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President Bio’s tribalism is endangering the Mende tribe in Sierra Leone, says a Mende man

August 7, 2020 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

YANKUBA KAI-SAMBA A paopa had asked me, in their controlled whatapp forum to take a DNA test to prove that I am a mende. This was after I warned that […]

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Sierra Leone opposition MPs draw national and international attention to Makeni massacre by staging all-black demonstration in Parliament

August 7, 2020 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Yesterday was another landmark day in Sierra Leone  . As if to remind the  Sierra Leone People’s Party ( SLPP) Maada Bio Government that the massacre of innocent youths in […]

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Covid -19 Is A Virus, Not A Cash Cow.

August 7, 2020 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Since the outbreak of the Covid 19 pandemic, life has changed beyond recognition as we know it. But one thing that has not changed and will never change is the […]

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From Freetown to “Treetown”: Can urban reforestation build environmental resilience in Sierra Leone?

August 7, 2020 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By Nina Meghji On 14 August 2017, a devastating mudslide claimed the lives of more than 1,000 people in the hillside village of Regent, 6km east of the capital, Freetown. […]

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Stakeholders In Kenema District Meet, Thanked Chief Minister for bringing Unity In The District

August 7, 2020 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

    Albertson Conference room, Nongowa Chiefdom, Kenema, Eastern Sierra Leone, 1st August, 2020. Stakeholders in Kenema District have today met to discuss key issues relating to the Development of […]

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Daily readership statistics show that COCORIOKIO is really the most widely read newspaper in Sierra Leone

August 7, 2020 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  COCORIOKO CERTAINLY THE MOST WIDELY READ SIERRA LEONE NEWSPAPER —SEE OUR IMPRESSIVE STATISTICS BELOW IS THE LOG OF DAILY READERS OF THE NEWSPAPER FOR THIS WEEK.. THIS NUMBER DOES […]

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  • Sierra Leone Faces A Wet Dry Season
  • Freetown: Our Undivided Soul, Our Enduring Legacy
  • The Rising Menace of Scammers and Sextortionists in West Africa
  • The disaster of First Lady Fatima Bio’s involvement in the SLPP Lower Level elections in Kono
  • Ongoing divisions within the party would jeopardize its electoral prospects, Lansana Dumbuya warns APC
  • Juju, oaths and political control: Leaked audio exposes First Lady Fatima Bio
  • 𝘼𝙋𝘾 𝙍𝙚𝙖𝙛𝙛𝙞𝙧𝙢𝙨 𝘿𝙚𝙢𝙤𝙘𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙘 𝙍𝙚𝙨𝙤𝙡𝙫𝙚 𝙄𝙣 𝙏𝙖𝙡𝙠𝙨 𝙒𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙐.𝙉 𝙉𝙚𝙚𝙙𝙨 𝘼𝙨𝙨𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙈𝙞𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙤n
  • Ambassador Amara Sowa admonishes citizens to work together to reverse the deteriorating situation in the country
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  • Crisis in Parliament : Neutrality undermined or opposition rebrand ?
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  • Phebean Samura: Watch and see what will happen soon. Sierra Leone will be a Democratic country very soon. FORGET ABOUT 2028. WE…
  • Catherine Higgins: Remarkable how journalists can write about APC and what not... but you never seem to have the spine to demand…
  • Amadu M. Kamara: Comment no. 2 above continues thusly: if the firebrand do seriously intend indeed to show their numerical strength versus the…

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