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President Koroma receives 50-man delegation from Morocco

January 18, 2017 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  By State House Communication Unit President Dr Ernest Bai Koroma on Saturday January 14, 2017, received a high powered investment and trade delegation from the Kingdom of Morocco, at […]

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Time bomb ticks in the Gambia three days to inauguration of President Adama Barrow , as Jammeh remains defiant

January 17, 2017 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Gambia: AU will not recognise Jammeh as President from January 19 January 13, 2017   Agency Report Photo credit: citifmonline.com Related News Barrow leaves Gambia with Buhari, other West African leaders […]

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“The HSDSS and REDISSE Projects are the Foundation of a Resilient Health System for Sierra Leone” – Health Minister Dr. Abu Bakarr Fofanah

January 15, 2017 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  Freetown, Jan. 11, 017 (MOHS) – Health and Sanitation Minister, Dr. Abu Bakarr Fofanah has described the Health Services Delivery and Systems Support (HSDSS) and (Regional Disease Surveillance Systems […]

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Sierra Leonean soul star Azania to spend equal time between Geneva and New York in 2017

January 15, 2017 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

 By Dennis Kabatto :Despite the heavy rain, Sierra Leonean soul queen Azania braved the wet and cold weather last Tuesday just to keep a scheduled interview appointment at Lido Restaurant […]

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Foreign Minister Samura Kamara due in New York to brief African Ambassadors and attend High -level Dialogue on building peace

January 13, 2017 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By KABS KANU– Sierra Leone’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Dr. Samura Kamara, will be arriving in New York next week for two important international engagements.   The […]

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Campaign For Good Governance and Council of Churches support SLPP

January 13, 2017 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

MAADA BIO OF THE SLPP Campaign For Good Governance An Open Letter To The Sierra Leone Peoples Party 10th January 2017 Sierra Leone Peoples Party (SLPP) Leaders and Members Freetown […]

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Ambassador Koroma attends retreat in Qatar

January 13, 2017 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

The Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Ambassador Amadu Koroma, is in Qatar to attend a retreat on the UN Security Council Reform. The Government of Qatar invited ambassadors […]

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First Lady Off to Mali for 27th Africa-France Summit

January 13, 2017 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  Her Excellency, the First Lady of Sierra Leone, Mrs. Sia Nyama. Koroma has left the shores of Sierra Leone, Thursday 12th January 2017 on a special invitation by the […]

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There is, regrettably, a necessary battle in the SLPP

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

  One side eschewed violence and in defence of the values of the party’s founding fathers vision of one country , inclusiveness , constitutionality and the rule of law. This […]

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Netanyahu welcomes Sierra Leone president, says Israel willing to help Sierra Leone rebuild after Ebola, civil war

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

* Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu met Wednesday morning with Sierra Leone President Ernest Bai Koroma, who is visiting Israel accompanied by his Foreign, Agriculture, Communications and Water ministers. The […]

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  • From image cleansing to image crisis : Maada Bio is facing his biggest reputational test
  • “Dry Yai Koba Shame” Syndrome: Defending the Indefensible
  • Stop trying to use FGM as a tool to gain elusive power in Sierra Leone
  • Yes, I was part of the Sierra Leone UN delegation when we approved ban on FGM
  • 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
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As tribalism and regionalism take over Sierra Leone’s elections…What the people say

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  SYL LAMIN KAMARA My take on the inflamed tribal rhetorics: Fellow compatriots, let me add my voice to the current debate on social media on the inflamed tribal rhetoric […]

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Poro society used in Kono to abuse people’s rights**

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Poro society used in Kono to abuse people’s rights** By Alhaji MB Jalloh* Secret societies in most parts of Sierra Leone sprouted up from pre- and post colonial Sierra Leone.‘Poro’ […]

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Sierra Leone Human Rights Commission condemns public display of teachers of alleged exams fraud

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HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION OF SIERRA LEONE PRESS RELEASE ANTI-CORRUPTION COMMISSION DISPLAY OF SUSPECTS AT THE COTTON TREE (Monday 9th, September 2019) The Human Rights Commission of Sierra Leone has been […]

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COCORIOKO  has just learnt that the U.S. Government has put on hold the Millennium Challenge Corporation ( MCC) Compact award  won by Sierra Leone. According to our diplomatic sources, a […]

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