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U. S. condemns Burkina Faso Coup

September 20, 2015 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

From a U.S. Department of State press release: The United States is deeply concerned about the unfolding events in Burkina Faso. We call for the immediate release of President Kafando, […]

President Koroma Urges Flood Disaster Team to Sustain Effective Response

September 18, 2015 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By State House Communications Unit President Ernest Bai Koroma has on Thursday September 17, 2015 made a spot check to flood affected communities to get first hand assessment of […]

Police helping flood victims in Sierra Leone

September 18, 2015 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

On 16th September 2015 saw what was described as the worst torrential rain fall to have occurred in Freetown the capital of Sierra Leone. The rains caused heavy flooding, […]

UN condemns coup in Burkina Faso

September 18, 2015 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

17 September 2015 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and the United Nations human rights chief today spoke out against the coup d’état in Burkina Faso and called for the immediate release […]

NEWS FLASH : MCC approves $44. 4 million for Sierra Leone Theshold Program

September 17, 2015 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Sierra Leone’s Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the United States, H.E. Bockarie Kortu Stevens, has just broken this good news to COCORIOKO. The Board of Directors of the Millennium Challenge […]

President Ernest Koroma visits, consoles and assures flood victims

September 17, 2015 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

President Ernest Bai Koroma earlier today met with an “expanded” cabinet to further assess the situation of yesterday’s flooding in Freetown and provided guidelines on the way forward in terms […]

Sierra Leone Police Chief addresses pertinent issues

September 17, 2015 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

The Sierra Leone Police Force continues to play a crucial role in Sierra Leone’s growth trajectory from the perspective of providing national security. In the last couple of years, […]

UN SRSG urges support for tracing and return of Yazidi girls captured by ISIL

September 17, 2015 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

(New York, 17 September 2015) United Nations SpecialRepresentative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict today met in Germany with two girls from the Yazidi community who had […]

Deforestation: Facts, Causes & Effects

September 17, 2015 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

by Alina Bradford, Live Science Contributor Deforestation is the permanent destruction of forests in order to make the land available for other uses. An estimated 18 million acres (7.3 million […]

Cry Freetown, a city pushed to catastrophe

September 17, 2015 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Titus Boye-Thompson Communications Consultant Freetown floods, the rains cry down torrents and the city is left in disarray. The blame game started as soon as news of the […]

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TODAY IS NATIONAL THANKSGIVING DAY

November 21, 2015 0

Today, Saturday, November 21st has been declared National Day of Thanksgiving by His Excellency the President, Dr Ernest Bai Koroma to give thanks for the end of the Ebola outbreak […]

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MINISTRY OF FINANCE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT RELEASE CONSTITUENCY DEVELOPMENT FUND TO MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT TO FIGHT EBOLA

August 20, 2014 0

As a result of the present public health emergency, the Government of Sierra Leone through the Ministry of Finance and Economic Development, hereby inform the general public that as part of efforts to […]

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Mrs. Isatu Timbo-Nwokedi steals the show in Maryland as she is adorned WOMAN OF THE YEAR 2023

March 30, 2023 0

By Kabs Kanu SATURDAY MARCH 25, 2023 was another remarkable and magnificent milestone for the world-renowned Sierra Leonean Goodwill Ambassador and Consul in Los Angeles , Mrs. Isatu Isha Timbo-Nwokedi, […]

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Sierra Leone asks African Union to act now on Ebola

July 31, 2014 0

Sierra Leonean born African Union Commissioner for Social Affairs, Dr. Mustapha Kaloko, and Sierra Leone’s Deputy Permanent Representative to the African Union Commission, Ambassador Ismael Koroma have told the […]

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Bintumani 3 : Alpha Khan gives his own side of the story

May 23, 2019 0

STATEMENT BY:HON. DR ALPHA KANU AT THE BINTUMANI – 3 CONFERENCE TODAY – 23/05/19 ==================== Yes. I am here as an individual. I was invited to a national plea building […]

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