Cocorioko
  • Home
  • About
  • ACTION NEWS
  • COMMENTARY
  • EDITORIAL
  • Obituary
  • Opinion
  • News Extra
  • SPORTS
  • TOP STORY
News Ticker
  • [ October 9, 2026 ] *Dear Sierra Leonean-Trained Legal Practitioners: This Is Your Moment* ACTION NEWS
  • [ October 9, 2026 ] THE BAR, THE BENCH AND THE TEST OF JUSTICE ACTION NEWS
  • [ October 9, 2026 ] Chief Justice Kamanda’s action on JFK could deepen political tensions and threaten Sierra Leone’s national security ACTION NEWS
  • [ October 9, 2026 ] WHEN JUSTICE BECOMES A POLITICAL WEAPON ACTION NEWS
  • [ October 9, 2026 ] More drama in Sierra Leone as Chief Justice orders the arrest of former Justice Minister JFK for yesterday’s tense exchanges at the Supreme Court ACTION NEWS
Home2022

Year: 2022

Uncategorized

Sir Milton Margai’s speech on Independence Day, April 27, 1961

April 27, 2022 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Sir Milton Margai’s speech on Independence Day, April 27, 1961 This message was delivered on Thursday April 27, 1961  by Sierra Leone’s first Prime Minister Sir Milton Margai Men, women […]

ACTION NEWS

INDEPENDENCE ANNIVERSARY : CELEBRATING HELL WITH NO END IN SIGHT

April 27, 2022 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

CELEBRATING HELL. WITH NO END IN SIGHT 04–27- 2022 Ibrahim T Jalloh Sixty one years ago today, Sierra Leone gained independence from Britain and that was in 1961. The expectations […]

ACTION NEWS

Independence Anniversary Message : UN Resident Representative calls for inclusive politics in Sierra Leone

April 26, 2022 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  On the occasion of the 61st anniversary of the independence of Sierra Leone attained on April 27, 1961, as Resident Coordinator and on behalf of the United Nations Country […]

ACTION NEWS

AYV TV protest arrest of Sierra Leone Teachers Solidarity leader on their premises

April 26, 2022 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Ayv Sierra Leone 3m  ·  AYV is drawing the attention of the Sierra Leone Association of Journalists, the Independent Media Commission and the entire security sector especially the Sierra Leone Police […]

ACTION NEWS

Why U.S economic support for Sierra Leone continues, despite President Bio’s horrendous human rights abuses, bad governance and widespread corruption

April 26, 2022 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By KABS KANU Sierra Leoneans at home and abroad,  who read the recent damaging U.S State Department Human Rights and Country Report on Sierra Leone, which accused the President Maada […]

ACTION NEWS

Sierra Leone Teachers go on Strike , rubbishing Bio’s 2018 ‘Free Quality Education’ Flagship

April 25, 2022 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Sierra Leone Teachers on Strike as They Rubbish Bio’s 2018 ‘Free Quality Education’ Flagship By Abu Shaw  The Sierra Leone teachers, the most disrespected professionals in the country today, have […]

Uncategorized

HISTORICAL : Kwame Nkrumah’s vintage address to the new Ghanaian nation and the world on March 6, 1957

April 23, 2022 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Sixty-five years ago on March 6, Ghana became the first country in Africa to gain independence from colonial rule. With other members of the Big Six at the old Polo […]

Uncategorized

Independent Literary Titan, Freddy Will Announces The Second Edition Of His Second Book 

April 22, 2022 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Independent Literary Titan, Freddy Will,  Announces The Second Edition Of His Second Book  By Terence Jobs On Apr 10, 2022   It’s been six years since Freddy Will moved to Europe. This phlebotomist-turned-author […]

Uncategorized

The Anti-Corruption Commission : A spider entangled in its own web

April 22, 2022 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By Edward Kargbo When the current ACC leadership assumed office, it set a tone that signaled a broad fight. They went after teachers, students and school administrators. They went after […]

Uncategorized

As ECOWAS threatens sanctions, SLPP grumble about paying Sam Sumana’s settlement as they now demonize the former Vice-President

April 22, 2022 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  When Alhaji Sam Sumana , then Sierra Leone’s Vice-President , and his former boss , President Ernest Koroma had that famous fallout in 2015,the then opposition  SLPP took the […]

Posts pagination

« 1 … 38 39 40 … 56 »
  • *Dear Sierra Leonean-Trained Legal Practitioners: This Is Your Moment*
  • THE BAR, THE BENCH AND THE TEST OF JUSTICE
  • Chief Justice Kamanda’s action on JFK could deepen political tensions and threaten Sierra Leone’s national security
  • WHEN JUSTICE BECOMES A POLITICAL WEAPON
  • More drama in Sierra Leone as Chief Justice orders the arrest of former Justice Minister JFK for yesterday’s tense exchanges at the Supreme Court
  • Another big political drama in Sierra Leone as APC and Supreme Court clash over disputed Constitutional Amendment Bill
  • When development finance becomes a leverage
  • The constitution must not be a casualty of political convenience
  • THE SLPP’S CONSTITUTIONAL TEST
  • WHEN POWER MEETS THE CONSTITUTION: SIERRA LEONE IS WATCHING
feature true
  • Jane Smith: ok
  • ABU BAKARR CONTEH: POLITICALLY HOMELESS POLITICS IS A GREAT ADVENTURE TO SOLVE THE PROBLEMC WE FACE AS A SOCIETY WITH GOOD IDEAS. CHIEF…
  • Mercury Coder: The article effectively highlights the APCs internal democratic crisis, portraying Samsumanas exclusion as a critical test of the partys commitment…

