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OUR 2005 MAN OF THE YEAR IS JOURNALIST PAUL KAMARA

January 2, 2005 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Monday January 2, 2005  COCORIOKO’S Man of The Year is FOR DI PEOPLE Editor , Mr. Paul Kamara , who was recently released from jail where he had spent almost […]

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Protect the people

December 8, 2004 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

One of the duties of the government is to protect the lives and properties of the people it governs. No government is worth its salt if it cannot effectively and […]

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O, lamentable day ! ! !

October 6, 2004 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  Tuesday October 6, 2004 By KABS KANU : When at first  a nation seeks to deceive, what a lamentable spectale it weaves. When a nation decides to continue sitting in darkness   at […]

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KABBAH’S GOVERNMENT FAILED TO ACT IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE NATION

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

  Tuesday September 7, 2004 Whichever way we choose to look at it, the resignation of the Electoral Commissioner, Eugene Davies , on allegations that the government fiddled with elections […]

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SIERRA LEONEANS AT HOME AND ABROAD CALL FOR INTERNATIONAL INVESTIGATION OF ELECTORAL COMMISSIONER’S CLAIMS THAT SLPP TAMPERED WITH ELECTIONS

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

Saturday September 4, 2004 The ruling Sierra Leone People’s Party ( SLPP ) is in the eye of a developing storm as eyebrows are being raised at home and abroad […]

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Does the SLPP Government have the people’s interest at heart ?

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

How many more such defective planes ply our airport ?   DOES THE SLPP GOVT . HAVE THE PEOPLE’S INTERESTS AT HEART ? By KABS KANU : It is standard […]

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APC BACK FROM THE DEAD AS A CREDIBLE FORCE

March 3, 2004 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

BY KABS KANU :  They were written off as dead and buried .They were castigated as the one party that no Sierra Leonean will take seriously any more.The opportunistic, thieving […]

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IDI AMIN , THE REMORSELESS MASS MURDERER WHO ESCAPED JUSTICE

August 17, 2003 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

IDI AMIN  , THE REMORSELESS MASS MURDERER WHO ESCAPED JUSTICE EDITORIAL Sunday August 17, 2003 The death in exile of one of the most repulsive and cruel dictators in world […]

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SIERRA LEONE CAUGHT IN THE EYE OF A LEGAL HURRICANE

March 10, 2003 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Hinga Norman (left) and RUF’s Issa Sesay : Big men -of -the – gun  on trial  in a  land where justice is unknown. BY KABS KANU : The Hinga Norman […]

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SIERRA LEONE IS NO LONGER ANYBODY’S FIEFDOM

March 2, 2003 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

EDITORIAL   Thanks to the intervention into our internal affairs by the international community, Sierra Leone is no longer the personal fiefdom of any one person, group of persons, tribe, […]

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