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President Koroma, Chair of AU Peace and Security Council, speaks at Addis on road map to silencing guns in Africa

January 31, 2017 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

INTRODUCTORY STATEMENT BY THE CHAIRPERSON OF THE PEACE AND SECURITY COUNCIL OF THE AFRICAN UNION FOR THE MONTH OF JANUARY 2017, H.E. PRESIDENT DR. ERNEST BAI KOROMA   ON THE […]

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Top diplomatic appointment for Sorie Sudan Sesay : Minister Plenipotentiary

January 31, 2017 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Information Attaché at Sierra Leone’s High Commission in the United Kingdom, Sorie Sudan Sesay, has been promoted to the top diplomatic position of Minister Plenipotentiary at the same mission. A […]

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In-Country Postgraduate Medical Training takes Salone Medical Education to Specialist level

January 31, 2017 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  By: Jonathan Abass Kamara The College of Medicine and Allied Health Sciences (COMAHS) was established in 1988 in Sierra Leone to train medical doctors locally at the undergraduate level, […]

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The 28th ordinary session of the assembly of the African Union in progress in Addis

January 30, 2017 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  The 28TH Ordinary Session of the AU Summit opens in Addis Ababa against the backdrop of renewed commitment for peace and unity in the continent Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 30 […]

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African Union criticises U. S for ‘taking many of our people as slaves’ but not as refugees

January 30, 2017 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

The head of the African Union has criticised Donald Trump’s ban on immigration from some Muslim-majority countries, saying it presents “one of the greatest challenges” for the continent. As representatives […]

EDITORIAL

Sierra Leone’s increasing influence and leadership role at the United Nations

January 29, 2017 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

BY KABS KANU : Sierra Leone continues to wield a dominant and increasing influence at the United Nations and this was emphasized last week by the  important visit to New […]

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President Koroma attends AU 28th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government

January 29, 2017 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

PRESIDENT KOROMA LEAVES FOR THE AFRICAN UNION (AU) SUMMIT IN ADDIS ABABA The general public is hereby informed that His Excellency the President Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma has left today […]

COMMENTARY

Full statement by Foreign Minister Samura Kamara at Consultative meeting with African Ambassadors at the UN

January 29, 2017 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

We have been reporting on the very important trip made to New York last week by Sierra Leone’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Dr. Samura Kamara to brief […]

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Ambasssador Sumah briefs Foreign Minister and AU Permanent Representatives on the current state of play in UN Security Council Reform negotiations

January 27, 2017 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Sierra Leone’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Ambassador Adikalie Foday Sumah , has briefed the country’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Dr. Samura Kamara and African Permanent Representatives […]

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The situation in Liberia

January 27, 2017 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

BY AHMED SAHID NASRALLA

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  • Big losses for Sierra Leone media: Accident claims lives of SLBC camera journalist and female intern
  • The Battle for Hearts and Minds Descends into The Abyss of Moral Politic, Witch-hunt and Gas lighting
  • The Voice Returns: Christiana Kamara Stuns Sierra Leone in Her Triumphant Return with Bormeh.
  • The FBC students union and NUSS used to be very potent institutions fighting for the welfare of Sierra Leoneans, but today……
  • Can Africa break free from Western models of governance and development and reset and repackage for a brighter future ?
  • How can a President who has no vision for his country be talking about a vision for Africa ?
  • God changed her life in a flash: From marketwoman to First Lady of Liberia : RIP, Nancy Doe
  • Monkeypox crisis in Sierra Leone : Public health emergency or a donor – driven delay ?
  • C- BAH SHOULD BE ASHAMED OF HIMSELF
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  • Phebean Samura: Watch and see what will happen soon. Sierra Leone will be a Democratic country very soon. FORGET ABOUT 2028. WE…
  • 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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