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Government’s silence over Air crash : Sylvia Blyden writes President Tejan Kabbah

August 15, 2004 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

DR. SYLVIA BLYDEN WRITES PRESIDENT AHMAD TEJAN KABBAH ABOUT SLPP GOVERNMENT’S EARDEAFENING SILENCE ON WEDNESDAY’S PLANE CRASH AT THE LUNGI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, FREETOWN SUNDAY AUGUST 15, 2004 OPEN LETTER TO […]

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Shirley Gbujama addresses addresses effects of postwar trauma

August 7, 2004 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  SHIRLEY GBUJAMA ADDRESSES EFFECTS OF POSTWAR TRAUMASaturday August 7, 2004 Sampson Cole reports from Freetown Trauma survivors and war-affected communities are to benefit from an integrated psychosocial community-counselling programme […]

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Journalist’s life in danger : Family complains

August 4, 2004 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Members of the family of controversial journalist, Sheka Tarawalie, currently in London after attending a seminar of editors from post-war countries, are complaining that there have been recent threats to […]

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Rebels killed kids and packed their heads in a bag, says tearful prosecution witness

July 27, 2004 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  Tuesday July 27, 2004 More tears have been shed by witnesses  at the Special Court for Sierra Leone as they continue to narrate the atrocities  allegedly committed by rebels […]

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Woman cries bitterly as tells Special Court how rebels raped her before son and massacred her whole family in Kono

July 22, 2004 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  By Sampson Cole in Freetown Thursday  July 22, 2004 At the Special Court yesterday, the fifth Prosecution Witness wept while narrating how rebels in Kono allegedly killed her two […]

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WEST SIDE BOYS GO WILD IN PRISON

July 22, 2004 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

WEST SIDE BOYS By Sampson Cole in Freetown Thursday July 22, 2004 The Westside Boys who have been incarcerated in Prison over two years now, for various charges on murder […]

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Deposed Dictator Moves In With Mom

July 21, 2004 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) — Losing your job, quitting school, going broke and moving back home with your mother after living abroad for years would be tough on anyone […]

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SIERRA LEONE KIDS STILL FACE HUGE CHALLEGE -UNICEF Chief

July 18, 2004 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

SIERRA LEONE KIDS STILL FACE HUGE CHALLEGE -UNICEF Chief Sunday July 18, 2004 By Sampson Cole “ A lot of progress has been made but, our children are still faced with […]

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GLOBAL RIGHTS CONDEMNS CORRURTION

July 9, 2004 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Project Officer Global Rights Partners for Justice, Joe Pemagbi has described corruption as the “cankerworm,” which has destroyed the fabric of the nation. Speaking during a stakeholders workshop on Anti-Corruption […]

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Colleagues, Friends Mourn Loss and Pay Tribute to Two IRC Staff Members

July 2, 2004 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  The IRC mourns the loss of two of our dedicated and courageous colleagues, Allan Mukuru and Bahati James Barongo, who were killed in a June 29 U.N. helicopter crash […]

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Former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, who visited Sierra Leone during war, passes away

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U.S. Embassy Freetown, Sierra Leone  Yesterday, we heard the sad news that Madeleine Albright, the first woman to serve as the U.S. Secretary of State, passed away at the age […]

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