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SUDDEN DEATH IN SOMERSET, NEW JERSEY : Michael Samba passes away

December 31, 2013 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

ย Death has hit the Sierra Leone community in New Jersey once again. Mr. Michael Samba, the brother of socialite Dr. John Samba, passed away suddenly this evening. According to John […]

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Nelson Mandela’s death : Sierra Leone Government extends sympathy to South Africa

December 6, 2013 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT STATE HOUSE TOWER HILL FREETOWN PRESS RELEASE IT IS WITH DEEP SADNESS THAT WE HAVE LEARNT ABOUT THE DEMISE OF FORMER SOUTH AFRICAN PRESIDENT NELSON MANDELA […]

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Life is so unpredictable : Look at Late BB at Dauda Bangura’s funeral in February

October 31, 2013 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By KABS KANU Life is really unpredictable: Mr. Brima Bangura , popularly known as BB, of Somerset, New Jersey , died on Tuesday morning at his home at Highland Park, […]

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Condolence to President Ernest Koroma on death of his maternal uncle

October 15, 2013 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

President Ernest Bai Koroma ย was ย in Kamabai, Biriwa Chiefdom, on Sunday ย to attend the funeral service of the late Mr. Sprage Sesay, his maternal uncle. Mr. Sesay, who was 57 […]

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Death in the APC family, as member’s daughter and her male friend killed in crash in Virginia

October 8, 2013 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

ย  The All People’s Congress (APC ) family in North America ย is presently neck-deep in mourning following the tragic death ย of ย Ms. Aminata Sesay, ย the daughter of party stalwart , […]

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Idriss Sankoh Of Woodbridge, Virginia Has Passed

December 20, 2012 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By Jacob Conteh :ย  The Sankoh Family of Woodbridge, Virginia and in Sierra Leone sadly announced the passing of their father, brother, uncle, cousin and nephew, Mr. Idriss Kamara on […]

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Obituary : The death of Mr. Ambrose Thomas

November 28, 2012 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Ambrose Thomas Age 26 of Garland, TX, passed away November 21, 2012. He was born May 2, 1986 in Sierra Leome.   Ambrose graduated from Lakeview Centennial High School in […]

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APC Mourns 2 sad deaths

November 26, 2012 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

The All People’s Congress ( APC ) ย is in mourning. First, the ย adult son of the Coordinator of the Attitudinal and Behavioral Change, Madam Nannette Thomas died suddenly at Texas […]

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Socialite Ahmad Mustapha passes away

November 20, 2012 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By KABS KANU : It is the kind of unbelievable news you ย wish is only a dream , a bad dream and ย an unwanted ย nightmare that disturbed your sleep. But […]

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Dr. Douglas Carew Dies Suddenly In The United States.

November 20, 2012 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

We would like to announce the sudden death of our beloved Vice Chancellor, Dr. M. Douglas Carew who pass on in his sleep on November 9, 2012 in Indianapolis, USA. […]

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