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  • [ April 27, 2026 ] 65 YEARS OF INDEPENDENCE have been Cruel luck for the people of Sierra Leone ACTION NEWS
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  • [ April 25, 2026 ] *Fatima Bio’s Shameless Inclusivity Sermon Crashes Against the Shameful Memory and Evidence of Her Own Iron Chained Exclusion at the SLPP Gate* ACTION NEWS
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True Independence and Freedom can only exist in doing what is right

April 30, 2025 Kabs Kanu 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 Kabs Kanu 0

 

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

April 29, 2025 Kabs Kanu 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 Kabs Kanu 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 Kabs Kanu 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 Kabs Kanu 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 Kabs Kanu 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 Kabs Kanu 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 Kabs Kanu 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 Kabs Kanu 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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  • Built by Many, Broken by One: The Unraveling Story of the Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP).
  • Cocorioko’s rising readership explodes across the internet and social media
  • *Fatima Bio’s Shameless Inclusivity Sermon Crashes Against the Shameful Memory and Evidence of Her Own Iron Chained Exclusion at the SLPP Gate*
  • How the APC outfoxed and outsmarted the SLPP at the Moral Guarantors meeting
  • President Maada Bio continues to disregard and disrespect the international community
  • COCORIOKO : For the news you can trust and the analyses you can rely on
  • The story of Maada Bio, Mohamed Juldeh Jalloh and David Moinina Sengeh
  • Sierra Leone will never become a great nation if truth continues to be criminalized
  • Electoral Reform Debate Deepens as Guarantors Propose Committee & SLPP Sounds Constitutional Note
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PAUL KAMARA’S RELEASE: A VICTORY FOR THE FOURTH ESTATE OR MISCARRIAGE OF JUSTICE.

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    By Joseph S. Sherman, Cocorioko Features Editor, Washington, DC   Indeed, whatever transpired for the release of jailed journalist, Mr. Paul Kamara, proprietor of the FOR DI PEOPLE […]

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