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The horrors of January 6, 1999

January 6, 2018 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Freetown Massacre of the RUF Posted by Guest Blogger on Sunday, 17 June 2007 06:09. Warfare as waged by Sub-Saharan Africans is significantly more chaotic and excessively brutal than that […]

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A NARRATIVE ABOUT THE JANUARY 6th 1999 TERROR (told by Zainab Hawa Bangura, former UN Undersecretary for Children in Crisis)

January 6, 2018 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

In the days leading up to that fateful day, the whole country had collapsed like a pack of cards under the combined invasion of the RUF and the AFRC. By […]

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Flashback : January 6, 1999 : Never again in the chequered history of our beloved nation

January 6, 2018 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

On this sad anniversary of a day our nation will never forget, we bring you an editorial COCORIOKO  wrote six years ago during the 13th anniversary. As we go to […]

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January 6, 1999 : The day Freetown wept tears of blood

January 6, 2018 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

ON JANUARY 6, 1999, THE REVOLUTIONARY UNITED FRONT (RUF) ENTERED THE CAPITAL CITY OF SIERRA LEONE, FREETOWN, AS PART OF AN OFFENSIVE TO OVERTHROW THE GOVERNMENT OF THE SLPP. THE […]

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Spare us your ignorance, NGC members : Some of you know nothing about nation-building ! !

January 5, 2018 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By KABS KANU National Grand Coalition members are beginning to become very irritating with their propaganda against the sitting All People’s Congress (APC ) government . Listening to one Kaprie […]

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What Change are NGC Diaspora Supporters Talking About?

January 5, 2018 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  Date: 5 January 2016 Written by: Foday Morris For some strange reasons some Sierra Leoneans living in the Diaspora think and act as if they have the moral background […]

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The NGC /KKY euphoria is “Blowing in the Wind”

January 5, 2018 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By Israel Ojekeh Parpar It is absolute rubbish to say KANDEH KOLLEH YUMKELLA (KKY) and the NGC will win the forth coming Presidential, Parliamentary and Local Councils Elections (with a land […]

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The APC Mayoral candidate

January 5, 2018 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  As part of the indomitable All Peoples Congress (A.P.C), commitment to gender mainstreaming and equal opportunity for all, devoid of ones tribal lineage, Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr, a creole by tribe, born […]

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*Dr Samura Mathew Wilson Kamara extends a New Year’s message of hope.*

January 5, 2018 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  Comrades and fellow Sierra Leoneans, We stand at the threshold of a new year, at the gates of a future for this country with the potential for an enhanced […]

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George Weah asks opponent to nominate candidates for appointment in his govt

January 5, 2018 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Liberian Senator and 2017 presidential candidate George Weah at RFI studios in Paris, May 2017. [Photo credit: LA Bagnetto & RFI] Related News Liberia Election: Despite non-announcement of official results, […]

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  • *WHAT POWER OUGHT TO KNOW ABOUT ITSELF*
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  • JFK is free : Chief Justice accepts his apology and warns lawyers
  • When the headline outrages more than the allegations
  • All Eyes on the Supreme Court as Constitutional Amendment Case Resumes
  • *The Politics of Revenge: Must Sierra Leone Continue to Play Tit-for-Tat?*
  • Courtroom confrontation between Chief Justice and JFK : My personal reflection
  • *Dear Sierra Leonean-Trained Legal Practitioners: This Is Your Moment*
  • THE BAR, THE BENCH AND THE TEST OF JUSTICE
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Following the dramatic news of ballot paper theft in Kenema, Eastern Sierra Leone, information reaching me from Lumley in the Western Area indicate that yet another incident of ballot paper […]

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The ruling SLPP Government has not given any satisfactory explanation about the 21 shiploads of rice donated to Sierra Leone by China. But reports are that the government has sold […]

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