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GLOBAL RIGHTS CONDEMNS CORRURTION

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

Project Officer Global Rights Partners for Justice, Joe Pemagbi has described corruption as the “cankerworm,” which has destroyed the fabric of the nation. Speaking during a stakeholders workshop on Anti-Corruption […]

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We are not in competition with SLPP central government –New Mayor

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

  Tuesday July 6, 2004 By Sampson Cole from Freetown The new Mayor The newly elected Mayor of the Municipality, Councillor Winstanley Bankole-Johnson yesterday stressed in his inaugural address that […]

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Yanks deport Sierra Leone journalist

July 2, 2004 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

YANKS DEPORT SIERRA LEONE JOURNALIST Friday July 2, 2004 Sierra Leonean-born journalist, Paul Barrow , has been deported from the United States of America. Mr.Barrow was placed in a British […]

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Bodies of UN crash victims recovered

June 30, 2004 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Wednesday June 30, 2004 The bodies of all 24 victims in last Tuesday’s helicopter crash in Yengema in the Kono District have been recovered from the scene where the aircraft […]

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Defence queries prosecution witness

June 30, 2004 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

CHARLES MARGAI Defence Council Charles Margai Tuesday argued at the Special Court over the reliability of the fourth prosecution witness during cross-examinations. Counsel Margai based his inconsistency to the fact […]

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President Kabbah warns APC about new responsibility as tussle continues over new Mayor

June 30, 2004 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Wednesday June 30, 2004 The rat race for who will be the next Mayor of the municipality that has been engulfed with filth will be elected when the 32 Councillors […]

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UN helicopter plunges into Yengema hillside , killing all 24 0nboard

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

Tuesday June 29, 2004 By Cocorioko Reporter Samuel John A U.N. helicopter on a scheduled flight from Hastings to Yengema crashed in Sierra Leone this morning. All 24 people aboard, […]

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FREETOWN IS AN EYESORE

June 22, 2004 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  By Sampson Cole : Thursday June 22, 2004 The Mayor of the Municipality of Freetown, Winstanley Bankole Johnson has told members of the National Traders Multi Purpose Union that […]

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John Benjamin wins Kailahun District Council Chairmanship

June 19, 2004 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

   Stunning defeat for Professor Septimus KaiKai as John Karimu’s man wins…….. JOHN BENJAMIN WINS KAILAHUN DISTRICT COUNCIL CHAIRMANSHIP The battle for Kailahun District has ended , with victory for […]

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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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  • Karpowership says it is willing to work with government to stave off looming big electricity blackout crisis
  • Sierra Leone about to be plunged into total darkness as Karpowership decides to cut off electricity because of SLPP Government’s failure to pay debt
  • Fugitive Bank Governor Kelfala Kallon to be arrested if he insists on being paid in dollars : Trapped by his own regulation
  • Opposition APC MPs Suspend Participation from all activities and Committees in Sierra Leone Parliament_*
  • The silence of Bio-led SLPP Government on U.S visa ban is very dangerous—MP says
  • In A War Of Egos, The Loser Always Wins.
  • Sierra Leone Faces U.S. Travel Ban: Is Drug Trafficking the Hidden Factor ?
  • For APC to succeed and win the elections in 2028, the tribe must die
  • THE CREATION OF NEW DISTRICTS IS USELESS AND UNCALLED FOR
  • Divisive planning : A cabinet out of touch
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  • Phebean Samura: Watch and see what will happen soon. Sierra Leone will be a Democratic country very soon. FORGET ABOUT 2028. WE…
  • Catherine Higgins: Remarkable how journalists can write about APC and what not... but you never seem to have the spine to demand…
  • Amadu M. Kamara: Comment no. 2 above continues thusly: if the firebrand do seriously intend indeed to show their numerical strength versus the…

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