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Postwar Inaugural Speeches — Sierra Leone and Liberia : How did/would they Effect Development, Peace and Posterity?

January 23, 2006 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

by Karamoh Kabba   Monday January 23 , 2006   Sierra Leone and Liberia have many things in common: They are Anglophone-speaking neighbors and hosts to liberated slaves; they had two identical menaces?Charles […]

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Kabba’s Bogus Christmas Address to the Nation

January 23, 2006 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  By Sidie Yahya Tunis  Monday January 23, 2006   When I read President Kabba’s Christmas address to the nation on the website, I immediately felt the urge to response […]

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THE PMDC’S BIG DAY THIS WEEK

January 21, 2006 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  CHARLES MARGAI Saturday January 21, 2006The Peoples Movement for Democratic Change (PMDC) ON January 19th took the first step in its existence as a full party  when it was registered  at the RoxyBuilding in Freetown . The […]

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SIERRA LEONEANS DON’T GET CARRIED AWAY BY KABBA’S GIMMICKS

January 20, 2006 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

                                                  S.I.Kamara      Thursday January 20, 2006   I have to appeal to my fellow Sierra Leoneans not to get carried away by the gimmicks portrayed by Kabba. What Omrie […]

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Another Cocorioko Scoop : PMDC REGISTERED AS POLITICAL PARTY

January 19, 2006 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  CHARLES MARGAI Thursday January 19, 2006 The People’s Movement For Democratic Change  ( PMDC)  , the party formed by Charles Margai after he left the ruling Sierra Leone People’s […]

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President Kabbah threatens Paul Kamara

January 19, 2006 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

PRESIDENT TEJAN KABBAH PRESS STATEMENT THURSDAY, 19 JANUARY 2006 The attention of His Excellency the President, Alhaji Dr. Ahmad Tejan Kabbah, has been drawn to publications of ‘FOR DI PEOPLE’ […]

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Political Parties Registration Commission Starts Work

January 18, 2006 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By Chernor Ojuku Sesay The Political Parties Registration Commission, which was set up by an Act of Parliament in 2002 and its members sworn into office on 19th December 2005, […]

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Exiled Liberian journalist speaks out on the election of Edwin Snowe as Speaker of the Liberian Senate

January 18, 2006 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

EDWIN SNOWE Wednesday January 18, 2006 The recent election of Mr. Edwin Snowe , a leading official of the warlord Charles Taylor’s government , as Speaker of the Liberian House […]

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NO CAUSE FOR ALARM IN SIERRA LEONE : POLICE CHIEF ASSURES THE NATION

January 18, 2006 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  INSPECTOR GENERAL BRIMA ACHA KAMARA Wednesday January 18, 2006 The Inspector General of Police has assured Sierra Leoneans that there was  no cause for alarm .The Police Chief’s assurance came […]

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Resignations from the SLPP

January 17, 2006 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

First letter of resignation: Mr Harold Saffa Secretary-General, SLPP UK/Ireland Branch 17th January 2006 Dear Mr Saffa I am writing to inform you and all members that having observed the […]

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