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NEC Updates President Koroma on voter registration and exhibition

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

By State House Communication Unit The National Electoral Commission (NEC) last Friday 25 August 2017 updated President Ernest Bai Koroma on voter registration as well as the exhibition of the […]

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World Bank offers US$13 Million as Emergency Response for Mudslide and Flooding in Sierra Leone

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

  FREETOWN, August 29, 2017 — On August 14, 2007, a huge mudslide wiped out the Martomeh community and the population in the immediate vicinity of the stream for six […]

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KDU Northeast Chapter to hold Family Reunion in New Jersey

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

By Dennis Kabatto After an emotional homecoming to Freetown, Sierra Leone in December 2016, the Krio Descendants Union Northeast Chapter will assemble in New Brunswick, New Jersey for its 9th […]

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INTERNATIONAL DAY OF THE VICTIMS OF ENFORCED DISAPPEARANCES

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

  Press release ​29​.08​.2017 INTERNATIONAL DAY OF THE VICTIMS OF ENFORCED DISAPPEARANCES States that make journalists disappear On August 30, the eve of International Day of the Victims of Enforced […]

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Intergenerational approach offers better pathway for Sierra Leoneans crisis recovery

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

  Once again, Sierra Leoneans mourn mass deaths of what is estimated to be 1000 deaths due to mudslides that happened slightly about two weeks ago. Coming shortly after the Ebola Virus […]

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Sierra Leone UN Mission steps up relief assistance efforts for mudslide victims : Holds meeting with Interfaith council and Masjid Ali in New Jersey

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

BY KABS KANU : The Permanent Mission of Sierra Leone to the United Nations in New York last Friday August 25, 2017  accelerated its outreach to Sierra Leoneans and organizations […]

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Bollore donates another Half Billion Leones for mudslide victims

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

Country Manager,Capt Fabjanko Kokan Bollore Afelease of figures of missing persons and houses consumed by the disaster by the office of National Security (ONS), Bollore group through its country office […]

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Four vehicles swept into Dundas Street Samba gutter as more flood waters ravage central Freetown

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

Last night’s heavy rain and flooding in Freetown resulted in four vehicles being swept into the samba gutter by Dundas Street.  This is the initial report coming in this morning. […]

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Freetown being lashed by more heavy rain and flooding tonight

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

Heavy rain would not let up in Freetown tonight and the city is said to have been suffering from more flooding , with frightened residents of the Kroo Bay slums […]

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500 Million dollars for Sierra Leone’s disaster preparedness: the World Bank comes in muscularly

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

  By State House Communication Unit World Bank (W/B) Country Manager Parminder Brar on Friday 25th August, 2017, presented a technical team from World Bank to Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma […]

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