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Ambassador Sumah addresses Fifth Committee Plenary at the UN

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

STATEMENT by H.E. MR. ADIKALIE FODAY SUMAH , PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE  on Agenda Item 134: PROPOSED PROGRAMME BUDGET FOR THE BIENNIUM 2016-2017 : REQUEST FOR SUBVENTION TO THE RESIDUAL SPECIAL COU […]

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When Foday Sankoh’s Nephew Is Not Sankoh’s Nephew

November 15, 2016 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  By Mohamed Sankoh (One Drop) I have found out that one of the Achilles heels of the Sierra Leone’s People’s Party (SLPP), or the thing that will always irritate […]

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Climate Change and Global Disease Burden! Cancers topping the list

November 15, 2016 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  By Jonathan Abass Kamara Sierra Leone is to participate in the Health Environment and Climate Change Ministerial Meeting at the conference of the parties to the UN Framework Convention […]

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At AU Peace and Security Council Retreat, Ambassador Kamara calls for practical strategies to end conflicts in Africa

November 10, 2016 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

 The 9th Retreat of the African Union Peace and Security Council commenced on Monday 7th November, 2016 at the Mulungushi International Conference Centre in Lusaka, Zambia. The theme of the […]

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SACKED VICE PRESIDENT SAM SUMANA SHOT HIMSELF!

November 9, 2016 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  By Tony Bee-Conteh, Sydney, Australia   A handsome and young good  looking gentlemen man call Alhaji Sam Sumana shot himself in the foot (exiled himself for ever) without anybody […]

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Shandong Iron and Steel Group to pump $700 million in iron ore project in Sierra Leone

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

By State House Communication Unit The Vice Chairman of China Iron and Steel Association, Hou Jun has said that USD$ 700 million will be utilized for the construction of processing […]

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President Koroma, beware of enemies of peace in Sierra Leone

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

  By Tony Bee, Sydney, Australia   President Koroma, beware of enemies of peace, progress and development in the country. Such unpatriotic and unnationalistic Sierra Leoneans do not want to […]

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Sierra Leone’s tourism sector in perspective-minister speaks!

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

John Baimba Sesay- China Sierra Leone offers huge untapped touristic potentials, with high-end ecotourism experiences, added to the hundreds of kilometers of prime beaches. It thus has unique landscape, scenery […]

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NEW BOOK BY A SIERRA LEONEAN FEMALE STAR

October 29, 2016 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  The book “Tears, Trials and Triumphs” is a compelling, true life story of the effects of the Sierra Leone civil war relates the personal experiences suffered by Wendy Bangura […]

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OBITUARY : Mammy Binty Kargbo

October 26, 2016 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

The death is announced of Mammy Binty  Kargbo commonly known as Binty Nongoh,  formerly of 5 O’Neil Street Freetown. Age 92. She died in the USA.       She […]

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  FREETOWN, July 6, 2017 — Sierra Leone is receiving a US$30 million International Development Association (IDA) credit from the World Bank Group to support the financing of Government’s development […]

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Bio’s New Direction is the same as the Emperor’s New Clothes

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By  Musa D. Ronsho Those who’ve been around social media for some time, would likely be familiar with The Emperor’s new clothes a short tale written by Hans Andersen. In […]

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Tense moment in Sierra Leone ….and Margai says I am not disturbed by this arrest ! ! !

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  Wednesday November 7, 2005 People’s Movement for Democratic Change ( PMDC) Leader , Charles Margai,  said in Freetown today that he was not disturbed  by his dramatic arrest , […]

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Sierra Leone’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Ambassador Adikalie Foday Sumah, has presented his letters of credence to the UN Secretary General , Mr. Ban Ki-Moon, at the UN […]

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