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Sierra Leone Bar Association condemns Attorney General’s stance on rules of evidence in upcoming commissions of inquiry

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IS VICTOR FOH A BLESSING OR A CURSE TO SIERRA LEONE POLITICS

January 29, 2019 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  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 […]

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Nail-biting start to Sierra Leone’s Premier League, as Killers Lions maul top rivals Mighty Blackpool in Superclash 2019

January 28, 2019 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

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 […]

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Ambassador Patrick Ojong flays Victor Foh

January 18, 2019 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

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 […]

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COCORIOKO WANTS YOUR INDEPENDENT, OBJECTIVE VIEWS ON NATIONAL ISSUES FOR PUBLICATION

January 16, 2019 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

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 […]

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Ensure a legal, fair and just Commission of inquiry, Sierra Leone Inter-Reigious Council warns SLPP

January 3, 2019 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

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 […]

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JFK condemns SLPP for spate of unlawful arrests and detention of citizens

December 16, 2018 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

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 […]

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Sierra Leone Police intimidates striking doctors

December 13, 2018 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

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 […]

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Who welcomed President Maada Bio to Makeni ? Indigenes or rent-a-crowd from SLPP strongholds ?

November 26, 2018 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

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 […]

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Local councils, service delivery and their welfare!

November 13, 2018 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

    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 […]

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