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Month: September 2017

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APC Party District Constituency Conventions Commence in earnest

September 24, 2017 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By Hassan Bruz Northern Bureau Chief I wonder whether there could be a better way of dispelling the aspersions often entertained by dissenters that, there is a pending disaster for […]

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APC holding peaceful and democratic conventions

September 24, 2017 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

APC WESTERN AREA . Subject: Conventions Update Dated: Sunday 24th September 2017 The APC WESTERN AREA is holding a peaceful and acceptable convention all around under the Leadership of The […]

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APC Conventions start

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

  PORT LOKO DISTRICT CONSTITUENCY CONVENTIONS OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE AND 15 OTHER CONVENTION OVERSIGHT COMMITTEES APPOINTED BY PRESIDENT ERNEST BAI KOROMA KICKS OFF CONSTITUENCY CONVENTIONS IN PORT LOKO AND ALL OVER […]

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President Koroma hosts Mufti Menk at State House

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

  By State House Communication Unit The Grand Mufti of Zimbabwe, Dr Ismail ibn Musa Menk this morning, Friday 22 September 2017, paid a courtesy call on President Dr Ernest […]

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At UN General Assembly, Foreign Minister Samura Kamara talks to the international media

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

Kabs Kanu reports from the UN The Minister of Foreign  Affairs, Dr. Samura Kamara, who is leading Sierra Leone’s delegation to the ongoing UN General Assembly, has been talking to […]

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Weekend bumper edition on Sierra Leone’s participation at the UN General Assembly

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

COCORIOKO  will be bringing you a bumper weekend edition , covering Sierra Leone’s participation at the ongoing 72nd Session of the UN General Assembly. Keep a date. FROM RIGHT : […]

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VIP : TOWN HALL MEETING IN NEW JERSEY TOMORROW, FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 22, 2017

September 21, 2017 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0
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Sierra Leone’s Foreign Minister Samura Kamara meets with Russian Foreign Minister

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

    New York: Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov met during the session of the United Nations General Assembly with the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Sierra […]

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Hon. Minkailu Mansaray Is A Pace Setter With Traits Worth Emulate… Say:- Mohamed Massaquoi*

September 20, 2017 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Youth activist and member of the Young Generation, Sierra Leone People’s Party (S.L.P.P), Mohamed Massaquoi, has showered praises on the Minister of Mines & Mineral Resources, Hon. Alhaji, Minkailu Mansaray, […]

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Over 1,900 households affected by floods and mudslide to receive cash Support from UK Aid

September 20, 2017 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

FREETOWN, 15 September 2017 – As Sierra Leone recovers from the recent deadly floods and mudslide in Freetown that killed over 500 people with many more still unaccounted for, 1,908 […]

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  • Liberia bow to Sierra Leone in friendly international soccer match
  • Parliament is right; First Lady is wrong : There is no law against FGM in Sierra Leone
  • Rethinking the drug crisis in Sierra Leone : A call for responsible media and objective politics
  • They colonized the land. Now they’ve colonized the mind
  • The First Lady’s dilemma: Protecting her own but preaching to others
  • The people of Sierra Leone are crying out for their democratic rights
  • The hard truth: Sierra Leone is crying , but who is listening ?
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