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SPECIAL COURT WITNESS THREATENED, 5 IN HOT SOUP AND RUF INDICTEES BOYCOTT TRIAL

May 4, 2005 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  By Tamba Borbor in Freetown Wednesday May 4, 2005 Special Court indictees of the Armed Forces Revolutionary Front (AFRC)- Ibrahim Bazzy Kamara, Alex Tamba Brima aka Gullit and Santigie […]

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Hinga Norman Defence Team holds successful public sensitization meetings in Kenema and Bo

May 4, 2005 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  Wednesday May 4, 2005 The defence team for Chief Sam Norman, Moinina Fofana and Alieu Kondewa had a very successful defence strategy and public sensitization meeting in Kenema District […]

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WHITHER , AFRICA ? Neo-colonialism and its advocates.

May 1, 2005 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

   By Nathan Hamelberg For the greater part of the period passed since the process of African decolonization began[1] voices have been raised in praise of the old order, few of […]

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Generations yet unborn will blame President Kabbah for failing to develop Sierra Leone

April 20, 2005 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

EDITORIAL Generations yet unborn will blame President Kabbah for failing to develop Sierra Leone Just a few years to go to the end of his rule, President Ahmad Tejan Kabbah […]

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AFRC indictees boycott trial at Special Court

April 8, 2005 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  Friday April 8, 2005 The three Armed Forces Revolutionary Council (AFRC) indictees at Special Court have started a boycott of court proceedings.  The three, Ibrahim Bazzy Kamara, Alex Tamba […]

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Cost of living to soar further, as price of fuel spins out of control

April 3, 2005 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  Cost of living to soar further, as price of fuel spins out of control Sunday April 3, 2005 Petrol filling stations had a break from the long lines of the […]

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Sorie Bangura blasts Sierra Leone press and defends Okere Adams

April 1, 2005 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Friday April 1, 2005 First_Name:  SORIE Last_Name:  Bangura Email_Address:  bangura6@netscape.net Address:  111venace blvd City:  LA State:  CA Zip_Code:  90043 Comments:  THANKS FOR THE SPACE AND INTERNATIONAL FORUM ALLOWING ORDINARY SL […]

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Former Liberian First Lady tells it all : Charles Taylor has lots of concubines

March 23, 2005 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  Wednesday March 23, 2005 Jewel Howard Taylor is by no means an ordinary woman. She is the lady believed to have tamed  and controlled the emotional heart of the […]

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John Leigh organizes press conference at Stop Press Restaurant

March 15, 2005 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Ladies and Gentlemen of the Press, thank you very much for accepting my invitation to attend this press conference. I have called this briefing to convey to the governmental authorities, […]

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LEADING KONO POLITICIAN DIES

March 7, 2005 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  Monday March 7, 2005 Mr. Abu Aiah Koroma, the politician once regarded as the leader of the Kono people of Sierra Leone, has died. Mr. Koroma died yesterday in […]

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  • 65th Independence anniversary : Echoes of a dark and ugly past ; Appeal to President Bio not to drag Sierra Leone into another war
  • 65 YEARS OF INDEPENDENCE have been Cruel luck for the people of Sierra Leone
  • Sixty-five years after independence, one painful truth remains: we, as a people, have failed Mama Salone.
  • Independence Anniversary : A reflection on the role of the SLPP in national unity, peace agreements and political responsibility
  • 65 years of Independence : Let us be honest for a second
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  • Built by Many, Broken by One: The Unraveling Story of the Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP).
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  • *Fatima Bio’s Shameless Inclusivity Sermon Crashes Against the Shameful Memory and Evidence of Her Own Iron Chained Exclusion at the SLPP Gate*
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COCORIOKO EDITORIAL: Echoes of a Dark Past – An Independence Day Plea for Sierra Leone’s Soul As Sierra Leone marks another Independence Anniversary, the air should ideally be thick with […]

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By Kabs Kanu The April 27, 1961 Independence ushered in what could be rightly described as cruel luck for the people of  Sierra Leone.  Independence was meant to usher in […]

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In Sierra Leone, the emperors were naked all this time ?

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The Ministry Of Political And Public Affairs Met The Director General Of NASSIT And Office Of Diaspora (ODA) Members

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The Ministry Of Political And Public Affairs Met The Director General Of NASSIT And Office Of Diaspora (ODA) Members The Minister of Political and Political Affairs, Madam Nanette Thomas and […]

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The Texas Chief Endorses Honorable Madina Rahman for Freetown Mayor

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  By Sanpha Sesay On this coming general election, barring some astonishment, the people of Freetown and the environs will, for the second time since Mayor Dilsworth, send another woman […]

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It was a massive demonstration at the UN Plaza : More photos added

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