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Ambassador Sumah’s statement on behalf of the African Group at the UN Security Council Reform Intergovernmental Negotiations

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

On November 7 and 8, 2017 , the United Nations held a debate  on Agenda Item 122: “Question of equitable representation on and increase in the membership of the Security Council […]

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President Ernest Koroma arrives in Rome

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

  His Excellency, Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma on Thursday, 9th November, 2017 arrived in Rome, Italy for the start of a two- day working visit to the State of Italy […]

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ICC prosecutor urges handover of Al-Saiqa brigade commander and others wanted for alleged crimes in Libya

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

8 November – The International Criminal Court has issued an arrest warrant for Major Mahmoud Mustafa Busayf al-Werfalli, a commander in the Al-Saiqa Brigade accused of murdering 33 people in […]

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POPE FRANCIS TO BLESS SAMURA KAMARA​

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

The Leader of the Roman Catholic Church, Pope Jorge Mario Bergoglio will on Thursday, 9th November, 2017 play host to Sierra Leone’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation who […]

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Sierra Leone: Battle of ideas and issues on candidates

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

John Baimba Sesay- CHINA  When monstrous tendencies and coercion are employed to get a political support, it becomes worrisome for the very survival of the political platform upon which, an […]

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President Koroma tells the world why Samura Kamara was chosen as APC Flag-bearer

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

  In his first major media interview since the end of the APC delegates’ conference in Makeni, almost three weeks ago, President Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma has told AYV TV/Radio […]

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“I LOVE MY COUNTRY AND PEOPLE AND I JUST WANT TO SERVE THEM ” : Says Sierra Leone’s Goodwill Ambassador and Honorary Consul Isatu Timbo

November 8, 2017 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By KABS KANU : Sierra Leone’s Goodwill Ambassador and Honorary Consul in California, Mrs. Isata Isha Timbo- Nwokedi, has said that all she wants to do is to continue to […]

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Togo, Guinea leaders mediate deepening Liberia election dispute

November 8, 2017 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Togo, Guinea leaders mediate deepening Liberia election dispute   COURTESY : FRONTPAGE AFRICA Monrovia – West African leaders held mediation talks Wednesday with all sides involved in Liberia’s disputed election, […]

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As SLPP supporters go berserk once again in capital, APC expresses grave concerns about intolerance and violence

November 7, 2017 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

*FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE* Monday 6th November 2017. *SUBJECT: CONCERNS OVER INTOLERANCE AND VIOLENCE OF THE SLPP* The attention of the ruling All Peoples Congress, has on a very sad note, […]

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Rogbere Bridge claims more lives : Truck accident kills three

November 7, 2017 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By COCORIOKO Reporters A truck heavily loaded with goods flipped over at the entrance of Rogbere Bridge this morning, strewing deadly wreckage, load and bodies on the banks of the […]

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Project Officer Global Rights Partners for Justice, Joe Pemagbi has described corruption as the “cankerworm,” which has destroyed the fabric of the nation. Speaking during a stakeholders workshop on Anti-Corruption […]

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International Community needs to move even faster as Ebola decline rates for the week seem illusory in Sierra Leone and now MSF warns that it could be the same in Liberia too

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The three days of reduced new Ebola cases in Sierra Leone  changed on Friday and today as the  numbers have increased,  underlining the fact that the international community needs to […]

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APC CANDIDATE SAMURA KAMARA BREATHES FIRE AND GIVES SIERRA LEONE’S ELECTIONS COMMISSIONER 72 HOURS TO RESIGN By Kabs Kanu Yesterday, President Maada Bio and his Sierra Leone People’s Party ( […]

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