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Month: October 2016

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The Playhouse Foundation presents ‘Excellence Awards’ to 75 Top Scorers in the 2016 NPSE

October 31, 2016 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Generally speaking, primary school pupils in Kono District have performed very well in the 2016 National Primary School Examinations (NPSE). The District produced the top scorer in the Eastern Region […]

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ECOWAS Court does not have mandate to interpret Sierra Leone’s constitution, Deputy Information Minister declares

October 31, 2016 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Deputy Minister of Information and Communication, Cornelius Deveaux, has told newsmen at a press conference  in the ministry’s conference room at Youyi building that the case filed by sacked Vice […]

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FAO Report does not represent present state of food security in Sierra Leone

October 31, 2016 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By Titus Boye-Thompson, Communications Expert, MAFFS The recently published and launched FAO Vulnerability report on food security has easily been misconstrued as a comprehensive food insecurity dataset and a determinable […]

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Sierra Leone actively participates in mammoth Korea-Africa Ministerial Summit

October 31, 2016 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  Sierra Leone was among 47 African countries represented at the recently concluded Ministerial economic summit in Seoul, the capital of the Republic of Korea. Established jointly by the Ministry […]

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Sierra Leone’s tourism sector in perspective-minister speaks!

October 31, 2016 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

John Baimba Sesay- China Sierra Leone offers huge untapped touristic potentials, with high-end ecotourism experiences, added to the hundreds of kilometers of prime beaches. It thus has unique landscape, scenery […]

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MANCHESTER UNITED : VICTIMS OF REFEREEING AND F.A. CONSPIRACY ?

October 31, 2016 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

COCORIOKO VIEWPOINT Manchester United are disillusioned presently by the injustice against them by so -called Referee Mark Clattenburg who cheated them of three points against Man City and another two […]

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Sierra Leone – South Korea & ADB Dev. Cooperation on Track

October 31, 2016 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Dr.Patrick S. Conteh Sierra Leone’s Minister of State Finance has confirmed and established that Sierra Leone’s Economic cooperation with South Korea and African Development Bank aimed at improving infrastructure, advance […]

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PRESIDENT KOROMA LEAVES FOR THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA

October 29, 2016 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Freetown: Friday, October 28, 2016. MEDIA ADVISORY MA/PS / 08 PRESIDENT KOROMA LEAVES FOR THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA His Excellency the President Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma has left Freetown […]

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NEW BOOK BY A SIERRA LEONEAN FEMALE STAR

October 29, 2016 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  The book “Tears, Trials and Triumphs” is a compelling, true life story of the effects of the Sierra Leone civil war relates the personal experiences suffered by Wendy Bangura […]

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Sierra Leone Dele Returns from UK-Sierra Leone Health Partners Annual Conference with laurels

October 29, 2016 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  By Jonathan Abass Kamara The high profile Sierra Leone team led by the Deputy Minister of Health and Sanitation 1, Madam Madina Rahman, comprising the Chief Medical Officer, Dr. […]

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  • Parliament is right; First Lady is wrong : There is no law against FGM in Sierra Leone
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  Chargé D’ Affairés, Embassy of Sierra Leone, People’s Republic of China, Madam Kumba Alice Momoh, during the month of June, presented to the China-Africa Development Fund (CADFund) a copy […]

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By Ibrahim P. Sheriff Tuesday April 18, 2006  This is the question that every Sierra Leonean both in the country and in the Diaspora keeps asking. The people are eager […]

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