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PICTURE STORY : As Freetown reels and hundreds still buried after disaster mudslides , Bo hit by floods

August 15, 2017 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

WHILE FREETOWN  is reeling from the massive mudslide disaster that struck it on Monday morning, we have reports that the Southern Region capital, Bo, has been hit by floods due […]

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Disaster in Sierra Leone : Bar Association gravely distraught

August 15, 2017 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  Press Release* The Sierra Leone Bar Association  is gravely distraught by the tragedies which occurred in the morning of 14th August 2017 at Regent, Kaningo and other affected areas […]

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President Koroma visits scene of deadly mudslide, receives donation from Mercury International

August 15, 2017 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By State House Communication Unit President Ernest Bai Koroma has twice visited the Mortormeh community at Regent where a deadly mudslide took place which claimed several lives. The mudslide, which […]

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PRESS STATEMENT FROM THE APC NATIONAL SECRETARIAT : APC Convention now September 15

August 15, 2017 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Ambassador Osman Foday Yansaneh PRESS STATEMENT FROM THE APC NATIONAL SECRETARIAT THE APC NATIONAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE (NAC) HEREBY INFORMS ITS ENTIRE MEMBERSHIP AND THE GENERAL REPUBLIC THAT THE DATES FOR […]

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Killer landslide : Israel to send aid to Sierra Leone

August 15, 2017 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

ISRAEL TO SEND AID TO SIERRA LEONE AFTER DEVASTATING LANDSLIDE. Prom Minister Netanyahu instructs Foreign Ministry to send medicine, clean water, blankets to flood-stricken Freetown, where hundreds are dead By […]

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Guma Valley Water Company* Public Notice

August 15, 2017 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

*Public Notice* The Management of Guma Valley Water Company regrets to inform the General Public that as a result of the Landslide and floodings which occurred yesterday 14th August 2017, […]

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“Houses are buried and entire families are missing ” in Freetown

August 15, 2017 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

A GRAPHIC VIDEO OF THE DISASTER   A FILM ON THE ENVIRONMENTAL DISASTER FACED BY FREETOWN DUE TO URBANIZATION , OVERCROWDING AND UNPLANNED BUILDING OF HOUSE ON HILLS AND SLOPES.

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Over Flooding and Mudslides, African Union Stands Behind Sierra Leone- Ambassador Keh Shares Sierra Leone’s Plight

August 15, 2017 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Following the flooding and mudslides in some parts of Freetown, Sierra Leone Parmanent Representative to the African Union, Ambassador Osman Keh Kamara has sent an official Note Verbale to the […]

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Sierra Leone Government establishes emergency centres

August 15, 2017 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

. Breaking news Deputy Minister of Information and Communication, Cornelius Deveaux has told journalists in Freetown that government has established three emergency centres at Regent Village, Lumley and Ross Road […]

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Maada Bio’s statement on the mudslide disaster in Sierra Leone

August 15, 2017 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

STATEMENT*_ _*Date: 14th August 2017*_ _*FLOODING AND MUDSLIDE TRAGEDY IN REGENT*_ _*By: Brigadier (Rtd) Julius Maada Bio*_ On Monday, 14th August 2017 while on a trip abroad, I learnt of […]

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