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  • [ May 27, 2025 ] The Voice Returns: Christiana Kamara Stuns Sierra Leone in Her Triumphant Return with Bormeh. ACTION NEWS
  • [ May 27, 2025 ] The FBC students union and NUSS used to be very potent institutions fighting for the welfare of Sierra Leoneans, but today…… ACTION NEWS
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Amb. Bockari Stevens Hosts 13 Sierra Leonean “Mandela Young Fellows”

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

By Pasco Temple : At a dinner and Reception at his 4821 Colorado Avenue residence, thirteen (13) Sierra Leonean young Leaders who are now “Mandela Young Fellows” were not only […]

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SLIBS ends 2 Day Maiden Retreat with a clarion call for Sierra Leoneans to be in Charge of Situation

August 3, 2016 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Hassan Bruz Northern Bureau Chief The maiden workshop of the Sierra Leone International Benchmarks System which was organised by the Special Advisers of President Ernest Bai Koroma has ended with […]

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We kidnapped Sierra Leonean envoy to raise money for Sallah – Suspects

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

Tunde Ajaja On June 30, 2016, the Deputy High Commissioner of Sierra Leone to Nigeria, Maj.-Gen. Alfred Claude-Nelson and his driver were travelling along the Kaduna-Abuja Road with no idea […]

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China certifies 21 Sierra Leoneans on Agricultural Products Processing and Seed Breeding Technology

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

By John Baimba Sesay : District Agriculture Officer for Koinadugu, has said, there is need for stronger partnership with China in a bid to help strengthen the agriculture sector in […]

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Zainab Bangura witnesses historic agreement on women’s empowerment in Cuba

July 30, 2016 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

On the 23rd July, Mrs .Zainab Bangura, the Special Representative of the UN Secretary General on sexual violence during conflict,  travelled to Havana, Cuba to witness the signing ceremony on […]

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APC High-powered delegation from Freetown stages second successful Convention as new executive elected in Germany

July 24, 2016 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By Ibrahim Pat-Sowe : APC Germany elects new executive Members of the All Peoples Congress party (APC) in the Federal Republic of Germany have elected a new executive with Mr. […]

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JFK meets APC supporters in Monrovia

July 21, 2016 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Justice Minister and Attorney General of Sierra Leone, Hon. Joseph Fitzgerald Kamara (JFK) held a family meeting this morning with the All Peoples Congress ( APC ) Liberia Chapter in […]

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MINISTER MONTY JONES ADDRESSES THE PRESS ON THE STATE OF ABC IN SIERRA LEONE

July 21, 2016 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  MAFFS Communications Unit   Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Food Security today addressed the Press on the transformation of Agricultural Business Centres commonly known as ABCs across the country. […]

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President Koroma calls for unity on all aspects of the UN Security Council reform process

July 17, 2016 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By State House Communication Unit KIGALI CONVENTION CENTER, Kigali, Rwanda, Sunday July 17, 2016// — Sierra Leone’s President Dr Ernest Bai Koroma has said at the closed session of the […]

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President Koroma Receives Global Health Impact Award

July 14, 2016 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  By State House Communication Unit Freetown – July 14, 2016 President Dr Ernest Bai Koroma has today, at State House, Freetown, received an esteem international award from Project Restore […]

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  • Big losses for Sierra Leone media: Accident claims lives of SLBC camera journalist and female intern
  • The Battle for Hearts and Minds Descends into The Abyss of Moral Politic, Witch-hunt and Gas lighting
  • The Voice Returns: Christiana Kamara Stuns Sierra Leone in Her Triumphant Return with Bormeh.
  • The FBC students union and NUSS used to be very potent institutions fighting for the welfare of Sierra Leoneans, but today……
  • Can Africa break free from Western models of governance and development and reset and repackage for a brighter future ?
  • How can a President who has no vision for his country be talking about a vision for Africa ?
  • God changed her life in a flash: From marketwoman to First Lady of Liberia : RIP, Nancy Doe
  • Monkeypox crisis in Sierra Leone : Public health emergency or a donor – driven delay ?
  • C- BAH SHOULD BE ASHAMED OF HIMSELF
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  • Phebean Samura: Watch and see what will happen soon. Sierra Leone will be a Democratic country very soon. FORGET ABOUT 2028. WE…
  • Catherine Higgins: Remarkable how journalists can write about APC and what not... but you never seem to have the spine to demand…
  • 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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  The former President of Sierra Leone Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma will be issuing a formal statement on the Governance Transition Report which was launched by current president, H.E. Bio, […]

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Preview of Do-or-Die World Cup battle in Freetown…..CAN LEONE STARS WIN TOMORROW AND RESTORE SIERRA LEONE’S NATIONAL PRIDE ?

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 The Government of President Ernest Bai Koroma has received a Twenty Five Million United States Dollars Grant as Budgetary support from the International Development Association (IDA/World Bank). Sierra Leone’s Ambassador […]

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