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AMBASSADOR LEIGH’S PICTURE RESONATED BEYOND BORDERS OF SIERRA LEONE

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

  Wednesday  September 7, 2005 Even in the agony of defeat, one of Sierra Leone’s most eloquent and  outspoken  men, former Amnassador John Ernest Leigh, made a stirring and powerful […]

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SLPP Convention fall outs continue : Banda-Thomas, Toesman, J.B Dauda ousted in surprising cabinet reshuffle

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

 Tuesday September 6, 2005 John Oponjo Benjamin , a one-time Chairman of the National Unity Party ( NUP ) , has been nominated as Sierra Leone’s new Minister of Finance […]

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JOHN BENJAMIN COMES INTO SLPP CABINET AS FINANCE MINISTER : BANDA-THOMAS , TOESMAN , J.B.DAUDA SACKED IN SNAP CABINET RESHUFFLE

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

JOHN BENJAMIN COMES INTO SLPP CABINET AS FINANCE MINISTER : BANDA-THOMAS , TOESMAN , J.B.DAUDA SACKED IN SNAP CABINET RESHUFFLE Tuesday September 6, 2005 John Oponjo Benjamin , a one-time […]

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Ernest Koroma extends the olive branch to dissident elements of the APC

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

  Tuesday September 5, 2005 By Soriba Kalokoh reporting from Port Loko Precisely at 3: 45am Sunday morning, Hon. Ernest Bai Koroma was proclaimed the new Presidential candidate for the […]

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KABBAH ENTRUSTED MUCH CONFIDENCE IN ME TO BE HIS SUCCESSOR—V-P BEREWA

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

  Tuesday September 5,2005 Tamba Borbor reports The National Delegates  Conference of the Sierra Leone Peoples Party (SLPP) started Saturday 3rd September at the Makeni Teachers College Conference Hall. Delegates were seen jostling […]

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President Kabbah addresses the SLPP Delegates Conference in Makeni

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

STATEMENT BY HIS EXCELLENCY THE PRESIDENT AT THE SLPP DELEGATES CONFERENCE ON SATURDAY 3RD SEPTEMBER 2005 MR. CHAIRMAN, MR. VICE-PRESIDENT, CHAIRMAN OF THE PARTY, MEMBERS OF THE SLPP, MEMBERS OF […]

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SIERRA LEONE: PARTY POLITICS AND FRAGMENTATION

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

By Joseph S. Sherman, Washington, DC   It has been an eventful year for party politics in Sierra Leone.  Splits, infighting and dissension have been the order of the day […]

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“IT’S BEREWA TIME”, CLAIMS ANSU MOMOH

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

    Saturday September 3, 2005  Recent events surrounding the forthcoming Leadership Elections for the Sierra Leone Peoples Party seems to confirm a popular saying among wise people “that in […]

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Alleged evidence of Charles Taylor’s meddling in Liberia exposed

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

  Saturday September 3, 2005 Newspapers in Liberia have published alleged intercepted communication between former Liberian President and war crimes indictee Charles Taylor and his wife, Jewel Howard Taylor which, if […]

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SLPP GIANTS IN TITANIC BATTLE SUNDAY FOR PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATION : WHO WILL WIN ?

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

  Saturday September 3, 2005 After months of fractitious wranglings and maneuvres , the SLPP battle for the Presidential nomination goes down to the wire on Sunday when the party’s […]

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  • More drama in Sierra Leone as Chief Justice orders the arrest of former Justice Minister JFK for yesterday’s tense exchanges at the Supreme Court
  • Another big political drama in Sierra Leone as APC and Supreme Court clash over disputed Constitutional Amendment Bill
  • When development finance becomes a leverage
  • The constitution must not be a casualty of political convenience
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  Wednesday December 14, 2005 First_Name:  Hashim Last_Name:  Daboh Email_Address:  javascript:parent.ComposeTo(“gboyama@yahoo.co.uk”,%20″”); Address:  36 copley Road City:  Upper Darby State:  PA Zip_Code:  19082 Comments:  Dr. Bundu has shown the caliber of […]

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