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I WAS RAPED AND AMPUTATED–Witness testifies

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

  By Sampson Cole Sunday July 18, 2004 At the Special Court the statement of the second Prosecution witness in the RUF trial, read by a member of the Prosecution, […]

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‘Crimes committed by the Kamajors will make men of civility and reason recoil’ -David Crane

June 5, 2004 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  Tamba Borbor reports from Freetown :  Thursday June 5, 2004 The Chief Prosecutor of the Special Court,  David Crane,  in his opening statement at the start of the trial […]

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Big- money politics by Kabbah’s cronies cost APC the local elections

May 31, 2004 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By KABS KANU : PRESIDENT AHMAD TEJAN KABBAH : He has well-placed citizens in public service and private enterprises spraying money on the ruling SLPP to stay in power .To […]

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Hinga Norman’s accounts frozen

March 29, 2004 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Monday March 29, 2004 The original order to freeze the assets of Sam Hinga Norman was contained within the arrest warrant of 7 March 2003,  as follows: “To identify and […]

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APC-NA Chairman leaves for Freetown to help sensitize people for 2007 elections

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

  The Chairman of the All People’s Congress ( APC) North American Chapter, Mr. Alimamy G. Kargbo, leaves the United States next week for Freetown , to join the sensitization program […]

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TRC STANDS BY ITS STATEMENT ON HINGA NORMAN

December 13, 2003 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

PRESS RELEASE BY THE TRC Freetown, Sierra Leone, 03 December 2003 TRC STANDS BY ITS STATEMENT ON HINGA NORMAN The Special Court issued a statement on 3 December 2003 claiming […]

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APC has accepted change as a political reality -Ernest Bai Koroma

September 28, 2002 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By KABS KANU Opposition leader, Mr.Ernest Bai Koroma, said today that his party has accepted change as a political reality and the APC was now on the verge of re-inventing […]

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Ambassador Isatu Timbo inducts into office Mary Metzger as newly appointed Chief of Staff

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By Kabs Kanu The ceremony was grand, auspicious and colorful. It was the induction into office last weekend of Madam Mary Metzger , who has been appointed Chief of Staff […]

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  TODAY’S CHANGED POLITICAL DYNAMICS AND REALITIES —VERY DEMANDING ! EITHER THE BEST OR NOTHING Mediocre politics will no longer benefit any party By Kabs Kanu Dynamics are not static. […]

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President Ernest Bai Koroma  yesterday popped in at the Sierra Leoneans For Peace  rally and received the  most thunderous  applause a Foreign leader has ever enjoyed at the Dag Hammarskjold […]

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Dear Compatriots, the Embassy of Sierra Leone is pleased to inform Sierra Leoneans in the Diaspora and in Particular the United States of America, that a team of National Social […]

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Sierra Leone’s Ambassador to the Kingdom of Belgium and Head of Mission to the European Union, Hon. Ibrahim Sorie on Wednesday, 16th August, officially opened and signed the Book of […]

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Was that really Maada Bio preaching democracy , peace, inclusiveness and progressive politics at the University of Pennsylvania ?

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By KABS KANU Somebody please tell me it was not Maada Bio. Many people told me yesterday  that they lost confidence in man (Adam)  and concluded that Sierra Leone’s President […]

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NCD CONCLUDES A DAY’S VALIDATION WORKSHOP ON MESSAGES OF PEACE AND NATIONAL UNITY

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In a bid to enhance a peaceful 2018 electoral cycle, the National Commission for Democracy (NCD) has concluded a day’s validation workshop to verify messages of peace and national unity […]

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