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PPRC damns PMDC petition: Clears Berewa for 2007 election

July 24, 2006 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Abdul Karim Koroma The Political Parties Registration Commission (PPRC) Friday damned the Peoples Movement for Democratic Change (PMDC) petition ruling that Sierra Leone Peoples Party (SLPP) leader and Vice President […]

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SLPP, PMDC GO HEAD TO HEAD FOR CONTROL OF CRUCIAL STRONGHOLD OF BO

July 22, 2006 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

CHARLES MARGAI Story : Soribah Kalokoh in the Provinces Bo , the capital of Sierra Leone’s Southern Province , had for long been regarded as one of the traditional strongholds […]

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Christiana Thorpe foils the SLPP’s grand plans to rig 2007 elections

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

Culled from Standard Times What many observers have seen as a grand plan to rig the 2007 national elections has failed, as the chairperson of the National Electoral Commission Ms. […]

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Sierra Leone and the Number 7 factor

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

Subject: SIERRA LEONE AND THE YEAR ENDING 7 WHAT WILL HAPPEN 2007? From: POSITIVE SALONEMAN To: All Date Posted: 02:58:01 07/20/06 () Email Address: Entered From: s0106000d88e139b1.wp.shawcable.net at 24.77.251.138 Message: Dear All, The first part […]

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Who betrayed the CDF ?

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

Subject: WHO BETRAYED THE CDF – A response to the Honorable John Leigh From: M. Alieu Iscandari Esq To: All Date Posted: 23:32:51 07/20/06 () Email Address: Entered From: cache-ntc-ad04.proxy.aol.com at 207.200.116.198 Message: Lets face […]

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AN OPEN LETTER TO THE NEW VICE CHANCELLOR AND PRINCIPAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF SIERRA LEONE

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

20/7/2006 Mr. Editor, Please permit me space in your widely circulated and respected paper to air my views to the new Vice Chancellor and Principal of the University of Sierra […]

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SIERRA LEONE NEEDS A MESSSIANIC KING TO RULE : The cry for survival

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

By Victor Fakondo , Somerset, New Jersey Wednesday July 19, 2006 Tyranny is nothing new in Sierra Leone. But it is now part and parcel of an increasing lawlessness that […]

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 THERE IS NO WAR OF WORDS

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

 THERE IS NO WAR OF WORDS S I Kamara Indeed there is no war of words between S I Kamara and John leigh, the most learned, most educated Sierra Leonea […]

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NCP liquidates Daily Mail

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

By Ayo Luk-Johnson Reliable sources close to the National Commission for Privatization (NCP) have revealed the conclusion of arrangements for the final liquidation of the defunct Daily Mail to a […]

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Berewa dissatisfied with donor support

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

Monday July 17, 2006 Story: Joseph Kamanda from Freetown Vice President Solomon Berewa has expressed concern over the impedimenst in the implementation of donor -driven assisted development projects in the […]

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  • Timothy Kabba is out : Mohamed Rado Swaray is now Foreign Minister as President Bio reshuffles his cabinet
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  Sierra Leone’s Chargé d’ Affairs to the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia has said that the Government of Sierra Leone is sincerely grateful to the Member States of the African Union and other international […]

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The Secretary General of the United Nations, António Guterres, has described peacekeeping in Africa as some of the greatest challenges faced by the organization. The Secretary General made the remarks during […]

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All hell broke loose in Freetown yesterday afternoon as  fully armed SLPP government presidential guard troops stormed a press conference being held by the opposition APC and sent their presidential […]

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ACC COMMENCES INVESTIGATIONS INTO CORRUPTION ALLEGATIONS RELATING TO THE RENOVATION OF THE SIERRA LEONE CHANCERY BUILDING IN NEW YORK, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) wishes to inform […]

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