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We Are destined to rot in poverty and hardship

December 20, 2019 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By Idrissa Salaam Conteh The devastating hardship we are currently experiencing in Sierra Leone didn’t come unnoticed. It was boldly written on the wall. When the deteriorating economic situation first […]

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Former Sierra Leone UN New York Mission Head of Chancery Alhusine Sesay passes away suddenly

December 20, 2019 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By COCORIOKO Reporters The Sierra Leone community at home and the diaspora were shocked beyond words yesterday when news started spreading that the former State Chief of Protocol at State […]

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Anti-Corruption Commission to act on Audit General’s Report

December 19, 2019 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0
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SLPP National Cleaning exercise fraught with corruption

December 19, 2019 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

The national cleaning exercise imposed by President Maada Bio when he came to power in 2018 is fraught with rampant corruption, as exposed by the Auditor General’s 2019 Report . […]

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Squandermania: Auditor General’s Report finds alarming embezzlement of government funds by Maada Bio SLPP Government

December 19, 2019 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

The Sierra Leone People’s Party ( SLPP )  has only been in power for less than two years, but have embezzled and squandered government money at a rate that is […]

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Kono District unanimously endorses return of Sam Sumana to the APC!

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

Breaking News: 18th December 2019Kono District Unanimously Endorses Return of Sam Sumana to the APC! In a colourful ceremony that attracted several dignitaries from all the chiefdoms that make up […]

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Giants Mighty Blackpool and East End Lions fight to battling 1-1 draw

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

Kwame Nkeita scores to secure draw for Mighty Blackpool against EE Lions Mighty Blackpool’s Kwame Nkeita continued his good run of form as he struck an equalizer for the Tis […]

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INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL GUIDE ON SIERRA LEONE SAYS COCORIOKO IS THE REAL ONLINE HIGHLIGHT

December 15, 2019 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL GUIDE ON SIERRA LEONE SAYS COCORIOKO IS THE REAL ONLINE HIGHLIGHT July 28, 2017 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU COMMENTARY, INSIGHT 0   IT is a well-researched tourism book and […]

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NGC party acknowledges that hardship has worsened in Sierra Leone

December 14, 2019 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

The political party that was once a replica or satellite of the ruling  Sierra Leone People’s Party ( SLPP ) —-The National Grand Alliance ( NGC ) —is now at […]

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Why Sierra Leone woefully failed the MCC Compact : “Scorecards alone are incomplete portraits of a country’s policies and performance” ( MCC)

December 12, 2019 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By KABS KANU Despite all the showboating when  the Millennium Challenge Corporation ( MCC ) Scorecard was released in November which saw the SLPP Government scoring impressive grades in the […]

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C4C condemns the terrorism of the SLPP Government

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Lorenzo Labor Our parastatals in the country. Those of you who were chewing my name with the president EBK at State House were are you today? most of you all […]

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PPRC launches the Strategic Communications Plan to deepen dialogue and engagement with political stakeholders

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  For immediate Release Launch of the Political Parties Regulation Commission (PPRC) Strategic Communication Plan Ahead of the June 2023 Elections Freetown, 9 May 2023 – The Political Parties Regulation […]

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AL GHADAFI’s NEW PLANS FOR AFRICA

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  (By Mohammed Legally-Cole : Cocorioko reporter in the Gambia ) Monday January 30, 2006   The Libyan President Muamar Al-Ghadafi has announced the birth of a new project called […]

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SLPP’s double – speak is dangerous and undermines public trust, peace and stability in Sierra Leone

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SLPP’S DOUBLE SPEAK IS DANGEROUS AND UNDERMINES PUBLIC TRUST, PEACE AND STABILITY IN SIERRA LEONE By Kabs Kanu The ruling Sierra Leone People’s Party is once again demonstrating the kind […]

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