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New African Woman Awards 2017 Winners Announced

May 2, 2017 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

 Nigeria’s Joan Okorodudu (New African Woman In The Arts & Culture   PRESS RELEASE New African Woman Awards 2017 Winners Announced Gambia’s Fatoumatta Jallow-Tambajan, Minister of Women Affairs and Overseer […]

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At NJ Town Hall meeting, Spokesman Abdulai Bayraytay eloquently highlights President Koroma’s achievements and his plans to exit peacefully next year

May 1, 2017 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By KABS KANU : Sierra Leoneans and their American friends from New York and New Jersey were yesterday given an eloquent appraisal of comprehensive steps being taken by  President Ernest […]

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Former President Kabbah’s wife may have had too much to drink –and she admits it !

May 1, 2017 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

During the 56th Independence Anniversary celebrations, which people celebrated in sundry ways, not the least in bending their elbows, there was a video making the rounds of Mrs. I.J. Kabbah […]

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Medgar Evers College to host Fourah Bay College Deputy Vice Chancellor

May 1, 2017 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

MEDGAR EVERS COLLEGE PROUDLY PRESENTS TRANSFORMATIONAL CONNECTIONS: SIERRA LEONE AND AMERICA YESTERDAY AND TODAY FRIDAY, MAY 5, 2017 6:00-8:00 PM @ THE EDISON O. JACKSON AUDITORIUM 1638 BEDFORD AVENUE, BROOKLYN, […]

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Peacebuilding in Africa: why the media matters

May 1, 2017 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Peacebuilding in Africa: why the media matters By Amanda Lucey and Jacqueline Cochrane on April 30, 2017 — Media protection, resourcing and independence are vital wherever peace is in jeopardy. Peacebuilding […]

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  • A Nation at the Crossroads: Resisting the Shadow of Cartel State Capture in Sierra Leone
  • *Sierra Leone’s deadly trailer accidents are not “acts of God” – they are failures of enforcement*
  • TRAGIC STORY: He was only trying to get home
  • How many more Sierra Leoneans must die before authorities act?
  • When the Name of a Nation Suffers, the Innocent Suffer Most ! 🇸🇱
  • The National Security and Intelligence Act 2026: A Shadow Government Dressed as a War Cabinet
  • Disaster in Freetown, as unsecured container on truck falls and kills 10 people
  • Sierra Leone Linked to 40,000kg Cocaine Scandal
  • UN Ambassador Edwina Swallow inspires Sierra Leoneans during Independence Anniversary program in New Jersey
  • ALL SET FOR SIERRA LEONE’S INDEPENDENCE ANNIVERSARY PARADE IN NEW JERSEY ON SATURDAY
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