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Month: January 2017

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The time bomb ticking in the Gambia

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

By KABS KANU : Wary of war after the devastating consequences of brutal conflicts  seen  in Liberia, Sierra Leone, Rwanda, the Sudan, Somalia,  Central African Republic , Democratic Congo etc, […]

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Sierra Leone’s Information Minister Mohamed Bangura interviewed in Saudi Arabia

January 19, 2017 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

The current Minister of Information and Communication in the Government of His Excellency, President Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma is no less a person than the action-oriented and forward-looking young politician, […]

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Sewa Grounds Market 50% Complete

January 19, 2017 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By Abdul R. Bedor Kamara The ultra-modern Sewa Grounds market, one of the biggest ever constructed in the country to host 1,000 traders, is 50% done to be completed by […]

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Gambia set to explode as war ship berths , troops mass across border and thousands flee for refuge

January 18, 2017 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

COCORIOKO SPECIAL COVERAGE OF GAMBIA CRISIS FROM VARIOUS SOURCES Gambia Latest Updates : 18Jan. 2018 Chaos Begins in Banjul! By Idrissa Conteh : Thousands of Gambians and foreign nationals mostly […]

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Internal Affairs Minister and IG Munu in New York to attend UN Session on security

January 18, 2017 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

The Minister of Internal Affairs, Retired Major Palor Conteh and the Inspector General of the Sierra Leone Police, Mr. Francis Munu , are in New York to attend a United […]

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Chad Solicits Sierra Leone’s support

January 18, 2017 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Chad Solicits Sierra Leone’s support By State House Communication Unit Minister of Infrastructural Development and Transport of the Republic of Chad, Adoum Younousmi, has solicited Sierra Leone’s support for Chad’s […]

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President hosts Liberian Gender Minister and receives report from the Ministry of Political and Public Affairs

January 18, 2017 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  Liberian Minister of Gender, Children and Social Protection, Hon. Julia M. Duncan Cassell, today January 17, 2017, paid a courtesy call on President Dr Ernest Bai Koroma at State […]

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PRAISE BE THE NAME OF THE LORD

January 18, 2017 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

 Psalm 100 King James Version (KJV) 100 Make a joyful noise unto the Lord, all ye lands. 2 Serve the Lord with gladness: come before his presence with singing. 3 Know ye that […]

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Kaleidoscope of First School of Clinical Sciences- Health Minister Raises the Curtain

January 18, 2017 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  By Jonathan Abass Kamara Plans are currently underway for the establishment of a School of Clinical Sciences in Sierra Leone. Health Minister Dr. Abu Bakarr Fofanah tells the nation. […]

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

January 18, 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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PRESIDENT KOROMA : LET US MOBILIZE BEHIND HIM  Sierra Leone is a resilient country. We are a resilient people. We have overcome many difficult challenges before as a nation. God’s […]

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