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Sierra Leone’s leadership of C-10 praised and given thumbs-up by African ambassadors in the UN

January 24, 2017 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

BY KABS KANU : African ambassadors and diplomats in the United Nations have highly commended Sierra Leone’s leadership of the African Union Committee of 10 ( C-10),  which is tasked […]

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Agriculture Ministry’s new Smallholder Commercialization and Agribusiness Development Project will improve the lives of 50,000 people

January 23, 2017 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Agriculture is one of the priorities  of President Koroma ( Third from left ) FREETOWN, January 20, 2017 — Represententatives from the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Food Security (MAFF), […]

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EXCLUSIVE : The PPRC Judgment on the crises in the SLPP

January 23, 2017 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Sierra Leone News: PPRC Judgment on SLPP 1.INTRODUCTION Over the years political Parties in Sierra Leone have had there own fair share of bad and incompetent party officials who had […]

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Eddie Turay honoured with Masters in Diplomacy

January 23, 2017 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By Sorie Sudan Sesay Sierra Leone’s High Commissioner to the United Kingdom is a proud recipient of a MSc Degree in Diplomacy Statecraft and Foreign Policy. His Excellency Edward Mohamed Turay was among […]

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President Koroma to present the AU Master Roadmap on silencing guns by 2020

January 23, 2017 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

President Koroma to present the AU Master Roadmap on Practical Steps to Silence the Guns in Africa by the Year 2020 and the Report of the Peace and Security Council […]

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Minister of Works briefs President Koroma on contract signing

January 23, 2017 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  By State House Communication Unit China’s Henan International Cooperation Group on Friday January 20 signed a contract with the Sierra Leone Roads Authority (SLRA) to construct the Pendembu-Kailahun road […]

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Chief Medical Officer launches World Bank GFF Support Programme for Sierra Leone

January 23, 2017 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By Jonathan Abass Kamara The Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Brima Kargbo has officially launched the World Bank Global Financing Facility programme for Sierra Leone at the Bintumani Hotel, Aberdeen in […]

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Yaya Jammeh leaves the Gambia for exile , easing tension and fears in sub-continent

January 22, 2017 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Ex-President Yaya Jammeh , who had been holding the nation of Gambia and the world hostage by first conceding , then changing and refusing to concede defeat after losing the […]

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Vice President Victor Foh speaks at The Official Launch Of The Smallholder Commercialization and Agribusiness Development Project

January 22, 2017 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Statement delivered by the Hon. Vice President, Dr. Victor Bockarie Foh on behalf of His Excellency Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma at The Official Launch Of The Smallholder Commercialization and Agribusiness […]

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Nigeria Solicits Sierra Leone’s support for Commissioner for Peace & Security, AU Commission

January 20, 2017 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  By State House Communication Unit The Minister of Mines and Steel Development of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Dr Kayode Fayemi, was yesterday Thursday January 19 received in audience […]

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  • An idiot’s guide to winning an election
  • The Crumbling House: APC’s Internal Chaos and the Systematic Marginalization of Political Pluralism in Sierra Leone
  • For corruption : Sierra Leone suspended from all IMF programs
  • Sierra Leone will defend herself to the last against Guinea, if necessary– Interior Minister
  • Taking the Mining discourse to another level:  Patriotism Must Be Grounded in Reality:
  • 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.
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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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