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Deputy Health Minister Reiterates Government’s firm commitment to provide high quality Pharmaceutical Services

October 18, 2016 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By: Jonathan Abass Kamara Deputy Health and Sanitation Minister ll, Zuliatu Cooper has reiterated government’s commitment to provide high quality Pharmaceutical Services in Sierra Leone.   Deputy Health and Sanitation […]

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Sierra Leone, Governance and the Political Will to Fight Corruption

October 18, 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 in […]

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OPINION : Indeed, Sierra Leone Govt. Meets IMF/World Bank Bench Marks to Alleviate Poverty

October 18, 2016 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  By Pasco Temple I don’t normally respond to opinions of people whose writings are not only very long and tedious, but also characterized by little wits.  Mahmud Tim Kargbo […]

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APC, still popular, wins elections in the West and North ( Despite hue and cry by opposition over austerity measures )

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

The ruling All People’s Congress ( APC ) last weekend demonstrated to its critics and detractors that it still occupies a precious place in the hearts of Sierra Leoneans as […]

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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 […]

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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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Sierra Leone’s High Commissioner joins African Union Diplomatic Group in Nigeria

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By : Alusine Mohamed Fofanah, Information Attaché, Federal Republic of NIGERIA. The High Commissioner to the Federal Republic of Nigeria accredited to Six other Countries and Permanent Representative to the […]

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*Civil Society Activism in Sierra Leone is Dead without Edmond and Neneh* June 4, 2026 By G- Bangs The standard of independent civil society activism in Sierra Leone has drastically […]

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If V-P Solomon Berewa meant what he said, it is good news for Sierra Leone

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  Wednesday May 11, 2005 Vice -President  Solomon Berewa  recently told a delegation of journalists a message that should ring out loud and clear through all the four  corners of Sierra […]

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Civil Society group condemns hike in the price of petrol in Sierra Leone

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Sierra Leone Renaissance Movement November 14, 2016 ·  *The Renaissance Movement* Sierra Leone stands in solidarity with the Ordinary People of Sierra Leone to condemn the recent inconsiderate and unjustified hike […]

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SLPP fails to steal winner of Bonthe Councillor seat from APC

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By KABS KANU : How much politics has become polarized and tribalized under the tribalistic government of President Maada Bio and the Sierra Leone People’s Party  ! ! Two weeks […]

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