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Dr. Kadi Sesay is Unpatriotic and a Disgrace to Intellectualism

April 9, 2009 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Written by Joseph S. Sherman, Editor-in-Chief, The New Rising Sun, USA Thursday, 09 April 2009 After reading the Press release of the SLPP of April 9, 2009 edition of The […]

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SLPP has a history of fighting the verdict of the people

April 6, 2009 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Written by Mohamed Aziz Nabe Monday, 13 April 2009 SLPP will forever continue to fight no matter what you do to teach them to accept the verdict of the ballot […]

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“Destined to rule !?” The defrauders of Democracy

March 31, 2009 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Written by KHADIJA SESAY Tuesday, 31 March 2009 The power mongering tyrants, in their plight to once again hold our country under siege with their mischievous activities, must not be […]

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SLPP ‘mavericks’ should not mistake President Koroma’s tolerance for timidity

March 29, 2009 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Written by Sekou Dauda Bangura : New Jersey, USA   : Sunday, 29 March 2009 SLPP headquarters in Freetown was severely damaged while some supporters of the grand old party […]

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Rape in Sierra Leone : SLPP’s heartlessness to women was most shameful and unbelievable

March 29, 2009 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Written by Our Political Correspondent Jonathan Fynecontry   Sunday, 29 March 2009   The Sierra Leone People’s Party ( SLPP) has no moral authority to question the All People’s Congress […]

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Cocorioko Editor faces death threats from anonymous SLPP supporters

March 22, 2009 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Sunday, 22 March 2009 The life of the Editor-In-Chief of Cocorioko has come under threats from supporters of the opposition Sierra Leone People’s Party ( SLPP). The threats, posted in […]

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SLPP is a bloody and violent political party

March 19, 2009 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

President Ernest Koroma is Sierra Leone’s best hope for desirable socio-economic and political change. The desperately-greedy for power opposition Sierra Leone People’s Party ( SLPP ) knows this too well […]

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Defiant SLPP thugs planning more attacks on Mayor arrested at SLPP Headquarters

March 17, 2009 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  Written by WE YONE NEWSPAPER Tuesday, 17 March 2009 Monday, 16 March 2009 17:26 :True to their nature as a violent party with an uncontrollable membership, members of the […]

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SLPP PROVOKED THE CHAOS IN FREETOWN — eyewitness says in report to Cocorioko

March 15, 2009 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

COCORIOKO indicated yesterday that as an objective and independent newspaper, it is not going to apportion blame about the causes of the civil unrest at the headquarters of the opposition […]

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The Limba tribe is the third largest tribe in Sierra Leone

March 8, 2009 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By Med Nabe, USA A Gentleman This is a very good narrative, and the writer should have done us a favor by identifying himself so that those of us that […]

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