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Agriculture Minister explores potentials in Germany

September 30, 2016 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  By Umaru S. Jah-Information Attaché Germany In an effort to transform the agricultural sector for sustainable development in Sierra Leone, the Minister of Agriculture Forestry and Food Security, Professor […]

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Africa’s Economic Growth Continues to Falter, Yet Some Countries Show Signs of Resilience

September 30, 2016 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Africa’s Economic Growth Continues to Falter, Yet Some Countries Show Signs of Resilience   WASHINGTON, September 29, 2016— After slowing to 3 percent in 2015, economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa […]

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Eddie Turay in hot waters with the APC

September 30, 2016 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

 

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Brussels Airlines threatens to pull out of Sierra Leone

September 30, 2016 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

The Vice President Aeropolitical, Government and International Relations of Brussels Airlines, have indicated that the airline will be forced to stop flying to Freetown if the government fails to address […]

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Giving Up In Dealing With Your Political Fears Is Not An Option

September 30, 2016 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By Essa Thaim Krugba  Political Opinion  Your political fears, nervousness, and other domestic problems have the best of you and you don’t know where to turn for help. At some […]

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Sierra Leone Pilgrims Depart Mecca for Medina

September 30, 2016 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By M.B. Jalloh, Press Attaché, Saudi Arabia A total of 800 Sierra Leone pilgrims arrived in the holy city of Medina in the evening of Thursday, 29th September, 2016, head […]

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PPRC OPENS BOOK OF CONCOLENCE FOR THE LATE HON JUSTICE M.E. TOLLA THOMPSON

September 30, 2016 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  The Political Parties Registration Commission (PPRC) announces the sudden death of the Chairman Hon Justice M.E. Tolla Thompson which took place on Monday 26th September, 2016.   The late […]

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Deputy Health Minister Urges SLEMSA to Raise Nationwide Awareness on Hepatitis

September 30, 2016 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  By Jonathan Abass Kamara and Kadrie Koroma Deputy Health and Sanitation Minister 1, Madina Rahman has called on the Sierra Leone Medical Students’ Association (SLEMSA) to raise a nationwide […]

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PPRC MOURNS THE LATE HON JUSTICE M.E. TOLLA THOMPSON

September 28, 2016 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  The Commissioners and Staff of the Political Parties Registration Commission (PPRC) wish to inform the eleven Registered Political Parties and the public of the death of the Chairman, Hon […]

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President Ernest Bai Koroma to continue as Party Chairman and Leader

September 27, 2016 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  John Baimba Sesay- CHINA On the invitation of the Communist Party of China (CPC), Secretary-General for Sierra Leone’s governing All People’s Congress Ambassador Osman Yansaneh arrived in Beijing, on […]

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