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True Independence and Freedom can only exist in doing what is right

April 30, 2025 cocorioko 0

True Independence & Freedom Can Only Exist In Doing What Is Right. It was 64 years last Sunday when Sierra Leone gained its independence from its colonial master, Great Britain. […]

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Video : Sierra Leone gains Independence from Britain and the 1961 Royal Visit

April 29, 2025 cocorioko 0

 

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Reflections on Sierra Leone’s 64th Independence Anniversary : A nation still in waiting

April 29, 2025 cocorioko 0

Reflection on Sierra Leone’s Independence: A Nation Still in Waiting by Dr. Yaguba Jalloh Sierra Leone gained independence from British colonial rule on April 27, 1961, with hope, pride, and […]

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There will never be world peace until imperialism is dead : Hands off Ibrahim Traore

April 29, 2025 cocorioko 0

There Will Never be World Peace Until Imperialism is Dead: Hands Off Ibrahim Traore. There is no better time for African Unity than now. On April 2, General Michael Langley, […]

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Sierra Leone’s 64th Independence Anniversary Poem by Nicholas Godwin

April 27, 2025 cocorioko 0

……OUR SIERRA LEONE IS 64……. . Our Sierra Leone is sixty four, But what is there to celebrate? When most of the people are poor, And so much of conflict […]

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Sierra Leone at 64 : A nation at the crossroads of reflection and regret

April 27, 2025 cocorioko 0

*Sierra Leone at 64…* *A Nation at the Crossroads of Reflection and Regret* *By Mackie M. Jalloh* On April 27, 1961, the people of Sierra Leone danced in the streets, […]

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64 years after Sierra Leone’s Independence : Sierra Leone’s ongoing struggles and the road to renewal

April 27, 2025 cocorioko 0

Sixty-Four Years After Independence: Sierra Leone’s Ongoing Struggles and the Road to Renewal on April 27, 2025 Culled Sixty-four years after gaining independence from Britain, Sierra Leone continues to face […]

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Sierra Leone at 64: Independence without prosperity — A nation still chained by poverty and poor leadership

April 27, 2025 cocorioko 0

*SIERRA LEONE AT 64: INDEPENDENCE WITHOUT PROSPERITY — A NATION StTILL CHAINED BY POVERTY AND POOR LEADERSHIP*   By Mahmud Tim Kargbo Saturday, 27 April 2025   *A Bitter Anniversary: […]

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From promises to prayers : President Bio’s shameful betrayal of Sierra Leone

April 27, 2025 cocorioko 0

By Abdul Bero Kamara *From Promises to Prayers: President Bio’s Shameful Betrayal of Sierra Leone* When Julius Maada Bio ascended to the presidency in 2018, he rode a wave of […]

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President Maada Bio’s 64th Independence Anniversary broadcast to the nation

April 27, 2025 cocorioko 0

*FULL TRANSCRIPT: INDEPENDENCE DAY BROADCAST BY HIS EXCELLENCY, DR. JULIUS MAADA BIO, PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF SIERRA LEONE ON SUNDAY, 27th APRIL 2025*_ My Fellow Sierra Leoneans; 1. It […]

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  • MAADA BIO SNUBBED AGAIN : President Trump refuses to invite him to the White House for major summit on Africa
  • Unity Party Chair Femi Claudius-Cole Condemns Widespread Extortion at Security Checkpoints
  • APC PARTY TO FACE THE TRUTH OR PERISH
  • Liberians thankful for dignified reburial of their coup and war dead
  • The Oppressor Never Gives Freedom Voluntarily, The Oppressed Must Demand It.
  • Freetown Residents Reject Government’s Proposal to Divide the City
  • Debt, dependency and dissent : Unmasking Sierra Leone economic quandary
  • Ambassador Amara Sowa hails Makeni Diaspora’s vision and resilience at 10th Anniversary Fundraising Gala
  • Maada Bio is selling Sierra Leone back into chains : A new era of colonial slavery under the mask of “Diplomacy”
  • APC Secretary General in Australia warns first couple : “Stop hiding behind religion “
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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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