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Late Sierra Leone Ambassador to Kuwait Ibrahim Orsoya Kamara laid to rest in Makeni

February 19, 2017 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Mr. Ibrahim Orsoya Kamara, Sierra Leone’s Ambassador to Kuwait , who died in Freetown two weeks ago, was  laid to rest yesterday in Makeni, his home town. President Ernest Koroma […]

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Deputy Health Minister Appeals to Matron of Hospitals to put Nursing Profession in high esteem

February 14, 2017 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  By Jonathan Abass Kamara Deputy Health and Sanitation Minister 1, Madam Madina Rahman has reiterated her commitment to give the Nursing profession in Sierra Leone its past glory.   […]

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Minister of Political Affairs Nannette Thomas meets with tribal heads in Sierra Leone

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

  By Bockarie Kukuku Musa    On Thursday 9th February 2017, the Tribal Heads from the various tribes in Sierra Leone met with the Minister of Political and Public Affairs […]

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APC and nation stunned by sudden death of Ambassador Ibrahim Kamara

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

The nation was stunned yesterday when news suddenly emerged that Sierra Leone’s Ambassador to Kuwait, His Excellency Mr. Ibrahim Kamara, commonly known as Orsoya, had died. The ambassador passed away […]

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Ambassador Amadu Koroma addresses Doha Retreat on UN Security Council Reform

January 26, 2017 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

A two day retreat, 14th and 15th January, 2017 was organized in the city of Doha by the State of Qatar and it provided a forum for key stakeholders including […]

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Nigeria Solicits Sierra Leone’s support for Commissioner for Peace & Security, AU Commission

January 20, 2017 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  By State House Communication Unit The Minister of Mines and Steel Development of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Dr Kayode Fayemi, was yesterday Thursday January 19 received in audience […]

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Netanyahu welcomes Sierra Leone president, says Israel willing to help Sierra Leone rebuild after Ebola, civil war

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

* Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu met Wednesday morning with Sierra Leone President Ernest Bai Koroma, who is visiting Israel accompanied by his Foreign, Agriculture, Communications and Water ministers. The […]

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PHOTO OF THE YEAR : The spiritual significance of President Koroma’s prayer at the Western Wall

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

  President Koroma at the Holy Land of Israel. where he received a tantalizing welcome, prays for the nation. And let me tell you something, one of the best persons […]

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January 6, 1999 : Zainab Bangura and other Sierra Leoneans reflect on a sad day in the history of our nation

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

  WEDNESDAY JANUARY 6 1999. AN UNFORGETTABLE DAY IN THE HISTORY OF SIERRA LEONE. By Zainab Hawa Bangura — In the days leading up to that fateful day, the whole […]

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Zainab Bangura : Maada Bio is faking being the Father of Democracy : He was against 1996 elections and did everything to stop it

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

*Purported ‘Father of Democracy’ – behold Bio was an attempted murderer of democracy* By James Sandi The Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary General on Sexual Violence in Post-Conflict […]

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