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SLPP Convention fall outs continue : Banda-Thomas, Toesman, J.B Dauda ousted in surprising cabinet reshuffle

September 6, 2005 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

 Tuesday September 6, 2005 John Oponjo Benjamin , a one-time Chairman of the National Unity Party ( NUP ) , has been nominated as Sierra Leone’s new Minister of Finance […]

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Ernest Koroma extends the olive branch to dissident elements of the APC

September 5, 2005 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  Tuesday September 5, 2005 By Soriba Kalokoh reporting from Port Loko Precisely at 3: 45am Sunday morning, Hon. Ernest Bai Koroma was proclaimed the new Presidential candidate for the […]

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“IT’S BEREWA TIME”, CLAIMS ANSU MOMOH

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

    Saturday September 3, 2005  Recent events surrounding the forthcoming Leadership Elections for the Sierra Leone Peoples Party seems to confirm a popular saying among wise people “that in […]

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SLPP GIANTS IN TITANIC BATTLE SUNDAY FOR PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATION : WHO WILL WIN ?

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

  Saturday September 3, 2005 After months of fractitious wranglings and maneuvres , the SLPP battle for the Presidential nomination goes down to the wire on Sunday when the party’s […]

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SLPP risks more lawsuits, as….PENDULUM SWINGS IN FAVOUR OF BEREWA ?

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

  SOLOMON BEREWA Thursday September 1, 2005 Sierra Leonean political experts at home and abroad have expressed apprehension about the possibility of more law suits against the strife-torn ruling SLPP […]

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After stunning Hinga Norman court loss ….. JOHN LEIGH PROTESTS HASTY CONVENING OF SLPP LEADERSHIP CONVENTION

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

  Thursday September 1, 2005 Just hours after the Supreme Court delivered  Hinga Norman  a stunning setback by throwing out his much-talked-about law suit  against the  SLPP, another  high-profiled Presidential  aspirant […]

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Inquest into Editor’s death starts

August 19, 2005 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

    Friday August 19, 2005   Tamba Borbor reports from Freetown   The enquiry into the death of journalist Harry Yansaneh started yesterday with the Coroner Magistrate Adrian Fisher […]

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Charles Margai Camp cries foul

August 18, 2005 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Friday August 19, 2005 Tamba Borbor reports from Freetown A member of the Charles Margai Campaign Team, Mr. Dauda T. Bangura has complained that up till now, a comprehensive list […]

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PETROL PRICE SHOOTS UP IN SIERRA LEONE

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

  Monday August 15, 2005 Freetown was slapped with another increase in the price of petrol over the weekend, according to reports coming in from the Sierra Leone capital. A […]

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SLAJ retains Lawyer to write for inquest into Editor’s death

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

  Sunday August 7, 2005 Tamba Borbor reports from Freetown Lawyer J.B. Jenkins-Johnston has on the request of the Sierra Leone Association of Journalists (SLAJ) written to the Attorney General […]

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The social media has been buzzing with reports that one of the 100 new buses brought to the country by the Government developed mechanical trouble during the parade of the […]

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  By Kabs Kanu Diplomatic Representative in the U.S. Amnesty International Australia .    It is very important that Sierra Leoneans understand the functions of international diplomacy as conducted by […]

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‘Strike The Shepherd And The Sheep Will Scatter’

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By Mohamed Sankoh (One Drop) : The decisive decision taken by President Ernest Bai Koroma to sack the now former Vice President Alhaji Chief Sam Sumana last Wednesday, whether constitutional […]

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