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800 Sierra Leone Pilgrims Arrive Safely in Saudi

August 23, 2017 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  By Alhaji M.B. Jalloh, Press Attaché, Saudi Arabia   Eight hundred Sierra Leone pilgrims, in there batches, started arriving in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for this year’s pilgrimage […]

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THE APC IN AUSTRALIA NATIONAL CONVENTION IN A GRAND STYLE

August 23, 2017 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  By Alhaji Kamara & Tony Bee, Australia If there is anything good to talk about, especially within the APC family as patriotic and nationalistic Sierra Leoneans, the national convention […]

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South Korean Government announces $ 300, 000 relief assistance to Sierra Leone

August 23, 2017 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  Embassy of the Republic of Sierra Leone 63-3 Itaewon-ro 54-gil Yongsan-gu Seoul, South Korea 04400 Tel: 82-2-792-8911/8912, Fax: 82-2-792-7781 Homepage: www.sierra-leone.or.kr, Email: info@sierra-leone.or.kr   NEWS FOR GENERAL PUBLICATION SOUTH […]

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New Jersey umbrella organization SLCNJ strategizes fund drive for victims of Sierra Leone’s landslide disaster

August 23, 2017 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

The umbrella organization in New Jersey—–The Sierra Leone Community of New Jersey ( SLCNJ )—-on Monday held an important meeting to strategize how to raise funds and procure relief supplies […]

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APC New Jersey braces itself for humanitarian crusade to seek help for victims of landslide disaster in Sierra Leone

August 23, 2017 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By KABS KANU : The All People’s Congress ( APC ) New Jersey Chapter, under the dynamic leadership of its President, Mr. Alimamy Turay, met last Saturday to start collecting […]

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RIHANA FOUNDATION SAYS SIERRA LEONEANS LIED ABOUT DONATION

August 22, 2017 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Sorry, Rihanna’s Foundation Did Not Donate $2 Million To Help People In Sierra Leone A spokesperson for the Clara Lionel Foundation told BuzzFeed News the entirety of the story reported […]

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*President Koroma visits flood affected victims in East-end of Freetown*

August 21, 2017 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By State House Communication Unit Since Monday 14 August, 2017, President Ernest Bai Koroma has been visiting some of the areas worst hit by severe flooding and deadly mudslides on […]

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Rihana mudslide donation story is fake

August 21, 2017 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0
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Korean Conglomerate donates U.S. $100,000 for mudslide and flood disaster relief

August 21, 2017 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Sierra Leone’s Ambassador to the Republic of Korea, His Excellency Ambassador Omrie Michael Golley, was on Sunday 20th August 2017, received by the Chairman of the Construction Conglomerate Booyoung Group, […]

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Korean Charity Humanitarian Relief Yeam heads for Freetown

August 21, 2017 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  Sierra Leone’s Ambassador to the Republic of Korea, His Excellency Ambassador Omrie Michael Golley, on Thursday 17th August 2017, bid farewell to members of a Korean Church humanitarian relief […]

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  • An idiot’s guide to winning an election
  • The Crumbling House: APC’s Internal Chaos and the Systematic Marginalization of Political Pluralism in Sierra Leone
  • For corruption : Sierra Leone suspended from all IMF programs
  • Sierra Leone will defend herself to the last against Guinea, if necessary– Interior Minister
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MESSAGE OF CONDOLENCE TO VICTIMS OF THE LANDSLIDE DISASTER BY POLITICAL AFFAIRS MINISTER

August 18, 2017 0

The Minister and staff of the Ministry of Political and Public Affairs wish to send their heartfelt condolences to the bereaved families of the hundreds of victims of the landslide […]

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The rise and rise of China

December 14, 2017 0

President Xi Jinping Yash Tandon Correspondent China is fast growing as a leading global power, as the Euro-American-Japanese empire is on decline. The implications for Africa are huge. Ultimately, it […]

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