STAY CONNECTED

  • facebook
  • twitter
  • google
  • youtube

FEATURED VIDEO

NEWS IN PICTURES

POPULAR ARTICLES

  • *THE SAMSUMANA STANDOFF IS AN UNECESSARY DISTRACTION TO THE APC*

    September 12, 2025 3
  • Fullah Progressive Union Ushered the New Year in a Spectacular Fundraiser

    January 2, 2013 3
  • How Foreign Aid Upsets Sierra Leone’s Sovereignty

    April 10, 2024 3
  • Summary of key findings and observation of 2023 voter irregularities and massive electoral fraud by the Elections Commission of Sierra Leone

    February 16, 2024 2
  • Do not be fooled about ECOMOG’s mission to Sierra Leone : They are not coming to remove the SLPP Government

    August 27, 2024 2

MUST READ

ACTION NEWS

*Dear Sierra Leonean-Trained Legal Practitioners: This Is Your Moment*

October 9, 2026 0

*Dear Sierra Leonean-Trained Legal Practitioners: This Is Your Moment* By Oumar Farouk Sesay When the Sierra Leone Law School was established in the late 1980s, amid opposition from some members […]

ACTION NEWS

THE BAR, THE BENCH AND THE TEST OF JUSTICE

October 9, 2026 0

THE BAR, THE BENCH AND THE TEST OF JUSTICE By Mahmud Tim Kargbo Friday, 9 October 2026   A courtroom dispute has become a test of judicial authority, professional restraint and public confidence in justice […]

RANDOM ARTICLES

ACTION NEWS

The Presidential Cross Party Peace-Building Committee meets to Implement the President’s Post-Election Peace-Building Initiative*

April 11, 2018 0

On 10th April, 2018, the Security Sector concluded a successful engagement with senior representatives of the Sierra Leone Peoples Party ( SLPP) and the All Peoples Congress (APC) to address […]

Uncategorized

Happy Thanksgiving to all our valued readers

November 22, 2012 0

Today is Thanksgiving Day in America and everybody is home cooking and preparing to enjoy turkey lunch and dinner over rum and soft drinks. As they gobble turkey, many will […]

Uncategorized

‘We Are Fighting an Enemy, and the Enemy Is Ebola’

January 16, 2015 0

DISPATCH Maj. Gen. Gary Volesky’s 2,500 soldiers have spent months battling a rampant killer in Liberia. Is the fight over, or has the front line shifted? BY BRIAN CASTNERBrian Castner […]

Uncategorized

President Koroma ends fact finding and assessment tour

February 23, 2016 0

  By State House Communication Unit President Ernest Bai Koroma on Friday 19 February, 2016, concluded a fact finding and assessment tour of three communities including the Lumley Government Hospital, […]

ACTION NEWS

57th Independence Anniversary message to the nation by President Julius Maada Bio

April 29, 2018 0

57th Independence Anniversary Broadcast to the Nation by His Excellency the President Julius Maada Bio on Friday, 27th April 2018 Fellow Sierra Leoneans Today, we are celebrating the 57th anniversary of our independence. […]

About us

Cocorioko is Sierra Leone's premier and most widely read online newsmagazine. It is owned and published by award-winning veteran journalist Rev. LEEROY WILFRED KABS-KANU . All enquiry about the newsmagazine and all articles should be directed to kabbiekanu@yahoo.com, kanuleeroy@gmail.com and kabbiekanu60@aol.com.
MORE INFORMATION
  • Cocorioko International
  • Cocorioko Sierra Leone
  • FORUM
  • Follow us on Facebook
  • Follow us on Twitter
RANDOM ARTICLES
  • *Dear Sierra Leonean-Trained Legal Practitioners: This Is Your Moment*

    October 9, 2026 0
  • THE BAR, THE BENCH AND THE TEST OF JUSTICE

    October 9, 2026 0
  • Chief Justice Kamanda’s action on JFK could deepen political tensions and threaten Sierra Leone’s national security

    October 9, 2026 0
MEET OUR TEAM
  • Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU

    published 10755 articles

  • Kabs Kanu

    published 1399 articles

  • Kamal Saroya

    published 0 articles

COCORIOKO is produced in Somerset, Franklin Township , New Jersey , USA and Brookfields , Freetown, Sierra Leone. The sole owner, financier , Publisher and Chief Executive Officer ( CEO ) is the Rev. Leeroy Wilfred Kabs-Kanu. All matters pertaining to the paper should be directed to the CEO, Rev. Kabs-Kanu at kabbskanu@aol.com. No article or any part of this website should be reproduced without the expressed permission of the Publisher.