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Sierra Leone Special Court turns in employee who allegedly had carnal knowledge of 13 year old girl

July 30, 2004 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

 Friday July 30, 2004 A   Police  investigation had been going on in Freetown about allegations that an investigator of the Special Court had sexual intercourse with a 13-year -old schoolgirl. […]

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Rebels killed kids and packed their heads in a bag, says tearful prosecution witness

July 27, 2004 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  Tuesday July 27, 2004 More tears have been shed by witnesses  at the Special Court for Sierra Leone as they continue to narrate the atrocities  allegedly committed by rebels […]

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Woman cries bitterly as tells Special Court how rebels raped her before son and massacred her whole family in Kono

July 22, 2004 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  By Sampson Cole in Freetown Thursday  July 22, 2004 At the Special Court yesterday, the fifth Prosecution Witness wept while narrating how rebels in Kono allegedly killed her two […]

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WEST SIDE BOYS GO WILD IN PRISON

July 22, 2004 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

WEST SIDE BOYS By Sampson Cole in Freetown Thursday July 22, 2004 The Westside Boys who have been incarcerated in Prison over two years now, for various charges on murder […]

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Deposed Dictator Moves In With Mom

July 21, 2004 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) — Losing your job, quitting school, going broke and moving back home with your mother after living abroad for years would be tough on anyone […]

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SIERRA LEONE KIDS STILL FACE HUGE CHALLEGE -UNICEF Chief

July 18, 2004 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

SIERRA LEONE KIDS STILL FACE HUGE CHALLEGE -UNICEF Chief Sunday July 18, 2004 By Sampson Cole “ A lot of progress has been made but, our children are still faced with […]

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New political leader urges Sierra Leoneans to join his party and help him take country back from corrupt politicians

July 13, 2004 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

 Tuesday July 13, 2004 The leader and National Chairman of the National Alliance Democratic Party ( NADP), Mr. Mohamed Yahya Sillah,  has called on all Sierra Leoneans to join the […]

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GLOBAL RIGHTS CONDEMNS CORRURTION

July 9, 2004 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Project Officer Global Rights Partners for Justice, Joe Pemagbi has described corruption as the “cankerworm,” which has destroyed the fabric of the nation. Speaking during a stakeholders workshop on Anti-Corruption […]

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We are not in competition with SLPP central government –New Mayor

July 6, 2004 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  Tuesday July 6, 2004 By Sampson Cole from Freetown The new Mayor The newly elected Mayor of the Municipality, Councillor Winstanley Bankole-Johnson yesterday stressed in his inaugural address that […]

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Yanks deport Sierra Leone journalist

July 2, 2004 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

YANKS DEPORT SIERRA LEONE JOURNALIST Friday July 2, 2004 Sierra Leonean-born journalist, Paul Barrow , has been deported from the United States of America. Mr.Barrow was placed in a British […]

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