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Ambassador Sumah enlightens New Jersey about Sierra Leone’s diplomatic achievements at the UN

May 7, 2017 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By KABS KANU : During his first ever visit to New Jersey last week to grace the Town Hall meeting featuring the Presidential Spokesman Abdulai Bayraytay, Sierra Leone’s Permanent Representative […]

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What Presidential Spokesman Abdulai Bayraytay told the people of New Jersey during town hall meeting

May 4, 2017 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

KABS KANU REPORTS : It was a very important and informative Town Hall meeting , coming at a time when people had many concerns, apprehensions and misunderstanding about the state […]

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New Jersey celebrates Independence Anniversary with thrilling ball, flag-raising and picnic

May 3, 2017 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

The 56th Independence Anniversary celebration in New Jersey was hectic last weekend with three events  to mark the occasion. Staged by the umbrella organization, The Sierra Leone Community of New […]

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Good News : The rehabilitation of Fourah Bay College has started

May 3, 2017 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By KABS KANU Rehabilitation work on Fourah Bay College has started. The  dilapidated dorms and facilities of the  one-time Athens of West Africa are undergoing complete reconstruction. Additional infrastructural developments […]

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WORLD PRESS FREEDOM DAY SUPPLEMENT : President Ernest Bai Koroma has laid a solid foundation for press freedom and democracy in Sierra Leone

May 3, 2017 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By KABS KANU :   Let us speak the truth and let the devil be ashamed . One of the most solid foundations President Ernest Bai Koroma has laid in […]

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At NJ Town Hall meeting, Spokesman Abdulai Bayraytay eloquently highlights President Koroma’s achievements and his plans to exit peacefully next year

May 1, 2017 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By KABS KANU : Sierra Leoneans and their American friends from New York and New Jersey were yesterday given an eloquent appraisal of comprehensive steps being taken by  President Ernest […]

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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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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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Charles Margai is wrong about President Koroma

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Cocorioko Publisher Rev. Leeroy Wilfred Kabs-Kanu yesterday corrected the MAKONI TIMES at Facebook , over an article the paper published, written by one Fatmata Yansaneh, under the title : “President […]

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The first ABC School Club in the south to be inaugurated

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 May 19, 2014. In order for change to have its root in all corners of our societies, the Attitudinal and Behavioural Change Secretariat has started forming and inaugurated their ABC […]

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First 100 days of President Bio’s rule : Supporters applaud, but Sierra Leoneans across the nation describe it as total disaster

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SLPP 100 DAYS IN OFFICE.CHECK OUT THIS REPORT FROM BO TOWNMore than Half of the population in Sierra Leone cannot afford adequate food to maintain and live a healthy life. […]

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President Bio launches SLPP manifesto for June 24 Elections

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Sierra Leone’s President Julius Maada Bio has launched his party’s manifesto for the forthcoming June 24 elections from which he is seeking re-election. “Today, I launched the Sierra Leone People’s […]

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