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UNGA 71 SPECIAL ( 1) : President Ernest Bai Koroma , a major player in the UN system

September 11, 2016 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By KABS KANU: Minister Plenipotentiary , Permanent Mission of Sierra Leone to the UN , New York : When President Ernest Koroma arrives in New York next week to attend […]

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President Koroma in Guinea Bissau on ECOWAS Peace Mission

September 11, 2016 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

MEDIA ADVISORY Freetown: Saturday, September 10, 2016 President Koroma leaves for Guinea Bissau on ECOWAS Peace Mission The general public is hereby informed that His Excellency the President Dr. Ernest […]

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Sierra Leone Pilgrims Converge on Mount ARAFAT

September 11, 2016 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Sierra Leone Pilgrims Converge on Mount ARAFAT @ M.B. Jalloh, Press Attache, Saudi Sierra Leone pilgrims were amongst millions of pilgrims to arrive in Arafat in the early hours of […]

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President Koroma Buys Hajj Kits for Sierra Leone Pilgrims in Mecca

September 11, 2016 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  M.B. Jalloh, Press Attaché, Saudi Arabia Sierra Leone’s President, Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma has bought Hajj Kits worth thousands of Saudi Riyals for the 800 Sierra Leone pilgrims who […]

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President Koroma’s Priorities at Work!*

September 11, 2016 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

President Koroma’s Priorities at Work!* Ebola Survivors’ Spokesman Daddy Hassan Kamara who also doubles as Orphans Coordinator for SLAES shown as he boards the boat for Lungi to take his […]

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News Flash : Permanent Representative H.E. Adikalie Sumah presents his letters of credence to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon

September 10, 2016 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Sierra Leone’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Ambassador Adikalie Foday Sumah, has presented his letters of credence to the UN Secretary General , Mr. Ban Ki-Moon, at the UN […]

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Sierra Leone loses legal luminary Blyden Jenkins-Johnston

September 9, 2016 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Sierra Leone today suffered a huge loss with the sudden passing in London of legal luminary, Mr. James Blyden Jenkins-Johnston. He was a former President of the Sierra Leone Bar […]

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CARTOON : Operation Thunderbolt : By Ahmed Sahid Nasralla

September 9, 2016 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0
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Malaria is a leading public health problem -Deputy Chief Medical Officer

September 9, 2016 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  By Kadrie Koroma The Deputy Chief Medical Officer 1, Dr. Sarian Kamara has said that government recognizes the fact that malaria is a leading public health problem with the […]

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800 Sierra Leone Pilgrims Arrive in Mecca

September 9, 2016 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

M.B. Jalloh, Press Attaché, Saudi Arabia   About eight hundred (800) would –be Sierra Leonean pilgrims have safely landed on the Holy Land of Mecca; the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, […]

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