCH OF CAMPAIGN TO END CHILD MARRIAGE , BANK COMPLEX, KINGTOM 17TH AUGUST, 2016 Chairperson Ministers […]

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By: Mamadi .M. Khonte and Augusta Koroma (Interns) Freetown, April 1, 016 (MOHS) – The Minister of Health and Sanitation, Dr. Abu Bakarr Fofanah, has said that the Health Care […]

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