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During Presentation of Credentials…During Presentation of Credentials…

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

  Alhaji M.B. Jalloh, Press Attaché, Saudi Arabia and the Gulf States   Sierra Leone’s Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the United Arab Emirates with accreditation to the Republic of […]

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Cuban leader Fidel Castro was a liberation icon in Africa and remained committed to the continent

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

(Editor’s note : Many of the photos were added by COCORIOKO ) With Fidel Castro gone, Africa’s liberation leaders lose a loyal friend and a hero of the people.  When […]

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President Ernest Bai Koroma : So Uniquely different from the archetypal African leaders portrayed in political books

November 24, 2016 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By KABS KANU : I read a lot. I am an avid reader. I am always reading . I spend most of my leisure time reading. From my schooldays to […]

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Weighing the Values of Cooperation between Sierra Leone and China

November 24, 2016 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  John Baimba Sesay-China China is Africa’s major development partner, especially as outlined within the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) development framework. FOCAC has been a leading development cooperation mechanism […]

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MOHS Poised to Immunize Over 1. 5 Million Children in Sierra Leone

November 24, 2016 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By: Maimunatu Bah and Adams Turay The Manager National Expanded Programme on Immunization and Child Health programme. Dr. Dennis Marke has briefed Journalists about plans for the second launch of […]

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“I Will Reduce Maternal Mortality in Western Rural” – Dr. Oneil, New DMO

November 24, 2016 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  By Jonathan Abass Kamara The Western Area for decades had only one District Medical Officer in charge of both Western Urban and Rural Area District Health Management Team.   […]

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President Ernest Koroma’s Credential on Free Speech and Open Media

November 24, 2016 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  John Baimba Sesay Sierra Leone’s media landscape had its most challenging period during the war era. The return to multiparty democracy in 1996 however, initially ushered in a new […]

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY BROTHER , MAX KANU

November 23, 2016 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY BROTHER , MAX KANU Today is the birthday of my beloved brother, Max Kanu of Atlanta, Georgia. May God bless you always and on your special […]

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President Ernest Koroma receives AU Passport

November 23, 2016 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By State House Communication Unit President Dr Ernest Bai Koroma on Monday (21/11/2016) received his African Union (AU) Passport presented to him by Sierra Leone’s ambassador to Ethiopia Osman Keh […]

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POLITICAL BRINKSMANSHIP OR THE POLITICS OF BLAME

November 23, 2016 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Titus Boye-Thompson, Communications Expert The fiasco which now surrounds the debunked attempt by opposition activists to make political capital out of the recent removal of subsidy on petrol and petroleum […]

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  • BREAKING NEWS: Supreme Court Strikes Out AG’s Motion
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  • British Guardian newspaper story : How Europe’s most wanted cocaine trafficker turned Sierra Leone into the world’s first true narco state
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Ambassador Isatu Timbo inducts into office Mary Metzger as newly appointed Chief of Staff

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By Kabs Kanu The ceremony was grand, auspicious and colorful. It was the induction into office last weekend of Madam Mary Metzger , who has been appointed Chief of Staff […]

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  TODAY’S CHANGED POLITICAL DYNAMICS AND REALITIES —VERY DEMANDING ! EITHER THE BEST OR NOTHING Mediocre politics will no longer benefit any party By Kabs Kanu Dynamics are not static. […]

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President Ernest Koroma Has A Clean Heart And A Right Spirit Within Him

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BY KABS KANU : King David  in Psalm 51: 10 cried out to God : ” Give me a clean heart , oh God, and renew a right spirit within […]

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U.S. Embassy Offers Funding for Community Projects Throughout Sierra Leone

March 21, 2016 0

  United States Mission Sierra Leone Public Affairs Office Freetown March 14, 2016 Contact: Hollyn Green Tel: 099 105 500 NOTICE TO THE PRESS U.S. Embassy Offers Funding for Community […]

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55th Independence Anniversary : We have many reasons to be proud of ourselves and our nation

April 27, 2016 0

By  KABS KANU : TODAY is Sierra Leone’s 55th Independence Anniversary and the day will be marked by festivities throughout the nation. And a time when there is another Sierra […]

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Why Sierra Leone will remain a backward country : The roles of hypocrisy, dishonesty, sycophancy and tribalism

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Today, we will use a Facebook post by Professor Mohamed Turay to highlight one of the reasons that Sierra Leone will remain a backward country, unless we change our attitudes. […]

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Ghanaian Envoy commends Sierra Leone Medics as Hastings Ebola Treatment Centre Discharged 45 Survivors

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  By Idrissa Conteh (Intern- MOHS) The Ghanaian High Commissioner to Sierra Leone, Rtd. Major General Carl Modey has donated 1,000 bags of rice to the Hastings Ebola Treatment Centre […]

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