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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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We’ll appeal to President Kabbah”

December 24, 2004 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  Saturday December 24, 2005 By Chernor Ojuku Sesay Relatives, including wives of some of the soldiers that were served letters of termination from the army this week have indicated […]

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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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  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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Culled from Awareness Times   The All Peoples Congress Member of Parliament representing Constituency 108, Hon. Dr. Michel Sho-Sawyer has past Thursday 21st August, at the Vine Memorial Secondary School Hall, […]

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President Maada Bio’s Broken Economy Is a Cover Up For his Govt.’s Failed Policy

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…Abdul Fatorma Avers During the ‘Good Morning Salone’ Program aired on Radio  Democracy on Monday 15th April 2019, the Chief Executive Officer of CHRDI, Abdul Fatorma, dismissed as cover up, […]

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Let’s all be monitors of the implementation of the post-ebola recovery plan

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  By Jarrah Kawusu-Konte President Ernest Bai Koroma has called on the people of Tonkolili, Kambia and Port Loko districts to be monitors of the implementation of post Ebola recovery […]

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Presidents Ernest Koroma And Xi Jinping’s Constructive Engagement Will Yield Dividends For Sierra Leone And China

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By KABS KANU : ______________________________________________ THIS ARTICLE was originally published by COCORIOKO  on June 14, 2013.  We have reproduced it as an addition to the supplement to the crucial bilateral […]

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