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Solomon Berewa says he is more experienced : What experience ?

February 17, 2007 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By a Forumite Solomon Berewa boasts of experience What experience? The experience that has grounded the economy with – No electricity, no water, poor health and education facilities? – Highest […]

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Britain could hold back £15m for impoverished Sierra Leone, the jewel in Blair’s foreign policy crown : Corruption threatens aid

February 17, 2007 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

PRESIDENT ERNEST KOROMA  Alex Duval Smith, Freetown Sunday June 10, 2007 The Observer Senior sources in Sierra Leone believe Britain is about to freeze a £15m payment to the West […]

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THE DANGERS OF IRRATIONAL POLITICAL FANATICISM

February 17, 2007 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  THE DANGERS OF IRRATIONAL POLITICAL FANATICISM As the all-important General Elections draw closer, emotions are certain to boil over in Sierra Leone and the diaspora, especially  among political fanatics, […]

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TOM NYUMA AND KOMBA KAMBO ARRESTED BY U.S.AUTHORITIES :

February 9, 2007 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

   Former Sierra Leonean military strongman  , Retired  Colonel Tom Nyuma , was picked up at his residence in Ohio by U.S. authorities yesterday.  Diligent investigations by this newspaper  confirmed […]

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FORMER SPEAKER OF SIERRA LEONE PARLIAMENT WILLIAM CONTEH DIES

February 7, 2007 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  The death occured in Freetown yesterday of the former Speaker of Parliament, Mr. William Conteh. According to the former Secretary General of the opposition All People’s Congress ( APC), […]

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PICTORIAL DISPLAY : APC LEADER ERNEST KOROMA ROCKS TONKOLILI AND KONO

February 5, 2007 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

MONDAY FEBRUARY 5, 2007 APC Leader Ernest Bai Koroma acknowledges cheers from supporters in Magburaka.  Throngs of crowds reaching out to touch the APC Leader in Masingbi as Ernest Koroma addresses […]

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PART 2 : APC LEADER’S SENSITIZATION TOUR OF THE NORTH AND EASTERN PROVINCES

February 4, 2007 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

THE APC LEADER, ERNEST KOROMA, ADDRESSING A MEETING IN BUMPEH, KONO DISTRICT THE APC LEADER UTTING THE TAPE DURING THE COMMISSIONING OF THE NEW APC HEADQUARTERS IN MAGBURAKA APC SUPPORTERS […]

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SLPP says PMDC claims about Hinga Norman are false, and Freetown news briefs

February 2, 2007 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

 The ruling Sierra Leone People’s Party ( SLPP) says it does not believe claims by the opposition People’s Movement For Democratic Change ( PMDC)  that Former Internal Affairs Minister , […]

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Special Court of Delay?

February 2, 2007 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By Jacob Sax Conteh Virginia, US Jacobconteh@yahoo.com   How can justice that has been delayed for so many years be real justice?  How can those of us who lost loved […]

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CORRUPTION : A NATIONAL SECURITY CONCERN FOR THE APC

February 1, 2007 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

      By Francis Pa Santhkie Bangura, Acting Secretary General APC, USA     This country has one perennial problem. I call it perennial because it is endemic as […]

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