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Britain could hold back ÂŁ15m 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 ÂŁ15m 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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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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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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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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Beecher and Neville released

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

The General Editor of Sierra Leone’s  ‘Standard Times’ newspaper , Mr.Augustine Beecher , told COCORIOKO  this evening  that he and the Managing Editor of the newspaper, Mr. Philip Neville were  […]

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SLPP TAKES PMDC’S CLAIMS ABOUT HINGA NORMAN WITH A PINCH OF SALT

January 29, 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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THE LATE PROFESSOR Dr. ADONIS F. LABOR

January 29, 2007 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

   IN MEMORIAM     THE LATE PROFESSOR Dr. ADONIS F. LABOR                  THE LATE PROFESSOR Dr. ADONIS F. LABOR    Husband, Father, Grandfather, […]

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Politscope : APC LEADER ERNEST KOROMA SAYS PARTY POISED TO CAPTURE ALL THE SEATS IN THE WESTERN AREA

January 27, 2007 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

APC LEADER ERNEST KOROMA SAYS PARTY POISED TO  CAPTURE ALL THE SEATS IN THE WESTERN AREA    The Leader of the Opposition All Peoples’ Congress party,  Ernest Bai Koroma,  has […]

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Big scoop by Cocorioko : CDF AND PMDC EDGE TOWARDS UNITED FRONT

January 24, 2007 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

COCORIOKO, your popular and  one of the most trusted sources of information online can now reliably inform our readers that a watershed moment in Sierra Leone politics is about to […]

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Sierra Leone to abolish death penalty

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Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Hon. Franklyn Bai Kargbo, on May 2nd 2014, told the United Nations Committee against Torture that Sierra Leone will shortly abolish the death penalty. […]

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How Sierra Leone Attained Proposed Compact Eligibility and the Fear of Suspension and/or Termination from the Program

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THE MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE CORPORATION (MCC): How Sierra Leone Attained Proposed Compact Eligibility and the Fear of Suspension and/or Termination from the Program Yes indeed. upon passing the Millennium Challenge Corporation […]

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Government signs agreement to increase electricity power supply in Freetown

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The Ministry of Energy has signed an agreement with Infinity-E Consortium for the construction of a 6MW solar plant to increase power supply to Freetown. The USD12.6 million project is […]

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Health Manager UNICEF, Calls for Community Engagement to fight Maternal and Newborn Mortality in Sierra Leone

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  By Jonathan Abass Kamara and Kadrie Koroma The UNICEF’s Health Manager, Dr. Nuzhat Rafique has expressed the need to engage communities for the survival of mothers and newborn in […]

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