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Over Flooding and Mudslides, African Union Stands Behind Sierra Leone- Ambassador Keh Shares Sierra Leone’s Plight

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

Following the flooding and mudslides in some parts of Freetown, Sierra Leone Parmanent Representative to the African Union, Ambassador Osman Keh Kamara has sent an official Note Verbale to the […]

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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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Maada Bio’s statement on the mudslide disaster in Sierra Leone

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

STATEMENT*_ _*Date: 14th August 2017*_ _*FLOODING AND MUDSLIDE TRAGEDY IN REGENT*_ _*By: Brigadier (Rtd) Julius Maada Bio*_ On Monday, 14th August 2017 while on a trip abroad, I learnt of […]

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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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Disaster in Freetown as heavy rains cause deadly floods and mudslides : 312 people reported dead , hundreds more missing

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

AN AFP VIDEO OF THE DISASTER   By KABS KANU– Disaster befell Freetown, the capital of Sierra Leone , early this morning when heavy torrential rains caused massive flooding  and […]

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EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH LOGUS KOROMA : APC talks strategy, SLPP plans chaos in Sierra Leone

August 13, 2017 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By KABS KANU – The Publisher and owner of the Cocorioko Newspaper had a marathon interview yesterday with the ruling APC National and International Elections Coordinator, Mr. Leonard Balogun Koroma […]

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Diaspora Konos rally behind Diana Konomanyi

August 12, 2017 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By TAMBA BORBOR The just-concluded Kono Conference held in Washington DC, United States of America, has seen participants comprising mostly Konos in the diaspora resolve to rally behind Madam Finda […]

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NAC MEETING……… APC SHIFTS GEARS TO MASSIVE STRATEGIZATION AND SENSITIZATION FOR 2018 ELECTIONS

August 12, 2017 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

BY KABS KANU The ruling All People’s Congress (APC ) has shifted gears to a more heightened state of strategization, sensitization and readiness for Sierra Leone’s crucial presidential, legislative and […]

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US$2,750,000 JSDF Grant to Sierra Leone to Strengthen Community Mobilization and Service Delivery

August 11, 2017 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  FREETOWN, August 10, 2017 — The World Bank Group, through its agency, the International Development Association (IDA), and acting as administrator of funds under the Japan Social Development Fund […]

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CIVIL SOCIETY MANIFESTO IS RECIPE FOR REGIME CHANGE

August 11, 2017 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Titus Boye-Thompson   In a recent post to my in-tray came a document titled “My vote, my life – the citizen’s manifesto.” Ordinarily I would shy away from such documents […]

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  By Sia Sonsiama Freetown – Thursday 25th June, 2015- Concluding that recent social media postings of an audio recording of exchanges between Minister of Sport Paul Kamara and the […]

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