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SLPP are antagonizing President Koroma to their own loss

August 31, 2018 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  By Kabs Kanu Since the SLPP  came to power in March, they have been trying to antagonize President Ernest Koroma. Tis is a very bad and costly mistake. Any […]

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Unlike Bio, President Koroma was not tribalistic at all

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

PRESIDENT KOROMA WAS ETHNICITY-BLIND, INCLUSIVE IN HIS APPOINTMENTS : HERE ARE MANY MENDES AND SOUTH-EASTERNERS HE APPOINTED IN GOVERNMENT ( UNLIKE TRIBALISTIC PRESIDENT BIO WHO APPOINTS ONLY MENDES ) By […]

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In dinner with APC-USA Chairman, the conspiracy exposed further

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

  Another APC patrol , this time to Staten Island , New York, with the visiting Chairman of APC ‘USA , Comrade Unisa Kanu, who is touring different states to […]

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The SLPP Government Is Full Of Contradictions

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

  By Mohamed Sankoh (One Drop) Think of the Civil Service Code of Conduct or diplomatic niceties? Then forget about the Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP) government of Julius Maada […]

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President Bio makes state visit to China

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

  Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday held talks with Sierra Leonean President Julius Maada Bio in Beijing, and the two leaders agreed to further promote the comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership […]

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President Bio coming to New York, as U.S. obligated to give visa for UN General Assembly

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

By COCORIOKO Diplomatic Correspondent Though he has problems with the U.S and is officially prohibited from visiting the U.S, Sierra Leone’s President Maada Bio will be in the United States […]

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Where Have All The Vociferous Civil Society Activists Gone?

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

  By Mohamed Sankoh (One Drop) I am surprised that most sit-on-the-fencers are now surprised at the sudden disappearances, from the public sphere, of some of the most vociferous Civil […]

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The planned mass demonstrations against President Bio in New York during the UN General Assembly

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

  By COCORIOKO Diplomatic Correspondent The New York demonstrations against Bio are not APC events. They will be organized by the CONCERNED CITIZENS FOR DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS IN SIERRA […]

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Is Sierra Leone Sliding Back To Albert-Margaism?

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

  By Mohamed Sankoh (One Drop) I never had the misfortune of sitting in the History class of Professor Joe A.D Alie at Fourah Bay College (FBC). Equally so, I […]

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EMBRACING CHINA : CHASTENING LESSONS FOR PRESIDENT BIO

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

  By KABS KANU When the APC came to power in 2007, we learnt a daunting lesson. The West and their aid and donor organizations do not always deliver promptly. […]

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  • How can we have peace in Sierra Leone when the President himself does not want peace ?
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  • Opposition APC distances itself from the controversial constitutional amendments by SLPP-controlled Parliament
  • Timothy Kabba is out : Mohamed Rado Swaray is now Foreign Minister as President Bio reshuffles his cabinet
  • *The 2028 Election May Have Already Begun*
  • Sierra Leone cannot afford another democratic collapse and war, but Maada Bio is driving us rapidly back into it
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Bobson Sesay Goes Into Hiding By Chernor Ojuku Sesay Friday  February 24, 2006 Tueaday this week was ?a black Friday  at the Lands Ministry, Youyi Building in Freetown. Thousands of people who […]

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Africa’s First Ladies meet in The Gambia

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By: Ralph Ese’Donnu Sawyerr – Information Attache  – Senegal and The Gambia  Sierra Leone’s deputy Ambassador to The Gambia, Haja Saidata Sesay this week joined some of Africa’s first ladies in […]

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COCORIOKO BREAKING NEWS : Alpha Khan of APC meets Chief Sam Sumana

March 20, 2018 0

Breaking News* *Alpha Kan, the APC campaign spokesman met with Chief Hon Alhaji Abu Bakarr Sidique Sam Sumana at his IMATT residence today as part of the ground breaking effort […]

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Second set of Ministers, Deputy Ministers Subscribe to Oath of Office

May 30, 2018 0

  State House, Freetown, Tuesday 29 May 2018 – Newly approved deputy ministers, among them four full cabinet ministers, have today subscribed to the oath of office in line with […]

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GOODBYE DR. FROGIE SORIE KAMARA, HOPEFULLY!

July 11, 2006 0

GOODBYE DR. FROGIE SORIE KAMARA, HOPEFULLY!   By John E. Leigh, July 11, 2006   I hope this is going to be my final goodbye to Sorie I. Kamara.  For […]

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