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What is President Bio waiting for to fire the embarrassing Lands Minister Dr. Dennis Sandy ?

December 17, 2020 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Controversial Lands and Country Planning Minister, Dr. Dennis Sandy— a man who has embarrassed the Maada Bio Government so much and is abhorred by even ruling Sierra Leone People’s Party […]

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While we appreciate the MCC Compact money, does Uncle Sam really know what he is doing in Sierra Leone ?

December 17, 2020 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

WE APPRECIATE AND THANK THE MCC FOR THE COMPACT MONEY, BUT DOES UNCLE SAM REALLY KNOW WHAT HE IS DOING IN SIERRA LEONE ? Cocorioko Editorial After the U.S announced […]

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At MCC End of Threshold Program Workshop, Guma Valley extolled

December 17, 2020 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

The Millennium Challenge Coordinating Unit (MCCU) and Adam Smith International (ASI) has on Tuesday 15th December, 2020 held a one-day workshop at the Atlantic Hotel at Lumley Beach Road, Aberdeen […]

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U.S. tells President Bio Sierra Leone is now MCC Compact Award eligible

December 17, 2020 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

The President of Sierra Leone, Dr. Maada Bio, has been informed by the United States Millennium Challenge Corporation ( MCC ) that the country has won the MCC Compact grant. […]

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Parliament ratifies Lungi Airport expansion agreement

December 17, 2020 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

The Parliament of Sierra Leone has on Wednesday 16th December 2020 intensively debated and ratified the Lungi Freetown International Airport expansion project agreement aimed at broadening the scope to meet […]

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APC mourns with Chairman and Leader Ernest Koroma for death of sister

December 16, 2020 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

This is to inform all members of the APC and the general public that the former President Dr Ernest Koroma recently lost his sister Mrs Marian Admire Sesay (née Koroma). […]

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APC wins contentious Constituency 110 bye-elections again

December 13, 2020 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

APC yesterday enjoyed a string of decisive elections victories over the SLPP at constituency and council levels , showing how unpopular the SLPP has become, and how the APC could […]

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Alhaji Usu Boie Kamara passes away

December 12, 2020 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Family members at home and abroad regret to announce the death of Alhaji Usman Boie Kamara, former Minister of Trade and Industry under the Presidency of Dr Ernest Bai Koroma. […]

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President Julius Bio of Sierra Leone has resumed his love of flying.

December 9, 2020 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

President Julius Bio of Sierra Leone has resumed his love of flying. On 7 December 2020 , a press release from his press secretary announced that the president would travel […]

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The BBC needs a quality, professional, ethical,objective and non-partisan correspondent in Sierra Leone

December 9, 2020 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By KABS KANU The BBC is a model of accurate, objective and comprehensive news reporting in the world. Peopke all over the world have built a strong relationship of trust […]

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  • Guinea expands illegal occupation of Yenga, opens fire on residents and forces everybody to flee
  • True Independence and Freedom can only exist in doing what is right
  • Video : Sierra Leone gains Independence from Britain and the 1961 Royal Visit
  • Reflections on Sierra Leone’s 64th Independence Anniversary : A nation still in waiting
  • There will never be world peace until imperialism is dead : Hands off Ibrahim Traore
  • Sierra Leone’s 64th Independence Anniversary Poem by Nicholas Godwin
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  FREETOWN, July 6, 2017 — Sierra Leone is receiving a US$30 million International Development Association (IDA) credit from the World Bank Group to support the financing of Government’s development […]

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Part 2 : Three faces of Bai Bureh : The national hero of Sierra Leone

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PART 2 As the years went by I began to search for an actual photograph, convinced that one had to exist somewhere. When the internet appeared in the 1980’s, my […]

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SLAM tells international community and development partners : SLPP Government must account for whereabouts of 303 political prisoners missing from their custody

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The Sierra Leone Advocacy Movement ( SLAM) has taken over the matter of the 303 political prisoners who have gone missing in the custody of the Julius Maada Bio Sierra […]

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Makeni, Jan. 18 (SLENA) – The Hon. Vice President, Dr. Victor Bockarie Foh last Friday declared that the More Time campaign that is spreading around was not the idea of […]

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