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Month: November 2017

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New Army Chief of Defence Staff and Police boss in Sierra Leone

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

  GOVERNMENT OF SIERRA LEONE  PRESS RELEASE THE GENERAL PUBLIC IS HEREBY INFORMED THAT IT HAS PLEASED HIS EXCELLENCY THE PRESIDENT DR. ERNEST BAI KOROMA TO ANNOUNCE THE FOLLOWING APPOINTMENTS, […]

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World Bank Group approves US$20 Million Grant to support Sierra Leone’s mining sector

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

    FREETOWN, November 27, 2017 — Sierra Leone will receive a US$20 million International Development Association (IDA) Grant for the second phase of the Extractive Industries Technical Assistance Project […]

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Speaker Takes Oath as Acting President

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

  By State House Communication Unit Freetown, Tuesday 28 November, 2017 —The Right Hon. Sheku Badara Bashiru Dumbuya, Speaker of the Sierra Leone House of Parliament subscribed to the oath […]

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MEDIA ADVISORY : PRESIDENT KOROMA LEAVES FOR COTE D’IVOIRE AND THE GAMBIA

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

MEDIA ADVISORY Freetown: Tuesday, November 28, 2017 PRESIDENT KOROMA LEAVES FOR COTE D’IVOIRE AND THE GAMBIA The general public is hereby informed that His Excellency the President Dr. Ernest Bai […]

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*President Koroma collects voter ID card*

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

President Dr Ernest Bai Koroma has this morning Tuesday 28 November collected his voter identity card from staff of the National Electoral Commission (NEC) at the NIBBAT 13 primary School […]

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Opposition politician praises President Ernest Koroma

November 29, 2017 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0
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Dr. Alusine Jalloh writes a groundbreaking book on the history of Muslim Fula business elites’ participation in the post-independence politics of Sierra Leone

November 28, 2017 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

This groundbreaking volume explores the history of Muslim Fula business elites’ participation in the post-independence politics of Sierra Leone. One of the country’s main entrepreneurial groups, the Fula are also […]

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President Koroma receives Joint UN/AU/ECOWAS Mission

November 27, 2017 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  By State House Communication Unit Dr Mohamed Ibn Chambas, Special Representative of the Secretary General of the United Nations on Tuesday 21st November led a joint mission composed of […]

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Sierra Leone Government damns kangaroo ECOWAS Court

November 27, 2017 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  The ECOWAS Court today ruled in favour of former Vice-President Sam Sumana in a matter that the court has no jurisdiction. Though the Sierra Leone Supreme Court , the […]

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APC WILL WIN THE MARCH 2018 PRESIDENTIAL AND PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS WITHOUT A RUNOFF

November 26, 2017 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By Ambassador Amadu Koroma  In less than fifteen weeks from now, Sierra Leoneans will be voting for the fourth time in a free, fair, transparent and democratic election after the […]

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I can’t wait to read the Kabbah/ Berewa concession speech

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  By Titus Boye Thompson In a circulating audio clip on various social media platforms, Kashor J. Hollande Cole, Chairman of the APC party’s Western Region, clarified that the party […]

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