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Another major blow for SLPP : U.S. slaps visa ban on government and families for elections rigging and human rights abuses

August 31, 2023 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

ANOTHER MAJOR BLOW FOR SLPP : U.S BANS OFFICIALS AND FAMILIES FOR STEALING SIERRA LEONE’S JUNE 24 ELECTIONS By KABS KANU The noose continued tightening on President Maada Bio and […]

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Gabon soldiers stage coup and arrest President after he is declared winner of another phoney African election

August 30, 2023 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

LIBREVILLE, Gabon (AP) — Mutinous soldiers claimed to have seized power in Gabon on Wednesday and put the president under house arrest, hours after he was declared the winner in […]

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President Bio should be strongly punished for his brazen-faced elections robbery in Sierra Leone

August 30, 2023 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  By Kabs Kanu Once again, we at COCORIOKO want to thank everybody, from the local and international elections observers , to the diplomatic missions within Sierra Leone and our […]

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SLPP Government now afraid of its own shadow, as all boats banned from berthing after 7pm

August 30, 2023 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

The Maada Bio SLPP Government is perceived by Sierra Leoneans to be more  increasingly afraid of its own shadow right now as the government continues taking decisions that are believed […]

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Sense of hopelessness and despondency grips Sierra Leone as fuel price goes up again

August 30, 2023 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

The once-vibrant streets of Freetown are now cloaked in an atmosphere of gloom and frustration, mirroring the collective sadness that has gripped its citizens due to the relentless surge in […]

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Hamas urges Sierra Leone President Maada Bio to reconsider embassy decision in Jerusalem

August 30, 2023 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  SIERRA LEONE Hamas Urges Sierra Leone to Reconsider Embassy Decision in Jerusalem By Quadri Adejumo • 24 hours ago Hamas, a Palestinian militant movement, has called on the government […]

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*Niger spiralling into ‘protection crisis’ following takeover: UNHCR*

August 30, 2023 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

*Niger spiralling into ‘protection crisis’ following takeover: UNHCR* 29 August 2023 Humanitarian Aid The political crisis in Niger has created uncertainty for scores of vulnerable displaced people, with restrictions on […]

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*Unfounded Speculations Surrounding ICC’s Outreach to President Bio*

August 30, 2023 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

*~Basita Michael.* *Unfounded Speculations Surrounding ICC’s Outreach to President Bio* The recent revelation of a memo from the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), @KarimKhanQC, expressing a desire for […]

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U. S- based foreign journalist writes a very damaging report on Maada Bio’s dangerous tyranny in Sierra Leone

August 25, 2023 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Sierra Leone sleepwalks into a regressive dictatorship – Op ed August 24, 2023 By Ruben Rubadoveski: A young man was lying hopelessly by the side of a busy junction leading […]

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Is Sierra Leone’s Democracy Worthy of Emulation?

August 25, 2023 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Is Sierra Leone’s Democracy Worthy of Emulation? The general election in Sierra Leone has come and gone. The drums may appear to have fallen silent, but like a swimming duck, […]

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  • BOOK : MAADA BIO IN POWER : A country mired in agony
  • Alpha Sesay, constitutional reform and the difference between paper and power
  • Sierra Leone Labour Congress warns President Bio against assent to controversial constitutional amendments
  • How can we have peace in Sierra Leone when the President himself does not want peace ?
  • Speaker of Parliament lectured on law by citizens: A court of law can overrule a speaker’s decision
  • 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
  • Sierra Leone’s constitutional faultline: A walkout, a two-thirds dispute and the stakes for 2028
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By Tony Bee, Australia — Firstly I will like to make one point clear to my readers that I am not one of President Ernest Bai Koroma’s public relations officers […]

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Liberia : Representative Snowe Frowns On Proponents Of Interim Government

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  By Wilfred Gortor MONROVIA September 2 (LINA) – Montserrado County Representative Edwin M. Snowe has frowned on individuals calling for the configuration of an interim regime, using the country’s […]

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  The attention of the Independent Media Commission (IMC) has been drawn to a series of publications and broadcasts on issues relating to the Vice Presidency of Sierra Leone. The […]

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  President Ernest Bai Koroma and the Minister of Information, Hon. Alpha Kanu, are seen here working to ensure that Ebola treatment centers in Port Loko are up and fully […]

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