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Woman cries bitterly as tells Special Court how rebels raped her before son and massacred her whole family in Kono

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

  By Sampson Cole in Freetown Thursday  July 22, 2004 At the Special Court yesterday, the fifth Prosecution Witness wept while narrating how rebels in Kono allegedly killed her two […]

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Deposed Dictator Moves In With Mom

July 21, 2004 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) — Losing your job, quitting school, going broke and moving back home with your mother after living abroad for years would be tough on anyone […]

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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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