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Month: August 2016

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Well said, Mrs. Zainab Bangura : President Koroma needs support to the very end

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

Former Foreign Minister and the Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary General on Sexual Violence in Conflict, Mrs. Zainab Bangura could not have said it better. Addressing  the Sierra Leone […]

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VOICE FROM MATEBOI : When an American journalist dies……

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

VOICE FROM MATEBOI When an American Born Journalist Die… By Jonathan Abass Kamara This piece is not a tribute but a message and lesson for all practicing journalist. Late Manjia […]

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Sierra Leone to address brain drain in medical profession

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

  By Jonathan Abass Kamara The Medical Superintendent of the China-Sierra Leone Friendship hospital at Jui in the outskirt of Freetown has disclosed plans to launch a new humanitarian programme […]

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China to offer free Cataract operations and support MCH programme in Sierra Leone

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

By Kadrie Koroma The National Health and Family Planning Commission of the People’s Republic of China and the Ministry of Health and Sanitation have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) […]

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Preventing the next disease outbreak! Communities trained on disease prevention, nutrition and gender model family concept

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

  By Ahmed Sahid Nasralla (De Monk)               A stream in Wayeihun village in Nomo Chiefdom, Kenema District, is the community’s main source of water supply (Photo by: James Mattia) […]

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APC Scribe Osman Yansaneh hails broad-based party executives set up in the diaspora

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

  In an exclusive interview with COCORIOKO, the Secretary General of the All People’s Congress ( APC),  Ambassador Osman Foday Yansaneh, has lauded the High-powered APC Biennial Diaspora Touring team […]

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FLASHBACK AND REMINDER : President Koroma Says We Must Continue To Move Forward

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

Independence Anniversary : President Koroma Says We Must Continue To Move Forward POSTED BY: PUBLISHER AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER KABS KANU APRIL 27, 2016 INDEPENDENCE MESSAGE BY  H.E. PRESIDENT ERNEST […]

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Riot reported in Kabala

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

By our men on the ground : Reports gathered from Kabala say the police and youths have clashed  this morning during an anti government demonstration over the relocation of a […]

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Telecommunication an important resource for development – Dr. Larose

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

  By Moses A. Kargbo   L-R: Information Minister Mohamed Bangura, Executive Director Dr. Peter Larose, and Country Manager Parminder Brar   The Executive Director for Sierra Leone on the […]

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Full list of APC-Canada Executive and ex-officio members

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

FROM THE PATRIOTIC VANGUARD We promised our readers a full list of the executive members of the APC-Canada executive a few days ago. The following is the full list with […]

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New Jersey Chief Imam showers praises on Cocorioko Publisher for incomparable community service

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The Chief Imam of one of the leading muslim jamaats in New Jersey has highly commended the Publisher of COCORIOKO , Rev. Leeroy Wilfred Kabs-Kanu, for the incomparable service he […]

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By Fatmata Musa CULLED FROM THE COCORIOKO FACEBOOK FORUM (With 28, 769 participants ) Hinga Norman Junior, son of the late former Defence Minister and strongman of the opposition Sierra […]

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