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SUDDEN DEATH IN SOMERSET, NEW JERSEY : Michael Samba passes away

December 31, 2013 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

 Death has hit the Sierra Leone community in New Jersey once again. Mr. Michael Samba, the brother of socialite Dr. John Samba, passed away suddenly this evening. According to John […]

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BOAT ACCIDENT IN SIERRA LEONE : TRANSPORT AND AVIATION MINISTER CLARIFIES

December 29, 2013 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

The Minister of Transport and Aviation, Hon. Leonard Balogun Koroma has just called me to give the correct details of the tragic boat accident in Sierra Leone today. The minister […]

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Kandeh Yumkella addresses Freetown Dinner Club

December 25, 2013 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Distinguished Members and spouses of the Freetown Dinner Club Invited Guests, Ladies and Gentlemen, Thank you very much for inviting me to this year’s dinner. Let me at the outset […]

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APC-USA Interim Chief sends Christmas Greetings

December 25, 2013 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

MR. IBRAHIM SASPO KAMARA   All People’s Congress United States of America (USA) Branch From the Office of the Chairman Comrades:   As we embark on the celebrations of the […]

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Port Loko gears up for a rousing welcome for President Koroma

December 23, 2013 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By Hassan Bruz Rumours that His Excellency- President Ernest Bai Koroma is so much disgusted with the people of Port Loko over what is perceived to be infightings and unhealthy […]

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South Sudan’s growing conflict reflects rivalry between president and his former deputy

December 23, 2013 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

(Goran Tomasevic/ Reuters ) – South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir wipes his face during a news conference in Juba on Dec. 18, 2013. (Goran Tomasevic/ Reuters ) – South Sudan’s […]

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Early Tensions between NPFL and RUF commandos

December 22, 2013 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Early Tensions between NPFL and RUF commandos 239. Tensions between the RUF vanguards and the Liberian-led NPFL faction started to arise at a very early stage of the conflict.  Indeed, […]

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TRC REPORTS —5

December 22, 2013 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

THE PRACTICE OF CONVENTIONAL ‘TARGET’ WARFARE IN PHASE I OF THE CONFLICT 190. In exposing the rationale behind the original strategy of conventional warfare adopted in Sierra Leone by the […]

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TRC REPORT = PART 4

December 22, 2013 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

The Vanguards of the RUF 131. Meanwhile the RUF vanguards, as described above, were largely untested in the realms of conventional or guerrilla warfare.  They had been put through a […]

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PHASE I CONVENTIONAL ‘TARGET’ WARFARE BUILD-UP TO THE OUTBREAK OF CONFLICT IN SIERRA LEONE=PART 2

December 22, 2013 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

PHASE I CONVENTIONAL ‘TARGET’ WARFARE BUILD-UP TO THE OUTBREAK OF CONFLICT IN SIERRA LEONE 84. The outbreak of actual hostilities on the territory of Sierra Leone has yielded widespread misunderstanding […]

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  By Jonathan Abass Kamara The Deputy Minister of Health and Sanitation 1, Madam Madina Rahman has returned home as head of the Sierra Leone delegation to the 66th Session […]

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There was chaos at the headquarters of the All People’s Congress ( APC ) on Sunday when an attempt by Alfred Peter Conteh—the New Jersey man who sued the party […]

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