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PRESS RELEASE: Independent Observer journalists cautioned and discharged

March 10, 2014 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

March 10, 2014 at 7:15pm  MONDAY 10TH MARCH 2014: Journalists Jonathan Leigh and Bai Bai Sesay of the Independent ObserverNewspaper were today cautioned and discharged after pleading guilty to a singlecharge of […]

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Address by President Ernest Bai Koroma on International Women’s Day

March 10, 2014 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

ADDRESS BY HIS EXCELLENCY THE PRESIDENT DR. ENERST BAI KOROMA INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY CELEBRATIONS 8TH MARCH 2014 PUJEHUN TOWNMadam Chairperson, My Lady Chief Justice Ministers of Government Honourable Members of […]

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Sierra Leone’s Zainab Bangura named among 8 Women Who Already Made The World A Better Place In 2014

March 10, 2014 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

BY THE HUFFINGTON POST OF THE USA  : 1. Afghanistan’s first female police chief showed the world what courage looks like. Col. Jamila Bayaz was appointed to run security in the […]

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Deputy Foreign Minister Dr. Ebun Strasser-King addresses 25th Session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva

March 8, 2014 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Press release  Her Excellency, Dr. Ebun Strasser-King, the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation is attending the 25th Session of the Human Rights Council taking place from 3 – […]

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FIRST Lady leads the way on inspiring change in Sierra Leone

March 8, 2014 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

 Titus Boye-Thompson, Strategic Media & Development Communications Unit : March 8 the world over has been for a time now designated as International Women’s Day by a general promulgation of […]

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Sierra Leone opposition leader in the U.S.to address misleading Human Rights Watch report and false Third term rumours

March 7, 2014 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

 The leader of the opposition United Democratic Movement ( UDM ) , Mr. Mohamed Bangura , has given Cocorioko an exclusive interview  on his very important  national mission to the […]

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Stop putting words in the mouth of the UN Secretary General

March 6, 2014 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By  LEEROY WILFRED KABS KANU -MINISTER PLENIPOTENTIARY AND COORDINATOR OF  C-10 : PERMANENT MISSION OF SIERRA LEONE TO THE UN, NEW YORK, USA Sierra Leone is a post-conflict nation struggling to […]

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From the Ashes of War, Seeds of Peace

March 6, 2014 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  By Ban Ki-Moon : What was once the biggest United Nations peace operation in the world winds down this month, and the most extraordinary part of this historic development […]

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UN Secretary General says Sierra Leone has taught the world many lessons

March 6, 2014 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

THE SECRETARY-GENERAL — REMARKS AT CLOSING CEREMONY FOR THE UNITED NATIONS INTEGRATED PEACEBUILDING OFFICE IN SIERRA LEONE Freetown, 5 March 2014, 17:30 [As delivered]   I thank His Excellency President Koroma, […]

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Debunking SLPP Propaganda that the APC is marginalizing South -Easterners

March 4, 2014 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  By Jarrah Kawusu-Konte  If I have to say it for the umpteenth time that this government is on the right footing in turning things around for the better in […]

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Sierra Leone gained independence from Britain on 27 April 1961. The golden jubilee of that glorious day is this April. It has been an eventful 50 years, and as the […]

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Aan Mant -Annant : Water and electricity must be pursued if prosperity is considered a succcess story

March 18, 2013 0

   By Dr. Augustine Kamara : President Koroma has done a lot to improve Sierra Leone and her entire lot. Unfortunately it would appear to some that the president must […]

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President Ernest Bai Koroma to continue as Party Chairman and Leader

September 27, 2016 0

  John Baimba Sesay- CHINA On the invitation of the Communist Party of China (CPC), Secretary-General for Sierra Leone’s governing All People’s Congress Ambassador Osman Yansaneh arrived in Beijing, on […]

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President Ernest Bai Koroma leaves for the State of Israel

January 9, 2017 0

The general public is hereby informed that on the kind invitation of his colleague, the Prime Minister, His Excellency the President Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma has left Freetown today on […]

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At Ecowas Summit , outgoing Nigerian President Jonathan lauds tremendous progress in consolidating democracy in Sa. Leone , Benin, Togo

May 20, 2015 0

The outgoing President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, His Excellency Goodluck Jonathan , in his address to the 47th ECOWAS Summit in Accra, Ghana, today said that tremendous progress […]

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