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UK, US, UN, EU, Canada Congratulate Gambians For Peaceful Polls

December 3, 2016 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Opposition Coalition supporters (JollofNews) โ€“ The United States and the United Kingdom have congratulated the people of Gambia on the peaceful conduct of presidential polls in the country. The United […]

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President Yaya Jammeh defeated as Gambia elects new leader

December 2, 2016 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

The people of Gambia have thrown out the man who has ruled their tiny country with an iron fist for 22 years, in a shock presidential election result that shows […]

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SLPP, PMDC Boycott CRC Meeting

December 2, 2016 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By Moisa Kerkula It appears that members of Sierra Leone Peopleโ€™s Party (SLPP) and Peopleโ€™s Movement for Democratic Change (PMDC) agreed yesterday to walk out of the meeting hosted by […]

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Sierra Leone Signs Six Cooperation Agreements with China

December 2, 2016 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  Sierra Leone and the Peopleโ€™s Republic of China on Thursday, December 1st, 2016, signed six cooperation agreements, all geared towards lifting the bars of cooperation between the two nations. […]

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โ€œGovernment will remain focusedโ€- President Ernest Bai Koroma

December 1, 2016 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Sierra Leoneโ€™s President has said, despite the difficulties that the country was faced with, it will remain focused to her transformation drive and not allowed be distracted. President Ernest Bai […]

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Sierra Leone’s Ambassador to the U.S. pays homage to late Cuban leader Fidel Castro

November 30, 2016 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

PRESS RELEASE SIERRA LEONEโ€™S AMBASSADORย  TO THE UNITED STATES PAYS HOMAGE TO LATE CUBAN LEADER FIDEL CASTROย  Tuesday, November 29, 2016 ย His Excellency Bockari Kortu Stevens, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary […]

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President Koroma Is A Realist Not A Failure

November 30, 2016 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  By Mohamed Sankoh (One Drop) The Screamer was screamingly screaming blue murder. And to make the banner more screaming, the Salone Times newspaper of Monday 28 November 2016 coloured […]

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Whither, SLPP ?

November 30, 2016 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By Albert Momoh : As the results of the crucial constituency elections come flying in, amidst a thickening cloud of “camp-ish” recriminations, the rhetorics keep rocketing high where goodwill should […]

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Health Ministry Teamโ€™s Mission to China Yield Digital X-Ray and MRI Scanner Dividend to Boost the Health Sector

November 30, 2016 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By Jonathan Abass Kamara The Three-Man Team from Sierra Leone to the 9th Global Conference in Shanghai, China has returned home after a successful mission.   Photo: 6th from Right […]

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POLITICS MAY NOT SURVIVE AS A CONTACT SPORT

November 30, 2016 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Titus Boye-Thompson, Communications ExpertSome people refer to politics as a game. If this is the case, then we have to decide the rules and also to confirm whether we should […]

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  • South African jailed in Sierra Leone for trafficking cocaine
  • ๐Ÿ‘‘๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Tony Blair Honoured as an Honorary Paramount Chief in Mahera, Sierra Leone
  • Seeking Clemency for EBK Strengthens the Wrong Narrative
  • Rest in Peace Comrade Alhaji Minkailu Mansaray
  • How Fatima Bio has been committing fraud and condoning public references to herself as โ€œ Her Excellency โ€œ
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The Curtain Falls for Minkailu Mansaray, But the Spirit Endures

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APC Western Area believes Kadie Davies has won election

August 24, 2019 0

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As the nation waits patiently and anxiously for the results of the elections

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Upcoming Sierra Leone Elections: Important Test of Stability

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1 Reply   Sierra Leoneโ€™s national elections, on 17 November, will be an important test of whether the nation will sustain its course away from being among the worldโ€™s most […]

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UK demonstrators force President Bio to cancel town hall meeting in London

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The well-publicized town hall meeting President Maada Bio was to have held in London on Saturday was suddenly and unceremoniously cancelled , leaving even supporters of the Sierra Leone People’s […]

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President Koroma Launches 2015 Population and Housing Census Provisional Results

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  Speech by His Excellency Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma on the Occasion of the formal launching of the 2015 Population and Housing Census Provisional Results on March 31st 2016. Distinguished […]

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