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Month: July 2017

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SIERRA LEONE : A REMARKABLE JOURNEY FROM STONE AGE TO A MODERN NATION UNDER PRESIDENT ERNEST KOROMA

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

  By KABS KANU When I fled Liberia in 1990 to escape the bloody civil war that had engulfed the country and came to Sierra Leone, I remember a colleague […]

COMMENTARY

African women in Brussels call for more inclusion

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

African women residing in the EU capital of Brussels have added their voices to the clarion call for more inclusion of women in all spheres of governance. Led by the […]

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Sniveling in the midst of International donor confidence

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

By June 2006, the then World Bank head in Sierra Leone, James Saki, on the issue of Sierra Leone receiving no more loans from his institution, had said, “it makes […]

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Regulating social media in a democratic society : Sierra Leone–The Why and how approach

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

By David G. Turner ( AKA Chairman Masscodian ) For the past months, social media has been a fever pitch in the national discourse whether political, social, economic or religious […]

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*NATIONAL TOURIST BOARD EXTOLS THE FORMATION OF ASSET*

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

  On Wednesday 26th July 2017, the National Tourist Board of Sierra Leone ( NTB), played host to certain Sierra Leoneans who are eager and enthusiastic in complimenting the efforts […]

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PRESIDENT KOROMA OF SIERRA LEONE CORRECTS HISTORICAL WRONGS

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

  Saturday 29 July 2017, in Makeni City, Bombali District – President Ernest Bai Koroma of Sierra Leone pronounced the rebirth of one more region [Northwest], two more districts [Karene […]

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Ivorian Head of State Alassane Ouattara makes two-day working visit to Sierra Leone

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

President Dr Ernest Bai Koroma receives Ivorian counterpart, His Excellency, Mr. Alassane Ouattara, President of the Republic of Cote D’Ivoire who is on a two-day working visit to Sierra Leone. […]

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World Bank Doubles support to Sierra Leone

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

Barely eight months to the 2018 general elections, the World Bank Country Manager Perminder Brar has disclosed that for the next three years the World Bank support to the country […]

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President Koroma Declares 41 New Chiefdoms

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

By State House Communication Unit At a ceremony held at the University of Makeni (UNIMAK) auditorium in the northern city of Makeni on 29 July 2017, President Dr Ernest Bai […]

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On Child Soldiers/Out of School Children in Armed Conflicts… Ambassador Kamara shares the Sierra Leone experience

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

Sierra Leone’s Ambassador to the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia and the Permanent Representative to the African Union, Mr. Osman Keh Kamara delivered a statement  during the open session on […]

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  By: Alhaji Mohamed Wusha-Conteh In a bid to complement the effort of the Government of Sierra Leone in addressing the Issue of providing quality and affordable health care for […]

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