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President Ernest Koroma arrives in Ethiopia

July 2, 2017 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Dateline: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia His Excellency Dr Ernest Bai Koroma, President of the Republic of Sierra Leone accompanied by his wife First Lady Mrs. Sia Koroma has just arrived at […]

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President Koroma enjoys a good game of Squash in Germany

June 24, 2017 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By Umaru S. Jah, Information Attaché – Germany. Looking very healthy and strong after his routine medical check up, President Ernest Bai Koroma is presently enjoying his leisure with a […]

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Former Minister Moijue Kai-Kai entertains and feeds 3, 000 children on the Day of the African Child

June 23, 2017 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

June 16th in an important date for children to reflect on the incident that took place in Soweto South Africa, wherein children loose their lives in the process of raising […]

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Sierra Leone is represented at the Annual Health Ministers’ in Nigeria by Deputy Minister Madina Rahman and delegation

June 16, 2017 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  The Annual Health Ministers (AHM) meeting of the West African Health Organization (WAHO) is taking place today at the ECOWAS centre in Abuja. The Team in attendance representing Sierra […]

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Full statement delivered by Foreign Minister Samura Kamara on behalf of Africa at UN Security Council Reform Intergovernmental Negotiations

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

Sierra Leone’s Foreign Minister , Dr.  Samura Kamara, yesterday  addressed  the UN Security Council Reform intergovernmental negotiations as the African Union turns on the heat in her quest to gain […]

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Sierra Leone’s Dr Samura Kamara boosts Africa’s momentum in the UN Security Council Reform negotiations by being first foreign minister to address the IGN

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

Sierra Leone’s Foreign Minister , Dr.  Samura Kamara, yesterday  addressed  the UN Security Council Reform intergovernmental negotiations as the African Union turns on the heat in her quest to gain […]

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Of bright lights and beautiful city : Freetown under President Ernest Koroma

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

I took these three photos few seconds ago as I drove down Sumaila Town after a late night dinner chat with some of our less fortunate citizens whom we are […]

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Leone Stars make the nation proud as they thrash Kenya’s Harambee Stars in electrical African Nations Cup Clash in Freetown

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

By KABS KANU : The stakes were high , with both nations seeking to make a glorious start to the campaign and with their two countries on the edge, it […]

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President Ernest Koroma leads by example

June 9, 2017 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By N’Bompa  Turay His Excellency the President, Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma  continues to lead our nation considering traditional, socio-economic and regional development in a grand style. He manifested the belief […]

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*SLPP AS UNRELIABLE AS THE WEATHER*

June 9, 2017 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

The Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP) can be best likened to the weather which changes more often than not, when one least expects it. Very unreliable and ungrateful! Until and […]

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Two weeks ago, Sierra Leone’s Minister of Health, Mrs. Zainab Hawa Bangura, was in New York to attend the United Nations High’Level HIV/AIDS Conference. During her stay, she gave COCORIOKO what […]

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In British Politics, Hypocrisy Is Not a handicap.

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In British Politics, Hypocrisy Is Not a handicap. British politics is in danger of becoming the world’s most revered comedy show on the planet. What makes this unenviable accolade glaringly […]

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Sierra Leone’s President Bio and wife are traveling all over the world enjoying free government money while their people back home are suffering and dying

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By KABS KANU It is a shame. Sierra Leone’s President Julius Maada Bio and his flamboyant wife, Fatima Bio,  are traveling all over the world enjoying free government money while […]

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Abomination in Sierra Leone, as First Lady Fatima Bio and Co. halt church services in Kenema to permit secret society procession today, Pentecost Sunday

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By KABS KANU Church leaders in Sierra Leone have vehemently protested against the action taken by the First Lady of Sierra Leone , Mrs. Fatima Bio and  the authorities of […]

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By KABS KANU Thanks be to God , the Covenant Child World Ministries had a memorable Christmas. The church celebrated the birth of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ with […]

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