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Sierra Leone: 400 bodies found after ‘huge’ mudslides

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

SKY NEWS COVERAGE OF SIERRA LEONE DISASTER Morgues are packed with bodies and people dig for any survivors after devastating mudslides buried everything in their path. 22:03, UK, Tuesday 15 […]

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Sierra Leone Government declares seven days of mourning

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

7 days of Mourning across the country has been declared with immediate effect The National Flag will be Flown at Half Mast All relatives are asked to visit the Connaught […]

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Disaster in Sierra Leone : Bar Association gravely distraught

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

  Press Release* The Sierra Leone Bar Association  is gravely distraught by the tragedies which occurred in the morning of 14th August 2017 at Regent, Kaningo and other affected areas […]

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Sierra Leone Government establishes emergency centres

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

. Breaking news Deputy Minister of Information and Communication, Cornelius Deveaux has told journalists in Freetown that government has established three emergency centres at Regent Village, Lumley and Ross Road […]

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Address by His Excellency President Ernest Koroma to the nation on the flooding and landslides of 14 August, 2017*

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

Address by His Excellency President Ernest Koroma to the nation on the flooding and landslides of 14 August, 2017 Fellow Sierra Leoneans, our nation has once again been gripped by […]

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African Diamond Dialogue to be held in Brussels

August 10, 2017 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

The Director of Sub-Saharan Africa in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development Cooperation of the Kingdom of Belgium,  Ambassador Jozef Smets has disclosed that Belgium will be hosting, […]

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President Koroma receives signed documents for largest energy project in Sierra Leone

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

  By State House Communication Unit The documents for the largest energy project in Sierra Leone were signed on Friday 4 August and presented to President Ernest Bai Koroma at […]

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Brexit offers Sierra Leone chance to reassess the aid relationship

August 4, 2017 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By John Bonoh Sisay August 2, 2017 Brexit will undoubtedly affect the UK’s donor relationship with Sierra Leone, but this debate takes away from the crucial issue: improving trade. A […]

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Njala University responds to Dr. Kandeh Yumkella

August 4, 2017 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

The negative public outburst of Dr Kandeh. K. Yumkella with respect to training in Peace Studies, a discipline that is growing at an alarming rate globally, exposes his inefficiency to […]

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President Koroma practices what he preaches

August 4, 2017 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By Ranger President Koroma’s commissioning of the Solar Mini-Grid at Lungi last week-end saw a vivid display of his passion (Local Content Policy) encapsulated in the President’s Recovery Priorities. He […]

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POSTED BY: PUBLISHER AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER KABS KANU JULY 11, 2015 Nearly a thousand  Sierra Leoneans turned up at the Dag Hammarskjold Plaza outside the United Nations yesterday to […]

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Did the international moral guarantors leave Sierra Leone without addressing the Edmond Alpha and Zainab Sheriff issues ?

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DID THE MORAL GUARANTORS LEAVE SIERRA LEONE WITHOUT ADDRESSING THE ZAINAB SHERIFF INJUSTICE AND THE EDMOND ALPHA ISSUE ? Asks Kabs Kanu ( The Lion of Bombali ) If the […]

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FREETOWN – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) welcomes the swift and generous contribution of US$100,000 to its emergency operations in Sierra Leone, where massive mudslides and flash floods […]

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  Parliament on Thursday 22nd October 2015 ratified two loan agreements totaling US $ 46m for development of the rural communities in the country. Making  the presentation  to Parliament, the […]

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