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Tribute to the late Hon. Bob Allen by Minister of Political Affairs Nanette Thomas

February 14, 2017 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

TRIBUTE TO THE LATE HON. LESLIE PATRICK BOB ALLEN (COMMONLY KNOWN AS BOBBY ALLEN) DELIVERED AT THE CIVIC LAYING OUT IN HIS HONOUR , AUGUST 24 1938 – JANUARY 15, […]

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Ambassador Sumah reiterates Africa’s call for speedy reform of the UN Security Council

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

By KABS KANU : Sierra Leone’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Ambassador Adikalie Foday Sumah,Β  has assured the Co-Chairs of the Security Council Reform Intergovernmental Negotiations of the support […]

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Health Minister Unveils the Inauguration of the Board Members of the historic Teaching Hospitals Complex

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

By Jonathan Abass Kamara and Kadrie Koroma Health and Sanitation Minister, Dr. Abu Bakarr Fofanah has said that Teaching Hospitals are hospitals with a formal affiliation to a medical school […]

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Minister of Political Affairs Nannette Thomas meets with tribal heads in Sierra Leone

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

Β  By Bockarie Kukuku Musa Β  Β On Thursday 9th February 2017, the Tribal Heads from the various tribes in Sierra Leone met with the Minister of Political and Public Affairs […]

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Ambassador Ibrahim Bakarr Kamara’s Demise: A Huge Loss to the Nation

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

  By Alhaji M.B. Jalloh, Press AttachΓ©, Saudi Arabia and the Gulf States   Since the dawn of human history, death, although inevitable, has always been the most painful happening […]

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Condolence Message from the Sierra Leone Embassy in Ethiopia

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

The Embassy of Sierra Leone in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia would like to express its deepest and heartfelt condolences to the Government of the Republic of Sierra Leone and the bereaved […]

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President Koroma and the fake deportation order

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

  DID PRESIDENT KOROMA SIGNS A DEPORTATION DOCUMENT WITH THE BELGIUM GOVERNMENT FOR SIERRA LEONEANS LIVING IN BELGIUM? By Anthony Conteh As usual few days ago, I listened to a […]

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President Koroma Mourns with Late Ambassador Kamara’s Family

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

His Excellency the President, Dr Ernest Bai Koroma today visited the family of the late Sierra Leone Ambassador to Kuwait, Ibrahim Kamara to sympathise with them for their loss. Accompanied […]

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Victor Foh visits grieving APC families

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

By Julius Bambay Kamara The Honourable Vice President, Ambassador Dr. Victor Bockarie Foh (photo) on Wednesday 8th February, 2017 led a high- powered delegation made up of Government Ministers and […]

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President Koroma consoles bereaved family of fallen Ambassador

February 9, 2017 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

His Excellency the President, Dr Ernest Bai Koroma today visited the family of the late Sierra Leone Ambassador to Kuwait, Ibrahim Kamara to sympathise with them for their loss. Accompanied […]

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COCORIOKO EDITORIAL: Echoes of a Dark Past – An Independence Day Plea for Sierra Leone’s Soul As Sierra Leone marks another Independence Anniversary, the air should ideally be thick with […]

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By Kabs Kanu The April 27, 1961 Independence ushered in what could be rightly described as cruel luck for the people of Β Sierra Leone. Β Independence was meant to usher in […]

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FLASHBACK September 25, 2010 : The OGI in New York – It was a night to remember

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By Leeroy Wilfred Kabs-Kanu -New York, Saturday September 26, 2010 : The Riverside Church Conference Centre in Harlem, New York, literally shookΒ  with rapturous cheersΒ and ovation Β from a massive crowd […]

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High-Profile Conference to Draw Attention to Sexual Violence in War

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LONDON β€” The Hollywood star Angelina Jolie and the British foreign secretary, William Hague, opened a high-profile gathering here on Tuesday intended to combat the increasing prevalence of sexual violence […]

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Β By PASCO TEMPLE : Finance and Economic Development Minister Momodu Kargbo and members of his economic and financial team who arrived in Washington DC on Saturday September 30th 2016 and […]

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