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Tackling Economic Meltdown with Our Resilience!

October 4, 2016 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

John Baimba Sesay-China Nigeria is an economic power in West Africa. It has had its own share of hard economic meltdown. The effect of such on the Nigerian economy and […]

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“Our economy will soon bounce back”… Dr. Kelfala Marah assures Sierra Leoneans in the Diaspora

September 27, 2016 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Dr. Kelfala Marah, on Saturday, 24th September assured Sierra Leoneans in the Diaspora that very soon the country’s economy will be back to its pre-Ebola days. “We have put modalities […]

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Samuel John: A Life Well Lived!

September 27, 2016 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

John Baimba Sesay-CHINA Few years in journalism, but my less than a year period at Awoko newspaper helped in shaping me professionally for the unknown future and to this end, […]

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3,000 FARMERS TO BENEFIT FROM A DIASPORA – LED PROJECT

September 27, 2016 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By ODA Communications Unit The Seeds for Growth Foundation (SGF) is a diaspora- led initiative that is set to support three thousand farmers and their Children towards better livelihood in […]

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Hon. Sylvia Blyden Thanks Soweis in front of UN Committee

September 19, 2016 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By Abdul Malik Bangura// Geneva, Switzerland Sierra Leone Honourable Minister of Social Welfare, Gender and Children’s Affairs has in front of the United Nations Committee of the Rights of the […]

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President Koroma in Guinea Bissau on ECOWAS Peace Mission

September 11, 2016 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

MEDIA ADVISORY Freetown: Saturday, September 10, 2016 President Koroma leaves for Guinea Bissau on ECOWAS Peace Mission The general public is hereby informed that His Excellency the President Dr. Ernest […]

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President Koroma Receives South African Investors

September 7, 2016 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

President Koroma Receives South African Investors By State House Communication Unit As government continues to make frantic efforts to revitalize the economy, His Excellency President Dr Ernest Bai Koroma today […]

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Anti-FGM activists struggle to be heard in Sierra Leone

September 6, 2016 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

As female genital mutilation increasingly comes under scrutiny in sub-Sahara, practice remains popular in Sierras Leone By Alpha Kamara DAKAR, Senegal (AA) – “I am 47 now and I can […]

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Hailing Information Minister Mohamed Bangura for engaging Sierra Leone’s media practitioners

September 2, 2016 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By KABS KANU : The Minister of Information and Communications, Hon. Mohamed Bangura, in pursuing Government’s commitment to work with the media as part of its program to engender transparent […]

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SIERRA LEONE: Education ministry makes information more available to the public

August 31, 2016 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  By Ahmed Sahid Nasralla (De Monk)     Staff of MEST ICT Unit doing some editorial work and uploading material to website     Dr. Minkailu Bah, Minister of […]

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  • *SILENCE of the bureaucratic and political elite on First Lady’s faceoff with Koidu Holdings…*
  • A closer Look at the Role of the First Lady in Sierra Leone’s Governance:
  • APC Reaffirms Commitment to a Credible, People-Centred Census Amid Concerns of Government Manipulation
  • Human Rights Commission ‘s fact- finding mission at Yenga exposes how Guinea making Sierra Leoneans suffer
  • Sierra Leone is finally stepping into the spotlight —Here is why you should visit
  • Video report : How foreign mining companies are ripping off our country
  • First Lady Fatima Bio and her accusers : Who is right ?
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  • Amadu M. Kamara: Comment no. 2 above continues thusly: if the firebrand do seriously intend indeed to show their numerical strength versus the…

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FCC Launches “Operation Dorti Mus Go” to Enforce New Sanitation Byelaws

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FCC Launches “Operation Dorti Mus Go” to Enforce New Sanitation Byelaws By John Baimba Sesay The Freetown City Council has introduced the Solid and Liquid Waste Collection Byelaws 2024, reinforcing […]

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By State House Communications Unit President Dr Ernest Bai Koroma this morning (Thursday, 11th September) got a courtesy call from the UN Ebola Response Coordinator, Dr David Nabarro at State […]

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  By Kabs Kanu English football fans used to tease David James , a once careless and blunder-prone goalkeeper of Aston Villa fame , by calling him CALAMITY JAMES. The […]

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West African Power Pool ( WAPP) to supply Sierra Leone electricity

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The Government of Cote d’Ivoire has availed 83 megawatts of electricity for sale to Sierra Leone, Guinea and Liberia. This was disclosed to pressmen last Tuesday by officials of TRANSCO […]

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Does the BBC Screen the reporters they hire in Sierra Leone ? Part 5 : How one booze-addicted reporter helped the cause of the rebels and deliberately endangered the lives of people

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October 12, 2011 | CULLED FROM THE NEW DAILY NATION : By Solomon Sesay , Editor of the New Daily Nation : The British Broadcasting Service (BBC ) is highly […]

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Vice President Victor Foh Launches National HIV/AIDS Partnership Forum

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By John Baimba Sesay-Freetown : On Thursday, 21st. May,Vice President Victor Bockarie Foh who was representing President Ernest Bai Koroma, said” the Ebola outbreak which erupted in Sierra Leone in […]

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