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Full statement delivered by Foreign Minister Samura Kamara on behalf of Africa at UN Security Council Reform Intergovernmental Negotiations

June 13, 2017 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Sierra Leone’s Foreign Minister , Dr.  Samura Kamara, yesterday  addressed  the UN Security Council Reform intergovernmental negotiations as the African Union turns on the heat in her quest to gain […]

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Dr. Sylvia Blyden addresses the UN ; Statement receives acclaim and appreciation from member states

June 13, 2017 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  Sierra Leone’s Minister of Social Welfare, Gender and Children’s Affairs, Dr. Sylvia Olayinka Blyden , yesterday Tuesday June 13, 2017 addressed the 10th Session of the Conference of State […]

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Makeni Mayor in Brussels, vows to rid her city off filth by 2018

June 13, 2017 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

The Lady Mayor of the Makeni City Council, Sunkari Kabba-Kamara and her Chief Administrator, William Alpha are in Brussels to attend a World Bank conference on managing disaster risk and […]

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Army Chief Assures Nation

June 13, 2017 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

 By Alhaji M.B. Jalloh, Information Attaché, Saudi Arabia  Sierra Leone’s Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) has said in Saudi Arabia that the Republic of Sierra Leone Armed Forces (RSLAF) will […]

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Social Welfare Minister Sylvia Blyden arrives in New York for UN Conference on Rights of persons with disabilities

June 13, 2017 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

The Minister of Social Welfare, Gender and Children’s Affairs, Dr. Sylvia Blyden, arrived in New York yesterday to  participate in the General Debate of the *Conference of State Parties to […]

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Sierra Leone’s Dr Samura Kamara boosts Africa’s momentum in the UN Security Council Reform negotiations by being first foreign minister to address the IGN

June 13, 2017 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Sierra Leone’s Foreign Minister , Dr.  Samura Kamara, yesterday  addressed  the UN Security Council Reform intergovernmental negotiations as the African Union turns on the heat in her quest to gain […]

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VP Foh unveils Ebola memorial stone site in Koindu

June 13, 2017 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

The Hon. Vice President of Sierra Leone, Ambassador Dr. Victor Bockarie Foh, his Liberian Counterpart, Joseph Nyuma Boakai and representatives of the Guinean Government led by the District Commissioner of […]

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Of bright lights and beautiful city : Freetown under President Ernest Koroma

June 13, 2017 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

I took these three photos few seconds ago as I drove down Sumaila Town after a late night dinner chat with some of our less fortunate citizens whom we are […]

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Dr. Sylvia Blyden to address the 10th session of the UN Conference of State Parties to the Convention on the Rights of Persons With Disabilities

June 11, 2017 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By KABS KANU– Sierra Leone’s Minister of Social Welfare, Gender and Children’s  Affairs , Dr. Sylvia Blyden , will on Tuesday address the tenth session of the  UN Conference of […]

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Dr. Samura Kamara to become first Foreign Minister to address the regular UN Security Council Intergovernmental negotiations meeting

June 11, 2017 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By KABS KANU :   Sierra Leone’s Minister of Foreign  Affairs and International Cooperation, Dr. Samura Kamara,  has arrived in New York to attend two important meetings on the UN […]

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