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The case for an alternative political culture in Sierra Leone politics

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

  We all failed Sierra Leone and the sad thing is that we continue  to fail and betray our own brothers, sisters, and our selves Gorglei  [ JSK].   May 5, 2005   In […]

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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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Strasser declares his Presidential intentions Saturday

April 27, 2005 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  Wednesday April 27, 2005 Former Chairman of the National Provisional Ruling Council ( NPRC) Valentine Strasser will steal the limelight from the politicians on Saturday when he declares his intentions to […]

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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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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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John Leigh takes on Sama Banya on frustrations in the SLPP , ambitions and the party’s image

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

   JOHN ERNEST LEIGH Dear Dr. Banya: The Concord Times of February 11, 2005, quoted you in its lead news report as declaring that: “John Leigh is a frustrated and utterly ambitious […]

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Police IG denies ordering shooting

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

  Thursday March 3, 2005 On-The-Spot report by Cocorioko’s Tamba Borbor Inspector-General Brima Acha Kamara yesterday said that he did not order the Police to shoot at any student. He […]

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HEALING SIERRA LEONE’S SCARS – Kabbah’s Country

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

By Karamoh Kabba I listened to Robin White and Rick Wells since I was a mere youngster via short waves radio, by the only stereo set depending on which hamlet […]

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The Special Court Prosecutor’s path to State House is paved with bad statecraft

January 24, 2005 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  Saturday January 24, 2005 By John Lansana Musa, ESQ.   INTRODUCTION: THE PITFALLS OF BAD STATECRAFT There are many weighty reasons for undertaking the present essay, the least of […]

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If I am President

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

  First_Name:  Patrick Last_Name:  Bockari Email_Address:  patbock48@yahoo.com Address:  6824 Rio Tejo Way City:  Elk Grove State:  CA Zip_Code:  95757 Comments:  IF I AM PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF SIERRA LEONE! By […]

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  Freetown, 12 December 2014 – The  English Football Association and English Premier League and have donated £25,000 through UNICEF to Sierra Leone’s Union of Women’s Traders Association to help support […]

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“The religion I grew up in doesn’t ask you to sell women in the market. Women are being taken three centuries back.” — ZAINAB BANGURA CreditWarrick Page for The New […]

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Sierra Leone’s First Lady Fatima Bio has social media activist Hawa Hunt freed from jail

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First Lady Fatima Bio ordered the release from jail of social media activist, Hawa Hunt, who had been detained and charged with allegedly insulting Ptesident Maada Bio and the very […]

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TRAFFIC OVERLOAD causes the Cocorioko website to crash now and again , says I.T. Specialist

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TRAFFIC OVERLOAD CAUSING COCORIOKO NEWSPAPER WEBSITE TO CRASH OFTEN ——–‘Says Assistant Editor and I. T Specialist Yusufu Sesay Traffic to the Cocorioko.net site has become so large that the website […]

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Late Citizens’ education impacted the election – NEW

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The National Election Watch (NEW) has observed that the lateness of citizens’ education had an impact on the elections, as many people did not know the purpose of local government. […]

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