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WHAT THE SIERRA LEONE NEWSPAPERS SAY: Volume 1, No. 1

April 29, 2017 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

WHAT THE SIERRA LEONE NEWSPAPERS SAY—–A COCORIOKO WEEKLY FEATURE MINISTER SLAPS RESTAURANT OWNER ? EDITOR’S NOTE : Recently , there was information on Facebook that the Deputy Minister of Trade […]

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INDEPENDENCE ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL : How Sierra Leone gained Independence –And some views

April 28, 2017 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

From the archive, 27 April 1961: Sierra Leone celebrates independence Originally published in the Guardian on 27 April 1961 The Duke of Kent yesterday opened the new Parliament Building of […]

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President Koroma issues rallying call to nation in Independence Anniversary message

April 28, 2017 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Independence Message – 27 April, 2017 Fellow citizens, today, once again, we celebrate the great event marking the decision of those before us to take charge of our destiny; to […]

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56th INDEPENDENCE ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL SUPPLEMENT : 1961 Independence Day Message by Sir Milton Margai April 27, 2017

April 28, 2017 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

As part of our 56th Independence Anniversary Supplement, we bring you the first Independence Message ever made in our nation on April 27, 1961 , by the country’s first indigenous […]

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Presidential Spokesman to hold Town Meeting at Sierra Leone Embassy, Washington DC on Saturday April 29, 2017

April 27, 2017 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0
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Sierra Leone’s 56th Independence Anniversary : Let us look up to the future with hope

April 26, 2017 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By KABS KANU : There would have been  plenty to celebrate as Sierra Leone marks 56 years of Independence and nationhood tomorrow if calamity had not befallen our nation two […]

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Mysterious deaths in Liberia’s Sinoe County spread fear in subregion

April 26, 2017 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By KABS KANU : Fear is spreading in the Mano River Union countries of Liberia, Sierra Leone, Guinea and Ivory Coast as authorities in the four countries monitor what has […]

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Ambassador Osman Keh Kamara addresses AU PSC Ministerial meeting in Addis Ababa

April 26, 2017 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

STATEMENT BY AMBASSADOR OSMAN KEH KAMARA PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF SIERRA LEONE TO THE AFRICAN UNION DURING THE MINISTERIAL MEETING OF THE PEACE AND SECURITY COUNCIL OF THE AFRICAN UNION, ON […]

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John Baimba Sesay very devastated for untimely deaths of his cousins and wants Chief Kebbie’s driver to act like a real human being and come out of hiding

April 26, 2017 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By KABS KANU : The recent spate of over two dozen painful  deaths in Sierra Leone, 15 of them from   road accidents alone , left one man very devastated […]

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Minister of State Isata Kabia attends 2017 International Dialogue on Migration at the UN

April 22, 2017 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

The Minister of State ( 2) of the  Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Hon. Isata Kabia , this week represented Sierra Leone at the 2017 International Dialogue on Migration,  […]

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Sierra Leone: Dangerous Climate of Hatred On Eve of Presidential Election Run-Off Reporters sans Frontières (Paris) PRESS RELEASE 7 September 2007 Posted to the web 7 September 2007 “Reporters Without […]

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Over 60 years after Independence in Sierra Leone : State failure, poor service delivery , needless waste and flamboyant speeches

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