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High -powered ECOWAS Team holding talks with Jammeh to persuade him to leave office after elections defeat

December 13, 2016 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

PHOTOS: Jammeh meets African leaders/UN/AU/ECOWAS delegation President Buhari, President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf of Liberia, who is the current Chairperson of the Authority of Heads of State and Government of ECOWAS, President […]

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WHY NOT A NEW AIRPORT IN SIERRA LEONE?

December 13, 2016 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

WHY NOT A NEW AIRPORT IN SIERRA LEONE? By Tony Bee, Sydney, Australia There is nothing in this world that does exist without advantages and disadvantages. But sometimes one can […]

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African Union Peace and Security Council adopts a Communiqué calling on President Jammeh to facilitate a peaceful and orderly transfer of power

December 13, 2016 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

African Union Peace and Security Council adopts a Communiqué calling on President Jammeh to facilitate a peaceful and orderly transfer of power The African Union Peace and Security Council on […]

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Ambassador Golley receives Korean construction experts for new FCC Complex

December 13, 2016 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

AMBASSADOR OMRIE GOLLEY RECEIVES  KOREAN CONSTRUCTION EXPERTS FOR NEW FREETOWN CITY COUNCIL COMPLEX PRIOR TO THEIR DEPARTURE FOR FREETOWN, AS DATE FOR START OF CONSTRUCTION IS ANNOUNCED Sierra Leone’s Ambassador […]

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New UN Secretary General sworn in

December 13, 2016 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

António Guterres, Secretary-General-designate of the United Nations, takes the oath of office for his five-year term, which begins on 1 January 2017. The oath was administered by Peter Thomson, President […]

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President Koroma in high-level ECOWAS delegation to the Gambia

December 12, 2016 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

President Sirleaf Leads High-level ECOWAS Delegation to The Gambia (Monrovia, Liberia – Monday, December 12, 2016) The President of the Republic of Liberia and Chairperson of the Authority of Heads […]

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Gambia’s President Jammeh to Challenge Election Loss at Top Court

December 12, 2016 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

BANJUL — Gambia’s President Yahya Jammeh will challenge the results of a Dec. 1 election at the Supreme Court, the ruling party said, raising the prospect that a shock opposition […]

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MY LESSONS FROM GHANA 2016 ELECTIONS* : PART ONE

December 12, 2016 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

SHARED ON THE COCORIOKO FACEBOOK FORUM BY KEMOH SIDIBAY 1. *Passion And Zeal, Never giver up!* Nana Addo, the 2016 President elect has started pursuing this presidency since 1998 when […]

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President Ernest Koroma changing the opposition stronghold for the better : Look at the new Kailahun Government Hospital being constructed

December 12, 2016 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

He is the first President or Head of State of Sierra Leone that has accomplished this much for the country and we will continue to highlight and propagate his flagship […]

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Ambassador Kamara presents Draft AU Master Roadmap on how to Silence the Guns in Africa by the Year 2020

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

Mr. Osman Keh Kamara, Sierra Leone’s Ambassador to the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia and Chairperson of the African Union Peace and Security Council (PSC) for the month of December […]

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  • Government and Koidu Holdings in stalemate over workers’ better wages and good working conditions
  • UPDATE!!! Uneasy Calm Returns to Central Freetown After Ojeh-Linked Tensions
  • Guinea expands illegal occupation of Yenga, opens fire on residents and forces everybody to flee
  • True Independence and Freedom can only exist in doing what is right
  • Video : Sierra Leone gains Independence from Britain and the 1961 Royal Visit
  • Reflections on Sierra Leone’s 64th Independence Anniversary : A nation still in waiting
  • There will never be world peace until imperialism is dead : Hands off Ibrahim Traore
  • Sierra Leone’s 64th Independence Anniversary Poem by Nicholas Godwin
  • Sierra Leone at 64 : A nation at the crossroads of reflection and regret
  • 64 years after Sierra Leone’s Independence : Sierra Leone’s ongoing struggles and the road to renewal
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  • Catherine Higgins: Remarkable how journalists can write about APC and what not... but you never seem to have the spine to demand…
  • Amadu M. Kamara: Comment no. 2 above continues thusly: if the firebrand do seriously intend indeed to show their numerical strength versus the…

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Government and Koidu Holdings in stalemate over workers’ better wages and good working conditions

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*GOVERNMENT OF SIERRA LEONE, KOIDU LIMITED, KOIDU LIMITED WORKERS, ACTIVISTS AND THE COMUNITY IN A STALEMATE OVER BETTER WAGES AND GOOD WORKING  CONDITIONS IN KONO*   By Karamoh Kabba A […]

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UPDATE!!! Uneasy Calm Returns to Central Freetown After Ojeh-Linked Tensions

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Urgent Appeal for Security Intervention We are urgently calling on the Central Police Division to intervene in a violent situation unfolding in the Horton Street and Frederick Street area of […]

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Sierra Leoneans: Let’s Congratulate Ourselves

November 20, 2012 0

By Mohamed Sankoh (One Drop) :  Sierra Leoneans have done it again. We did it in 2007. And we have done it again in 2012. We would have played the […]

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Is The Commission Of Inquiry A Witch Hunt Or Political Accountability?

August 13, 2018 0

By Ibrahim Sourie Mansaray, Philadelphia, USA The Commission of Inquiry that is to kick start in a few weeks’ time is on the lips of every Sierra Leonean. Whether it […]

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IRON LADY DEFENDS HER CORNER

May 13, 2014 0

  Titus Boye-Thompson Strategic Media & Development Communications Unit   Recently promoted Assistant Inspector General of Police, AIG Memuna Konteh this afternoon defended her decision to disperse an unlawful procession […]

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My Vision of a New Sierra Leone

January 24, 2006 0

Please allow me to dream and share the dream with all who love Sierra Leone.  In my dream, I see all the roads paved, from the motorways down to the […]

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SIERRA LEONEANS, COME OUT AND VOTE IN 2007

January 9, 2007 0

    Dear Mr Musa, I would like to commend you for a well written article . Your ideas are good and your message is well in place . But […]

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