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Generations yet unborn will blame President Kabbah for failing to develop Sierra Leone

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

EDITORIAL Generations yet unborn will blame President Kabbah for failing to develop Sierra Leone Just a few years to go to the end of his rule, President Ahmad Tejan Kabbah […]

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AFRC indictees boycott trial at Special Court

April 8, 2005 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  Friday April 8, 2005 The three Armed Forces Revolutionary Council (AFRC) indictees at Special Court have started a boycott of court proceedings.  The three, Ibrahim Bazzy Kamara, Alex Tamba […]

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Cost of living to soar further, as price of fuel spins out of control

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

  Cost of living to soar further, as price of fuel spins out of control Sunday April 3, 2005 Petrol filling stations had a break from the long lines of the […]

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Sorie Bangura blasts Sierra Leone press and defends Okere Adams

April 1, 2005 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Friday April 1, 2005 First_Name:  SORIE Last_Name:  Bangura Email_Address:  bangura6@netscape.net Address:  111venace blvd City:  LA State:  CA Zip_Code:  90043 Comments:  THANKS FOR THE SPACE AND INTERNATIONAL FORUM ALLOWING ORDINARY SL […]

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NOSTALGIA AND DREAM ABOUT THE SIERRA LEONE WE LOVE

March 26, 2005 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  Monday March 13, 2006 First_Name: SAIDU ,WINSTON Last_Name: SESAY Email_Address: SWSESAY@YAHOO.COM City: RALEIGH State: NC Zip_Code: 27616mb was dropped. At this point it was Comments: It was one of […]

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Former Liberian First Lady tells it all : Charles Taylor has lots of concubines

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

  Wednesday March 23, 2005 Jewel Howard Taylor is by no means an ordinary woman. She is the lady believed to have tamed  and controlled the emotional heart of the […]

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John Leigh organizes press conference at Stop Press Restaurant

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

Ladies and Gentlemen of the Press, thank you very much for accepting my invitation to attend this press conference. I have called this briefing to convey to the governmental authorities, […]

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LEADING KONO POLITICIAN DIES

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

  Monday March 7, 2005 Mr. Abu Aiah Koroma, the politician once regarded as the leader of the Kono people of Sierra Leone, has died. Mr. Koroma died yesterday in […]

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John Leigh takes on Sama Banya on frustrations in the SLPP , ambitions and the party’s image

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

   JOHN ERNEST LEIGH Dear Dr. Banya: The Concord Times of February 11, 2005, quoted you in its lead news report as declaring that: “John Leigh is a frustrated and utterly ambitious […]

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Police IG denies ordering shooting

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

  Thursday March 3, 2005 On-The-Spot report by Cocorioko’s Tamba Borbor Inspector-General Brima Acha Kamara yesterday said that he did not order the Police to shoot at any student. He […]

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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
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