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Cocorioko - 21-May-2014

By KABS KANU : Sierra Leone’s Former Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation who  later became Minister of Health before her international appointment as the Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary General on Sexual Violence in Conflict , Mrs. Zainab Bangura,  was last Friday , conferred the honorary  degree of Doctor of Laws […]...

AllAfrica News - 21-May-2014

[VOA]AFRICOM, the United States Military command for Africa, believes that al-Shabab will continue to attack nations that contribute troops to the Somalia effort....

Cocorioko - 20-May-2014

  The Senior Pastor of the Covenant Child World MInistries, Rev. Tigidankay Kabs- Kanu, today admonished the congregation to always have positive expectations of circumstances in their lives. She advised her congregation against always expecting the worst in their lives and to live in high expectations that God will work out their circumstances positively and […]...

Cocorioko - 20-May-2014

Sierra Leone’s Deputy Ambassador to the People’s Republic of China, Her Excellency Kumba Alice Momoh has called for teamwork among staff of the Sierra Leone Embassy so as to achieve a result that will be “collective in a meaningful way for the development of our (Sierra Leone) nation.” She made this call on Monday, 19th […]...

Cocorioko - 20-May-2014

Mohammed Alshoaiby Saudi Gazette RIYADH - The Embassy of Sierra Leone celebrated the 53rd independence day of the west African country at a ceremony on Sunday. Ambassador Alhaji Mohamed Kargbo attended the ceremony with a large turnout of guests from the Sierra Leonean community in the capital along with local dignitaries and diplomats. “Sierra Leone is […]...

AllAfrica News - 20-May-2014

[IFRC]Only 57 per cent of the population in Sierra Leone has access to safe drinking water sources. As a result, waterborne diseases such as diarrhoea, hepatitis A, cholera and typhoid are widespread. Infant and maternal mortality rates are among the highest in the world. Malnutrition, anaemia, neonatal infection, diarrhoeal diseases, pneumonia and malaria are all common causes of death among infants....

AllAfrica News - 20-May-2014

[IDS]In evidence to the UK Parliament's International Development Select Committee, IDS research fellow Jeremy Allouche underlined the need for greater efforts to be focused on ensuring that the benefits of greater stability and strong economic performance in Sierra Leone were felt by all, especially young people....

AllAfrica News - 16-May-2014

[Sierra Leone Government]President Dr Ernest Bai Koroma on Tuesday 13th May reiterated government's commitment to continue to develop the requisite legal framework and the enabling environment to get the public sector in the real estate and property business to work with private entrepreneurs to harmonize and produce affordable housing and home ownership schemes for the people of Sierra Leone....

AllAfrica News - 16-May-2014

[Sierra Leone Government]President Dr Ernest Bai Koroma on Monday 12th May told the people of the Eastern provincial district of Kenema that the Agenda for Change & its successor programme, the Agenda for Prosperity have equitably distributed national development projects all across the country....

AllAfrica News - 14-May-2014

[ISS]The closing of the United Nations Integrated Peacebuilding Office in Sierra Leone (UNIPSIL) on 31 March was a celebrated milestone in the UN's work in the small West African country....

Cocorioko - 14-May-2014

Sierra Leone’s Minister of Transport and Aviation (MTA), Leonard Balogun Koroma, has disclosed efforts being made by the Government of His Excellency President Ernest Bai Koroma, through his ministry to procure buses from the People’s Republic of China that could help ameliorate the perennialchallenge faced by the country in terms of public transportation. During a one-on-one interview with this writer...

Cocorioko - 14-May-2014

By Jarrah Kawusu-Konte : SUNDAY MAY 11, 2014The funeral service and celebration of the life of the late former Minister of State, Eastern Region, William Juana Smith has commenced at the Kercher Memorial United Methodist Church in the Eastern capital city of Kenema, to be followed by a committal service at Reservation, Kenema City.  His […]...

Cocorioko - 14-May-2014

By Bai-Bai Sesay PRESIDENT ERNEST Bai Koroma’s free health care initiative in a donor driven country like Sierra Leone is no doubt experiencing some setbacks and challenges along the way, but on the whole it is a laudable venture as the country is gaining tremendously. It is clear that many Sierra Leoneans have no doubt in […]...

AllAfrica News - 13-May-2014

[FrontPageAfrica]Freetown, Sierra Leone -The European Commission has approved a 107 million Euro package that will pave the way for the rehabilitation of a 100 kilometer stretch of road linking Liberia to neighboring Sierra Leone....


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