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Human Right Commission releases reports on the Makeni riot

August 18, 2020 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Human Right Commission releases reports on the Makeni riot, and called for professionalism by the Police in responding to a riotSulaiman Stom Koroma On the 17th and 18th July 2020 […]

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Bishop John Yambasu of Sierra Leone dies in road accident

August 17, 2020 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

8/16/2020 – Bishop News By Maidstone Mulenga* Bishop John K. Yambasu, the Resident Bishop of the Sierra Leone Area of The United Methodist Church, died in a road accident this morning (August […]

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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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C4C removes Emerson Lamina and others as Parliamentary Leaders, sparking big storm, as Lamina challenges the action

July 31, 2020 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

The Coalition For Change (C4C) has  overhauled its  Parliamentary Caucus Executive structure which was initially headed by Honorable Emerson Lamina. This comes after the former caucus leader went ahead and […]

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WHY BLAME CHIEF SAM SUMANA?

July 31, 2020 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Pieces going round social medias castigating blames on Chief Sam Sumana is irrelevant to civilised, matured and intelligent politicians and non politicians. Hate is in every corner chasing the righteous […]

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  • Crisis in Parliament : Neutrality undermined or opposition rebrand ?
  • Sierra Leoneans thumb down creation of new districts and dividing of Freetown
  • WHY FORGIVENESS MUST BE PART OF SIERRA LEONE’S POLITICAL FUTURE
  • Freetown Doesn’t Need a New “City” – It Needs Accountability and Inclusion
  • Karpowership says it is willing to work with government to stave off looming big electricity blackout crisis
  • Sierra Leone about to be plunged into total darkness as Karpowership decides to cut off electricity because of SLPP Government’s failure to pay debt
  • Fugitive Bank Governor Kelfala Kallon to be arrested if he insists on being paid in dollars : Trapped by his own regulation
  • Opposition APC MPs Suspend Participation from all activities and Committees in Sierra Leone Parliament_*
  • The silence of Bio-led SLPP Government on U.S visa ban is very dangerous—MP says
  • In A War Of Egos, The Loser Always Wins.
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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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Exclusive Interview with Foreign Minister Part 2

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 March 27, 2011. J B Dauda talks about his vast experience and the nation’s standing with development partners. Kabs Kanu, Minister Plenipotentiary, this week conducted an exclusive interview with Sierra […]

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Kamarainba sent back to prison : Is there justice in Sierra Leone ?

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By Court Observer Mohamed Kamarainba Mansaray was sent again today Tuesday January 26, 2021 to prison. The Judge Justice Samuel O, Taylor refused to grant him bail. The Judge also […]

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BOAT ACCIDENT IN SIERRA LEONE : TRANSPORT AND AVIATION MINISTER CLARIFIES

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The Minister of Transport and Aviation, Hon. Leonard Balogun Koroma has just called me to give the correct details of the tragic boat accident in Sierra Leone today. The minister […]

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EXCLUSIVE REPORT : ‘The Bo Fiasco was stage-managed to get me arrested , jailed and prevented from registering my party ‘ – Margai tells Cocorioko

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  Sunday November 20 , 2005 The leader of the People’s Movement for Democratic Change ( PMDC) , Mr. Charles Margai, has accused President Ahmad Tejan Kabbah of orchestrating the […]

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