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CHARLES MARGAI GETS BAD RAP FOR ‘SON-OF-FOUNDING FATHER’ OBSESSION

May 30, 2005 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  Monday May 30, 2005 Many Sierra Leonean activists in discussion forums and the diaspora have advised Mr. Charles Margai to discuss what he will do for Sierra Leone if […]

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PROFESSOR LAMENTS DRIFT TO ONE-PARTY STATE IN SIERRA LEONE

May 30, 2005 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  Monday May 30 , 2005 A professor at the University of Richmond in Virginia  in the United States  , Dr. Jimmy Kandeh,  has lamented the  gradual drift to One-Party state in Sierra […]

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AROUND AND ABOUT : Of ostentation and ill-gotten wealth

May 17, 2005 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  with Kabs Kanu The other day at a social function at New Jersey , I listened keenly to  an altercation over a woman between two young Sierra Leoneans. The interesting […]

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MOMOH PUJEH IN THE HOT SOUP AGAIN : ANTI-CORRUPTION INDICTS HIM AND 5 OTHERS

May 12, 2005 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  Thursday May 12, 2005 Former Minister of Transport and Communication, Momoh Pujeh was among six people indicted in Freetown today by the Anti-Corruption Commission ( ACC).They were indicted for purchasing a substandard […]

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President Kabbah intervention is timely but not commendable

May 12, 2005 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

First_Name:  Joseph Seidu Last_Name:  Sherman Email_Address:  jsherman68@hotmail.com Address:  3500 14th Street, NW City:  Washington State:  DC Zip_Code:  20010 Comments:  PRESIDENT KABBAH INTERVENTION IS TIMELY BUT NOT COMMENDABLE. The intervention of […]

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If V-P Solomon Berewa meant what he said, it is good news for Sierra Leone

May 11, 2005 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  Wednesday May 11, 2005 Vice -President  Solomon Berewa  recently told a delegation of journalists a message that should ring out loud and clear through all the four  corners of Sierra […]

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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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SPECIAL COURT WITNESS THREATENED, 5 IN HOT SOUP AND RUF INDICTEES BOYCOTT TRIAL

May 4, 2005 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  By Tamba Borbor in Freetown Wednesday May 4, 2005 Special Court indictees of the Armed Forces Revolutionary Front (AFRC)- Ibrahim Bazzy Kamara, Alex Tamba Brima aka Gullit and Santigie […]

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WHITHER , AFRICA ? Neo-colonialism and its advocates.

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

   By Nathan Hamelberg For the greater part of the period passed since the process of African decolonization began[1] voices have been raised in praise of the old order, few of […]

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Generations yet unborn will blame President Kabbah for failing to develop Sierra Leone

April 20, 2005 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

EDITORIAL Generations yet unborn will blame President Kabbah for failing to develop Sierra Leone Just a few years to go to the end of his rule, President Ahmad Tejan Kabbah […]

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After his media team said he was in London taking a vacation, President Bio appears in Kenya

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COMPASSION AND JUSTICE FOR JOURNALISTS PAUL KAMARA AND HARRY YANSANEH

October 31, 2005 0

Monday October 31, 2005 By Emmanuel Abalo The local and international community, media and human rights groups continue their dismal and concurrent view of the continuous imprisonment of the Acting […]

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Sierra Leoneans all over the world are stunned as Elections Commission cooks figures, as feared, and gives President Bio unassailable lead in polls

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By Kabs Kanu Just as feared by Sierra Leoneans and international elections observers ( who openly expressed concerns in press statements ) that the tallying process was questionable, the Elections […]

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The existence of parliaments and elections alone don’t define democracy.

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