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FREETOWN REJECTS SLPP WUTEHTEH

May 26, 2004 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Wednesday May 26, 2004 The Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP) has suffered a rather devastating blow after that resounding success scored at the general and Presidential elections exactly two years […]

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Ernest Koroma, aspiring President , gives Cocorioko second exclusive interview about his plans for Sierra Leone : Part 3

May 23, 2004 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

More Pictures From the visit to New Jersey  on May 19-20, 2004 of  the  high -Powered  APC Delegation From Freetown , led by the Party Leader and Presidential candidate  Ernest […]

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Hinga Norman’s accounts frozen

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

Monday March 29, 2004 The original order to freeze the assets of Sam Hinga Norman was contained within the arrest warrant of 7 March 2003,  as follows: “To identify and […]

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SIERRA LEONE HIGH COMMISSION PRESS RELEASE : Government accepts offer of settlement for chancery building

March 16, 2004 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

SIERRA LEONE HIGH COMMISSION PRESS RELEASE Subj:  33 Portland Place Judgement Date: 3/16/04 3:59:32 AM Dateline Standard Time PRESS RELEASE  It will be recalled that in 2000 the Government of Sierra […]

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Maada Bio never intended to hand over power

March 16, 2004 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  Interesting analysis of the coup situation by the VOA: DATE=1/17/96 TYPE=BACKGROUND REPORT NUMBER=5-32198 TITLE=SIERRA LEONE COUP / REACT BYLINE=WILLIAM EAGLE DATELINE=WASHINGTON CONTENT= VOICED AT: INTRO:  OBSERVERS ARE DEBATING THE […]

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Press Release From The Hinga Norman Defence Committee

March 10, 2004 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Hinga Norman BE IT KNOWN TO ALL THAT we have received with disbelief news of the arrest of people peacefully demonstrating today 10th March 2004 in Freetown in support of […]

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Special Court for Sierra Leone Officially Opens New Courthouse

March 10, 2004 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Special Court for Sierra Leone Press and Public Affairs Office PRESS RELEASE Freetown, Sierra Leone, 10 March 2004 Special Court for Sierra Leone Officially Opens New Courthouse A new era […]

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APC BACK FROM THE DEAD AS A CREDIBLE FORCE

March 3, 2004 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

BY KABS KANU :  They were written off as dead and buried .They were castigated as the one party that no Sierra Leonean will take seriously any more.The opportunistic, thieving […]

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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY OF THE TRUTH AND RECONCILIATION’S REPORT

February 10, 2004 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

CHAPTER ONE This Executive Summary provides a cursory overview of the Report and its principal areas of analysis, as listed in paragraph 5, below. Substantive detail is contained in the […]

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Chief Hinga Norman and CDF officials indicted

February 4, 2004 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

THE SPECIAL COURT FOR SIERRA LEONE CASE NO. SCSL – 03 – 14 – I THE PROSECUTOR Against SAMUEL HINGA NORMAN MOININA FOFANA ALLIEU KONDEWA INDICTMENT The Prosecutor, Special Court […]

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By Kabs Kanu Sierra Leone’s dictator , Maada Bio, not content with defying the world’s superpower, the United States, has upped the antenna by standing down  the subregional power, the […]

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WHEN APC WAS IN POWER, SIERRA LEONE WAS NOT DETERIORATED LIKE NOW

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  Monday September 12, 2005 From: postmasterNoReply@ezot.com To: kabbskanu@aol.com Subject: GUEST BOOK Date: Sun, 11 Sep 2005 10:44:07 -0600 First_Name:  Mohamed Last_Name:  kaloko Address:  freetown City:  sierra leone Comments:  A […]

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