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Month: October 2016

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Information Minister Mohamed Bangura vows to pilot the Government’s austerity measures

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

As a follow up to President Ernest Bai Koroma’s announcement of New government’s austerity measures aimed at reducing current hardship due to economic slowdown and other deterrent factors, Minister of […]

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Sierra Leone, Governance and the Political Will to Fight Corruption

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

  John Baimba Sesay- China We do have challenges as a country, but we have come a long way. One area is the fight against corruption. President Ernest Koroma came […]

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Ambassador Kamara addresses the Pan-African Parliament on behalf of the African Union Peace and Security Council

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

 Sierra Leone’s Ambassador to the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia and Permanent Representative to the African Union, Mr. Osman Keh Kamara,  made a presentation on behalf of the African Union […]

EDITORIAL

Today, Saturday October 15, is Cocorioko newspaper’s 43rd birthday

October 15, 2016 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Today, Saturday October 15 , is  the birthday of the Cocorioko Newspaper . The paper was born on the campus of the premier university of West Africa in those days—FOURAH […]

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President Koroma Slams Detractors as he promises speedy economic Recovery

October 15, 2016 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  By State House Communication Unit President Ernest Bai Koroma broke his silence this morning (October 14, 2016) on the ongoing attacks against his government in the wake of the […]

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IOM , Ministry of Political Affairs and Diaspora Affairs team up to support the Connecting Diaspora for Development Project.

October 15, 2016 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By Bockarie Kukuku Musa On Tuesday 11th October 2016, a team from the International Organization for Migration office in Freetown visited the ministry of political and Public Affairs to discuss […]

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Infrastructural Development in Sierra Leone

October 15, 2016 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

The development of road infrastructure to enhance regional development and trade has been given a boost by the government in its quest to improve transport and trade links with its […]

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Opposition SLPP brutally misinforming the Sierra Leonean people

October 15, 2016 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

The SLPP are brutally misinforming the people of Sierra Leone . Who told them that the SLPP fought for the cancellation of Sierra Leone’s debt? I want the SLPP to […]

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Work on Sierra Leone’s Mamamah airport to begin in December

October 15, 2016 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

12 October 2016 | By GCR Staff A plan to build a transformational international airport in Sierra Leone will go ahead in December after years of delay, China’s outgoing ambassador […]

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Remarks by U.S. Ambassador John Hoover at Peace Corps’ Swearing-in Ceremony

October 15, 2016 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Remarks by U.S. Ambassador John Hoover  Peace Corps Swearing-in Ceremony Port Loko District Council October 6, 2016     Today marks a milestone.  Today, we swear in the first group […]

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Shifting the trajectory from Change to Prosperity

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   Pa John Baimba Sesay-China  : In the coming hours, we are expecting a great shift in our development trajectory as a country; from our initial drive to change through […]

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FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AFP) – Sierra Leone accused Canada on Saturday of discrimination over its decision to suspend visa applications for residents of Ebola-hit nations. Immigration Canada announced on Friday […]

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