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President Koroma’s 53rd Independence Anniversary gift to the South : A modern sports stadium in Bo

April 26, 2014 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By KABS KANU : One of President Ernest  Koroma’s enduring legacies that will forever remain indelible footprints in the sands of time is his foresight and commitment to spread his […]

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SECURITY COUNCIL ADOPTS TEXT URGING TARGETED SANCTIONS AGAINST PERPETRATORS OF SEXUAL VIOLENCE DURING ARMED CONFLICT

April 26, 2014 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  The Security Council today urged the United Nations sanctions committees to apply targeted sanctions against parties committing sexual violence during armed conflict.   Ahead of a debate on the […]

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Remarks by UN Sec. Gen. Ban Ki-Moon at Security Council Open Debate on sexual Violence in conflict

April 26, 2014 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the Security Council open debate on sexual violence in conflict, in New York today April 25, 2016     I thank Nigeria […]

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Statement by SRSG Zainab Bangura at Security Council Open Debate on sexual violence in conflict

April 25, 2014 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

STATEMENT OF ZAINAB HAWA BANGURA SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE SECRETARY-GENERAL ON SEXUAL VIOLENCE IN CONFLICT SECURITY COUNCIL OPEN DEBATE ON SEXUAL VIOLENCE IN CONFLICT 25 April 2014 I wish to […]

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Performance targets : Some Permanent Secretaries and professional heads will not get salaries in May

April 25, 2014 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By: Amadu Femoh Sesay Information Officer-Cabinet Secretariat   The Secretary to the Cabinet and Head of the Civil Service, Dr. Ernest Sahid Alie Surrur has expressed dismay about the inability […]

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SLeCAD Honors Special Adviser to the President

April 25, 2014 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  By: Amadu Femoh Sesay   The Sierra Leone Chamber for Agribusiness Development (SLeCAD) on Friday 18th April organized a welcome and congratulation dinner in honor of the Special Adviser […]

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Ernest Bai Koroma Govt. Receives $25M. Grant from World Bank

April 25, 2014 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

 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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President Ernest Koroma receives another top award for outstanding leadership

April 25, 2014 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Globally, We Walk Tall Because of You – Judge Tells President KoromaBy State House Communications UnitThe Sierra Leone Institute of International Law (SLIIL) has said the leadership style of President […]

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PRESIDENT KOROMA IN BO TO COMMISSION MAJESTIC NEW SPORTS STADIUM

April 25, 2014 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

President Ernest Bai Koroma’s fascinating infrastructural developments in Sierra Leone continue  unabated and the Head of State is in the Southern Regional capital of Bo today to commission a new […]

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Sierra Leone’s Zainab Bangura sky-rocketing women’s issues

April 25, 2014 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Culled from the SIERRA EXPRESS : The Africa-America Institute (AAI) proud distinguished Alumna who bagged the AAI 2011 September Award, daughter of the beautiful soil and vegetation of Sierra Leone, […]

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  • Another big political drama in Sierra Leone as APC and Supreme Court clash over disputed Constitutional Amendment Bill
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Saturday November 11, 2005 By Wilfred Leeroy Kabs-Kanu , Editor of COCORIOKO Africa , a continent plagued with male chauvinism , got her first woman President ever yesterday when Mrs. […]

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*Sierra Leone Airports Authority provides seamless Facilitation*On Thursday 15th October, 2020, 99 repatriated Sierra Leoneans from Niger arrived at the Freetown International Airport onboard the Smartwing Airlines. The successful repatriation […]

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