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The Findings of the TRC

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

  Introduction 1. The Truth and Reconciliation Commission Act 2000 (“the Act”) enjoined the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (“the TRC” or “the Commission”) to make findings in relation to the […]

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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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SLPP, Underrate Ernest Koroma at your own peril

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

Whoever wrote him off  as another run-of-the-mill opposition figure should be revising his form books  right now. In so short a time, Ernest Koroma , who only yesterday was an anonymous […]

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TRC STANDS BY ITS STATEMENT ON HINGA NORMAN

December 13, 2003 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

PRESS RELEASE BY THE TRC Freetown, Sierra Leone, 03 December 2003 TRC STANDS BY ITS STATEMENT ON HINGA NORMAN The Special Court issued a statement on 3 December 2003 claiming […]

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TRC Response to Hinga Norman’s objections

October 24, 2003 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

IN THE SPECIAL COURT FOR SIERRA LEONE Before: Date: 24 October 2003 Case No. SCSL 2003 – 09 – 1 In the matter of: CHIEF SAMUEL HINGA NORMAN JP Re […]

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CAN SPECIAL COURT REALLY DELIVER JUSTICE ? PART 1

March 11, 2003 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

David Crane : He has the blessings of the Sierra Leonean people CAN SPECIAL COURT REALLY DELIVER JUSTICE ? PART 1 BY KABS KANU : Day and night, the blood […]

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SIERRA LEONE CAUGHT IN THE EYE OF A LEGAL HURRICANE

March 10, 2003 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Hinga Norman (left) and RUF’s Issa Sesay : Big men -of -the – gun  on trial  in a  land where justice is unknown. BY KABS KANU : The Hinga Norman […]

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THE CRY FOR JUSTICE IN SIERRA LEONE

March 2, 2003 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By KABS KANU : The Special Court, which started its sittings in Sierra Leone , has generated some misunderstanding , that should not be the case.   The fact that there […]

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Opposition APC escalate rhetoric against SLPP in New Jersey

September 28, 2002 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Coverage of the launching of the New Jersey Branch of the APC Party at Somerset, New Jersey  by the COCORIOKO Newspaper Limited.    ERNEST BAI KOROMA By Wilfred Leeroy Kabs-Kanu […]

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British plan offensive in Sierra Leone

November 12, 2000 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Posted November 13, 2000 – 18:53 by newsdesk Related Source: The Observer UK infantry units may have to be deployed By Jason Burke and Brian Johnson-Thomas Sunday November 12, 2000 British artillery […]

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  • Sixty-five years after independence, one painful truth remains: we, as a people, have failed Mama Salone.
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COCORIOKO EDITORIAL: Echoes of a Dark Past – An Independence Day Plea for Sierra Leone’s Soul As Sierra Leone marks another Independence Anniversary, the air should ideally be thick with […]

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By Kabs Kanu The April 27, 1961 Independence ushered in what could be rightly described as cruel luck for the people of  Sierra Leone.  Independence was meant to usher in […]

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Ministry of Health and Sanitation Ebola Update July 31, 2014   133 patients have survived the disease and have been discharged from the treatment centers in Kenema and Kailahun. The […]

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NELSON MANDELA IS DEAD

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South Africa’s first black president and anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela has died, South Africa’s president says. Mr Mandela, 95, led South Africa’s transition from white-minority rule in the 1990s, after […]

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Why don’t these foreign journalists report accurately in Sierra Leone ?

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Whenever one reads the op/ed or news articles on the November 17 elections written by correspondents of foreign media, the articles leave a bitter taste in one’s mouth because they […]

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