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Involve diaspora to promote Sierra Leone agricultural products in Holland and mainland Europe

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

  By Abubakarr Bangura (The Netherlands) Mango from Senegal, oil palm from Guinea and yam from Ghana. These are a number of products coming from West Africa that you can […]

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Health Minister launches 2016 Annual Health Sector Performance Report

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

By Kadrie Koroma Health and Sanitation Minister, Dr. Abu Bakarr Fofanah has officially launched the 2016 Annual Health Sector Performance Report and the 2017 Health Sector Mid-year Review on Wednesday […]

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US$2,750,000 JSDF Grant to Sierra Leone to Strengthen Community Mobilization and Service Delivery

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

  FREETOWN, August 10, 2017 — The World Bank Group, through its agency, the International Development Association (IDA), and acting as administrator of funds under the Japan Social Development Fund […]

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CIVIL SOCIETY MANIFESTO IS RECIPE FOR REGIME CHANGE

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

Titus Boye-Thompson   In a recent post to my in-tray came a document titled “My vote, my life – the citizen’s manifesto.” Ordinarily I would shy away from such documents […]

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APC Government clamps down on illegal trafficking of girls to Kuwait

August 10, 2017 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

The Government of Sierra Leone, under the leadership of President Ernest Koroma, has taken a tough stand against the trafficking of girls to Kuwait . Contrary to the nonsense being […]

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PICTURE STORY : APC Government making FBC campus new again

August 10, 2017 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

The All People’s Congress ( APC )  Government is making Fourah Bay College , the University of Sierra Leone, new once again. Massive reconstruction of the hostels and architecture of […]

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*Next City Mayor…Freetown Overwhelmingly Endorse Madina Rahman

August 10, 2017 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  *Next City Mayor…* *_Freetown Overwhelmingly Endorse Madina Rahman_* *_By Ranger_* The charismatic Deputy Minister of Health 1, Madam Madina Rahman, during an exclusive interview disclosed to this medium that […]

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African Diamond Dialogue to be held in Brussels

August 10, 2017 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

The Director of Sub-Saharan Africa in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development Cooperation of the Kingdom of Belgium,  Ambassador Jozef Smets has disclosed that Belgium will be hosting, […]

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New Country Representative of UNICEF arrives in Sierra Leone

August 10, 2017 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

NEWS NOTE  New Country Representative of UNICEF arrives in Sierra Leone FREETOWN, 10 August 2017 – The new Representative of UNICEF in Sierra Leone, Dr Hamid El-Bashir Ibrahim, has been […]

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MOHS on robust emergency preparedness plan

August 10, 2017 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  By Solomon Rogers Over the weekend senior medical practitioners of the Ministry of Health in the various Districts converged at the Sahara Hotel in Makeni City to review their […]

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  • UPDATE!!! Uneasy Calm Returns to Central Freetown After Ojeh-Linked Tensions
  • Guinea expands illegal occupation of Yenga, opens fire on residents and forces everybody to flee
  • True Independence and Freedom can only exist in doing what is right
  • Video : Sierra Leone gains Independence from Britain and the 1961 Royal Visit
  • Reflections on Sierra Leone’s 64th Independence Anniversary : A nation still in waiting
  • There will never be world peace until imperialism is dead : Hands off Ibrahim Traore
  • Sierra Leone’s 64th Independence Anniversary Poem by Nicholas Godwin
  • Sierra Leone at 64 : A nation at the crossroads of reflection and regret
  • 64 years after Sierra Leone’s Independence : Sierra Leone’s ongoing struggles and the road to renewal
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  By Emmanuel Abalo The Liberian Presidential and Legislative elections slated for October, 2005 represent a major achievement and progress towards national and regional instability for a country brought to […]

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