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SHAKI WAS TO THE TEMNES AS KABBAH IS TO THE MENDES

October 15, 2005 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

 THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY THIS WRITER ARE HIS PERSONAL OPINIONS AND DOES NOT REFLECT COCORIOKO’S PERSPECTIVE ON THIS ISSUE     First_Name:  Sorie I Last_Name:  Kamara Email_Address:  kamara_sorie@yahoo.com Comments:  SHAKI […]

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SLPP NEW YORK BRANCH CHAIRMAN APPEALS TO CHARLES MARGAI AND DISSIDENT MEMBERS

October 12, 2005 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  Tuesday October 12, 2005 Mr. Mohamed Tunis , the Chairman of the New York Branch of the SLPP, has appealed to Mr. Charles Margai  and other dissident members , […]

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SIERRA LEONE’S MAIN PROBLEM IS CORRUPTION —DFID Director states

October 7, 2005 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  Cocorioko Newspaper Report Friday October 7, 2005 Sierra Leone  needs to do more in terms of generating its own domestic revenues so that dependency on foreign aid could end. […]

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The Challenge of Ethnicity and Conflict in Post-War Liberia

October 6, 2005 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

 By Joseph S. Sherman, Washington, DC  Thursday October 6, 2005  Liberia was long characterized by its division into two basic societies.  One was composed of the settlers of the freed slaves, who […]

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SLPP Convention or anointment ?

October 5, 2005 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Solomon Berewa By: J. Alusine Kamara Tuesday October 4, 2005  With so much already written and said about the just concluded S.L.P.P National Delegates Conference in Makeni, one might justifiably […]

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Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf head-to- head with Oppong Weah as time ticks away for the big elections

October 4, 2005 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  Tuesday October 4, 2005 The race for the Liberian Presidency has become more fierce and tense with Mrs. Ellen Johnson -Sirleaf of the Unity Party ( UP )  and former […]

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Investigative Report — DECEPTION AND INTRIGUES BY REBELS PROLONGED SIERRA LEONE WAR AND TARNISHED NAME OF ARMY : says Col. Idriss , Nyuma and co.

October 3, 2005 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By Wilfred Leeroy Kabs-Kanu Monday October 3, 2005 The Sierra Leone Army and their foreign allies perilously fought the rebel Revolutionary Unied Front ( RUF)  on a landmine of deception and intrigues  by […]

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STATEMENT BY H.E THE VICE PRESIDENT COMMISSIONING OF PRESIDENTIAL TRANSITION TEAM 2007

September 30, 2005 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Presidential Transition, Sierra Leone STATEMENT BY H.E THE VICE PRESIDENT COMMISSIONING OF PRESIDENTIAL TRANSITION TEAM 2007 Distinguished ladies and gentlemen let me take this opportunity to welcome you to this […]

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PRESIDENT KABBAH SHOULD RETIRE IN PEACE AND NOT IN PIECES —SLAP Sec.Gen John Kanu

September 30, 2005 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  Friday September 30, 2005 The Secretary-General  of the Sierra Leoneans Avocate For Progress Party , Mr. John Kanu, has called for President Ahmad Tejan Kabbah to bow out of […]

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INTERNATIONAL OBSERVERS AND MONITORS START ARRIVING IN LIBERIA TO MONITOR ELECTIONS

September 28, 2005 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  Wednesday September 28, 2005 International observers and monitors have started pouring into Liberia as the October 11 polls draw near, according to reports from the capital, Monrovia, yesterday. So […]

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