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Leaked military document asks top Sierra Leone army officers to report to CID

June 30, 2018 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By KABS KANU A leaked military document doing the rounds in social media and sent to Cocorioko has asked top officers of the Sierra Leone army to report to the […]

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‘New Direction’ Leading Salone To Nowhere

June 29, 2018 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By Mohamed Sankoh (One Drop) It is a truism that majority of Sierra Leoneans were not desperate for the “New Direction” of the then flagbearer of the now ruling Sierra […]

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New ACC appointee fraudulently approved by SLPP MPs; APC and NGC walked out*

June 28, 2018 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  Francis Ben Kelfala, who was recently controversially appointed to lead the country’s Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) is reported to have been corruptly approved by Parliament whose Speaker and deputy […]

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*Under Bio’s New Direction, Sierra Leone Becoming Divided, Says Samura Kamara*

June 28, 2018 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  The former flagbearer candidate of the now main opposition All Peoples Congress (APC) Party, Dr. Samura Mathew Wilson Kamara has said that Sierra Leone is fast becoming a divided […]

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SIERRA LEONE DEMOCRACY ON A MESSY PATH BY THE NEW SLPP ADMINISTRATION

June 28, 2018 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Moses Ben Kanu June 28 at 5:20 AM · Serekunda, The Gambia · SIERRA LEONE DEMOCRACY ON A MESSY PATH BY THE NEW SLPP ADMINISTRATION New ACC appointee fraudulently approved by SLPP MPs; […]

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‘NEW DIRECTION’? MORE LIKE EMPTY BONGO.

June 28, 2018 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

***************************************************** By Abdul Suhood Komeh —————————————- A ‘New Direction’? Absolutely. A new direction in the same old way of doing things. And unless the route is dramatically carved to a […]

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*Civil Society is concerned over the dismissal of Civil and Public Servants in disregard of due processes of the law*

June 28, 2018 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  Freetown, SL 26.06.2018: The Standing Together for Democracy Consortium [STFDC] is gravely concerned over the dismissal; and in some instances, the selective transfer and unsolicited leave placed on to […]

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Procedural challenges in appointment of Anti-Corruption Commissioner cited by Parliamentary Committee on Appointments

June 27, 2018 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Parliament Interviews the Proposed ACC Boss The Parliamentary Committee on Appointments and the Public Service, chaired by the Deputy Leader of Government Business, Hon. Sahr Mathew Nyuma today 26/06/18 interviewed […]

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ISSUES OF ILLEGALITY SURROUNDING THE APPOINTMENT OF FRANCIS BEN KAIFALA AS COMMISSIONER ACC

June 27, 2018 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

ISSUES OF ILLEGALITY SURROUNDING THE APPOINTMENT OF FRANCIS BEN KAIFALA AS COMMISSIONER ACC Many questions have been asked as to whether the nominated and proposed ACC Commissioner, Francis Ben Kaifala […]

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Is President Bio engaged in intimidation and dirty tribal politicking ?

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

 Sesay Hafsat  Must know how this loss at Bonthe  bothers Maada Bio (aka Napoleon of ANIMAL FARM)! Look at how happy Bio looks! One whole Head of State reduced to posing […]

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Famous former Sierra Leone national goalkeeper , M.Turay , dies in Maryland

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By KABS KANU While Sierra Leoneans were busy celebrating the Easter and the glorious Leone Stars’ 1-0 victory over Gabon, a very sad event had also happened in Maryland, USA. […]

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President Koroma will continue to vigorously support press freedom in Sierra Leone

January 25, 2011 0

Published on January 25, 2011 by Cocorioko News   ·   No Comments President Ernest Bai Koroma  has always given the assurance that he will continue to  provide total and  vigorous support for press freedom and multi-party democracy […]

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Director of Prisons expresses concern over the Ebola outbreak and seeks assistance to protect Inn-mates and Staff

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  Freetown, Aug. 12, 014 (MOHS) – The Director of Prisons, Sampha Bilo Kamara has said that no Ebola case has been reported in all Prisons across the country and […]

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Permanent Rep. Adikalie Foday Sumah calls staff individually to thank them for helping to make UN General Assembly successful

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Sierra Leone’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Ambassador Adikalie Foday Sumah, has called members of his staff  individually to thank them  for working cooperatively with him to help make […]

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