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Changing to Prosperity – an Agenda for Progress

September 20, 2012 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  By Titus Boye-Thompson : A five year time line has just passed, marking the same period of authority of Ernest Bai Koroma as President of the Republic of Sierra […]

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Sierra Leone Is Marching Towards Prosperity Under President Koroma

July 18, 2012 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

   By Mohamed Sankoh (One Drop) : Those who once darkened the walls of schools, colleges, and universities know that there is something called “syllabus”. And when examinations are taken, […]

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PICTORIAL DISPLAY : Ernest Koroma-mania sweeps Kailahun, the SLPP stronghold

May 8, 2012 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

PICTORIAL DISPLAY : Ernest Koroma-mania sweeps Kailahun, the SLPP stronghold May 8, 2012 | Filed under: Breaking News,Diaspora,Headlines,Lead Story,National News | Posted by: Cocorioko Newspaper The Sierra Leone People’s Party ( SLPP) stronghold of Kailahun […]

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It is idiotic indeed to compare Jamaica’s voters’ perceptions with Sierra Leone’s

January 5, 2012 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

January 5, 2012 |  By KABS KANU : Elections turn on the basis of voters’ perceptions. People just do not vote out governments because a demon has appeared on the […]

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Sam Metzger, a Doyen of Journalism in Sierra Leone has Gone, Who Else?

November 8, 2011 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

 By E.T. KAMARA SAM METZGER It is with deepest regret that I heard the death of my mentor, Sam Metzger(photo), former editor and managing Director of “We Yone” news paper. […]

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SLPP : Sierra Leoneans want to know the truth-Why has Maada Bio been dropped from SLPP UK/U.S. delegation ?

November 6, 2011 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  The Sierra Leonean people want to know the truth from the opposition Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP ). First of all, the people want to know whether it is […]

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President Koroma and delegation to take off for Freetown tomorrow from West Virginia after successful tours of NJ, Boston, Georgia and WV

September 28, 2011 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  President Ernest Bai Koroma and delegation will be taking off for Freetown tomorrow from West Virginia after a very successful tour of  four different states apart from New York […]

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Sierra Leone: How Independence Was Won

September 22, 2011 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Sierra Leone: How Independence Was Won Written byNew African Published September 8, 2011 Sierra Leone gained independence from Britain on 27 April 1961. The golden jubilee of that glorious day […]

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Who was this Bambay Kamara: A rejoinder

August 14, 2011 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By Peter Lahai Initially, I was very skeptical about the idea of setting up an inquest into the extra-judicial killings of Bambay Kamara, Yayah Kanu, Salami Coker and 23 others […]

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FLASHBACK : NPRC should also be blamed for our national disaster

August 14, 2011 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

August 14, 2011 |  By Amadu Tarawallie The National Provisional Ruling Council ( NPRC ) , the military junta that was headed by the present Sierra Leone People’s Party ( […]

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“No Third Term Agenda for President Ernest Bai Koroma” Abdulai Bayraytay

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  Media Coordinator in the office of the Government Spokesman of Sierra Leone, Mr. Abdulai Bayraytay has reiterated President Ernest Bai Koroma’s Commitment to fully abide by the 1991 Constitution […]

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Finance Minister Momodu Kargbo in New York to attend UN High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development

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By KABS KANU – Sierra Leone’s Minister of Finance and Economic Development, Hon. Momodu Kargbo, arrived in New York over the weekend to attend the United Nations High-level political forum […]

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COMPASSION AND JUSTICE FOR JOURNALISTS PAUL KAMARA AND HARRY YANSANEH

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Monday October 31, 2005 By Emmanuel Abalo The local and international community, media and human rights groups continue their dismal and concurrent view of the continuous imprisonment of the Acting […]

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Sierra Leone Embassy in Germany Celebrates Independence: Encourages Humanitarian Organizations to do more

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By Umaru S. Jah — Germany The Embassy of Sierra Leone in the Federal Republic of Germany on Saturday 30th April 2016 assembled its compatriots, friends and Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) […]

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