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IS VICTOR FOH A BLESSING OR A CURSE TO SIERRA LEONE POLITICS
By Ibrahim Sourie Mansaray Philadelphia, USA A basic principle of democracy is that parties have to accept that their opponents are sometimes going to win. Fight the election […]

Nail-biting start to Sierra Leone’s Premier League, as Killers Lions maul top rivals Mighty Blackpool in Superclash 2019
By KABS KANU Lions, the killers from the East End of Freetown, made a magnificent start to the new season and sent their thousands of supporters dancing in delirium all […]

Ambassador Patrick Ojong flays Victor Foh
I have followed with utter disgust the utterances of Victor Foh making rounds in social media. It is very unfortunate and disingenuous of Victor Foh to unashamedly say the things […]

COCORIOKO WANTS YOUR INDEPENDENT, OBJECTIVE VIEWS ON NATIONAL ISSUES FOR PUBLICATION
In keeping with our desire to become more national and more independent as the most widely-read Sierra Leone newspaper online and in the social media, we are now publishing articles […]

Ensure a legal, fair and just Commission of inquiry, Sierra Leone Inter-Reigious Council warns SLPP
INTER RELIGIOUS COUNCIL SIERRA LEONE (IRCSL)* *‼ Press Release*‼ We the undersigned organizations have been keenly following events in the country in recent weeks. The rising political tension in the country […]

JFK condemns SLPP for spate of unlawful arrests and detention of citizens
JFK CONDEMNS SLPP Since April 2018, our country has been awakened to vengeful governance using state apparatus to suppress objective dissent and opposition to the current government of President Maada […]

Sierra Leone Police intimidates striking doctors
Just how badly Sierra Leone is slowly nosediving from a democratic society to dictatorship and juntacracy can be seen in the ongoing doctors’ and nurses ‘ strike . The Sierra […]

Who welcomed President Maada Bio to Makeni ? Indigenes or rent-a-crowd from SLPP strongholds ?
By COCORIOKO Reporters President Maada Bio last weekend seemed to have pulled a fast one on his critics and detractors when he staged a successful Thank-You-tours of the opposition strongholds […]

Local councils, service delivery and their welfare!
John Baimba Sesay Decentralization is gradually being applied in many African countries as one of the tenets of good governance. It ensures participation and promotes accountability, both […]