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  • [ October 23, 2026 ] THE FAILURE OF PRINCIPLES: WHY PRESIDENT JULIUS MAADA BIO’S LEADERSHIP DESERVES SERIOUS JUDGMENT ACTION NEWS
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The SLPP’s desperation and the betrayal of the Sierra Leonean people

December 31, 2024 Kabs Kanu 0

*The SLPP’s Desperation and the Betrayal of Sierra Leone’s People* *_A GOOD DANCER, AFTER ALL, KNOWS WHEN TO LEAVE THE STAGE._* *_©️Andrew Kamara_* Imagine a party that has clung to […]

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Guild of newspaper editors condemns threats against journalists

December 31, 2024 Kabs Kanu 0

*Press Release* *Guild of Newspaper Editors Condemns Threats Against Journalists* Freetown, Saturday 28th December 2024– The Guild of Newspaper Editors expresses deep concern over growing threats of arrests and intimidation […]

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Arrest of Hawa Hunt an abuse of police powers in Sierra Leone

December 31, 2024 Kabs Kanu 0

By Paunga Abenteous Marnor – Sesay I have sent a three minutes and eighteen seconds audio message to Alpha Sesay in regards to the unlawful arrest of Hawa Hunt. It […]

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Civil liberties under serious attack in Sierra Leone as fears abound over journalist suspected to have been kidnapped by the Police Chief

December 29, 2024 Kabs Kanu 0

CIVIL LIBERTIES UNDER ATTACK The situation in Sierra Leone has taken a troubling turn, with the country seemingly slipping into a police state where civil liberties are under attack. Journalists, […]

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Sierra Leone journalist disappears shortly after threats by Police Chief William Fayia Sellu

December 29, 2024 Kabs Kanu 0

By Alpha Kamara Sierra Leone 🇸🇱 Journalist Thomas Josephus Dixon disappeared hours ago after reportedly receiving a text message from the Inspector General of Police, William Fayia Sellu. Hours earlier, […]

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Guinean opposition leader arrested by junta on the Sierra Leone border

December 28, 2024 Kabs Kanu 0

Guinean Opposition Leader Aliou Bah Arrested Aliou Bah, the leader of Guinea’s 🇬🇳 Liberal Democratic Movement (MoDel), was arrested on Thursday while traveling to Sierra Leone. He is accused of […]

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President Bio is not fit for purpose : Sierra Leone’s dire economic problems need internal retrospection

December 28, 2024 Kabs Kanu 0

*My Reflective Diary* The financial difficulties that Sierra Leone is facing currently require an internal retrospection. In March 2024, Julius Maada Bio unveiled a new $175,500 Mercedes-Maybach GLS 600 car […]

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Sierra Leone is not ready for a cruel Abortion Law, President Maada Bio: There are more pressing priorities

December 28, 2024 Kabs Kanu 0

*Sierra Leone Is Not Ready for An Abortion Law* At a time when our nation, Sierra Leone faces mounting socio-economic challenges, the government’s push to legalize abortion seems like an […]

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2024 Audit exposes 5 years of SLPP plunder of the national economy: How Maada Bio has stolen our future in Sierra Leone

December 28, 2024 Kabs Kanu 0

*Audit Exposes Five Years of SLPP Theft: How Maada Bio’s Regime Stole Our Future* Let me walk you through the numbers—but not in the way they present it to confuse […]

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Suck – air Christmas in Sierra Leone, as SLPP failed to pay workers for December

December 26, 2024 Kabs Kanu 0

The Sierra Leone People’s Party ( SLPP) Government , led by embattled Retired Brigadier Maada Bio , has failed to pay public workers and civil servants for December, worsening the […]

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  • THE FAILURE OF PRINCIPLES: WHY PRESIDENT JULIUS MAADA BIO’S LEADERSHIP DESERVES SERIOUS JUDGMENT
  • BREAKING NEWS: Supreme Court Strikes Out AG’s Motion
  • Lenses Behind Bars: A Prosecutor Becomes an Inmate
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  • British Guardian newspaper story : How Europe’s most wanted cocaine trafficker turned Sierra Leone into the world’s first true narco state
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By Kabs Kanu The ceremony was grand, auspicious and colorful. It was the induction into office last weekend of Madam Mary Metzger , who has been appointed Chief of Staff […]

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NOSLINA 2016 AWARD RECIPIENTS The NOSLINA Board of Directors has approved and authorized that honors, awards, and recognitions be bestowed on individuals/organizations for exemplary contributions to Sierra Leoneans in North […]

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SPECIAL PICTORIAL HIGHLIGHTS : THE FUNERAL OF MOHAMED AZIZ NABE

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COCORIOKO  brings you Part 1 of the pictorial highlights of the funeral ceremonies held in New Jersey on Sunday March 17, 2013 for the late Mohamed Aziz Nabe, community leader […]

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Gambia declares criminal defamation unconstitutional, keeps some laws on sedition, false news

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Nairobi, May 10, 2018–The Committee to Protect Journalists welcomes the Gambian Supreme Court’s decision yesterday todeclare criminal defamation unconstitutional, but is dismayed that segments of the country’s criminal code on […]

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