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UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Visits the Special Court

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

PRESS RELEASE Freetown, Sierra Leone, 15 July 2005 UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Visits the Special Court   The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights pledged today to […]

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Kabbah and his ministers must declare their assets before 2007 General Elections

July 14, 2005 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

EDITORIAL KABBAH AND HIS MINISTERS MUST DECLARE THEIR ASSETS BEFORE 2007 GENERAL ELECTIONS Thursday July 14, 2005 If the era of accountability and transparency ushered in by the involvement of […]

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HINGA NORMAN TO CONTEST SLPP LEADERSHIP AND PRESIDENCY

July 14, 2005 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  COCORIOKO EXCLUSIVE SLPP insider tells Cocorioko a stunner Thursday July 14, 2005 The Sierra Leone political scene will be set ablaze with disbelief  within the next week or so as […]

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Rain disaster leaves seven dead at Kissy

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

  Tamba Borbor reports from the disaster scene Tuesday July 12, 2005 Seven people have lost their lives during the heavy downpour of rain in the early hours of Sunday […]

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More readers praise Cocorioko Publisher

June 23, 2005 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

COCORIOKO PUBLISHER KABS KANU THANK YOU FOR THE GOOD WORK First_Name:  Francois Last_Name:  Parker Email_Address:  julianap@verizon.net Address:  6 Om court City:  Durham State:  NC Zip_Code:  27703 Comments:  Rev. Kabs-Kanu, Your […]

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Without DDR, long-term stability remains dim”. Pres. Kabbah

June 23, 2005 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

 By Tamba Borbor   Thursday June 23, 2005   President Dr. Alhaji Ahmad Tejan Kabbah has said that “without a comprehensive Disarmament, Demobilisation and Reintegration programme, the prospects for long-term […]

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BEREWA AND JJ BLOOD HAVE NOW SUCCESSFULLY PURGED MANY OLD TIMERS FROM THE SLPP

June 20, 2005 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By Morie Mussaffa MONEY and DELEGATES are, perhaps the two most powerful instruments that a new comer to any political party can use to either surge to the top of […]

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DR. JOHN KAREFA-SMART : STILL GOING STRONG AT 90

June 20, 2005 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  COCORIOKO SPECIAL FEATURE   Monday June 20, 2005 Veteran politician Dr. John Karefa-Smart has clarified that his quest to serve Sierra Leone was never an ambition , but an […]

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SIERRA LEONE MISSES OUT ON DEBT RELIEF THIS TIME OUT

June 11, 2005 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

      Corruption and poor democratic governance the cause ? Saturday June 11, 2005 War-destroyed and poverty-stricken Sierra Leone and Liberia have not been named among the first 18  nations to be initial […]

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The New SLPP: Is the VP Overconfident? And Is Jonathan Saffa on Mission Impossible?

June 10, 2005 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  First_Name:  Jaygboy Email_Address:  Jaygboy123@Yahoo.com City:  Freetown Comments:  The New SLPP: Is the VP Overconfident? And Is Jonathan Saffa on Mission Impossible? Reading through Vice President Solomon Berewa’s rhetoric’s on […]

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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
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