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  • [ August 1, 2026 ] Sierra Leone’s Justice Minister accused of interfering in the affairs of the Bar Association, as fallouts continue after Bintumani Police blockage ACTION NEWS
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Encouraging signs from erstwhile Heart of Darkness

April 20, 2004 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

EDITORIAL Encouraging signs from erstwhile Heart of Darkness Tuesday April 11, 2006 When one takes his mind back to the political dynamics in Sierra Leone three decades back, one cannot help […]

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A loud and clear warning to politricians

April 12, 2004 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  A LOUD & CLEAR WARNING TO POLITRICIANS STATEMENT BY JOHN LEIGH re 2004 LOCAL GOVERNMENT ELECTIONS The local government elections just concluded appear to many thoughtful observers to be […]

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APC SAYS COME BACK INEVITABLE

April 7, 2004 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

APC LEADER ERNEST BAI KOROMA : SEATED LEFT IS VICTOR FOH Friday March 3 , 2006 Supporters of the All People’s Congress told COCORIOKO  yesterday that an APC  come-back to […]

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Liberian human rights activist questions U.S. war on terror while “Chief Terrorist ” lives freely in Nigeria

April 3, 2004 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Taylor during his heydays as a rebel leader Sunday April 3, 2004 Liberian human rights activist, Sheikh Sackor, has written U.S. President George W. Bush asking him  to step in […]

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Hinga Norman’s accounts frozen

March 29, 2004 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Monday March 29, 2004 The original order to freeze the assets of Sam Hinga Norman was contained within the arrest warrant of 7 March 2003,  as follows: “To identify and […]

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SIERRA LEONE HIGH COMMISSION PRESS RELEASE : Government accepts offer of settlement for chancery building

March 16, 2004 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

SIERRA LEONE HIGH COMMISSION PRESS RELEASE Subj:  33 Portland Place Judgement Date: 3/16/04 3:59:32 AM Dateline Standard Time PRESS RELEASE  It will be recalled that in 2000 the Government of Sierra […]

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Maada Bio never intended to hand over power

March 16, 2004 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  Interesting analysis of the coup situation by the VOA: DATE=1/17/96 TYPE=BACKGROUND REPORT NUMBER=5-32198 TITLE=SIERRA LEONE COUP / REACT BYLINE=WILLIAM EAGLE DATELINE=WASHINGTON CONTENT= VOICED AT: INTRO:  OBSERVERS ARE DEBATING THE […]

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SLPP -UK Problems remain unsolved

March 12, 2004 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

The Sierra Leone People’s Party UK /Ireland Branch did not solve its problems after all, COCORIOKO  can authoritatively report. We have received three letters from contending parties which gave clear […]

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Press Release From The Hinga Norman Defence Committee

March 10, 2004 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Hinga Norman BE IT KNOWN TO ALL THAT we have received with disbelief news of the arrest of people peacefully demonstrating today 10th March 2004 in Freetown in support of […]

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Statements by President Tejan Kabbah and 2 others at opening of new Special Court Courthouse

March 10, 2004 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

STATEMENT By HIS EXCELLENCY ALHAJI DR. AHMAD TEJAN KABBAH PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF SIERRA LEONE At the formal opening of the Courthouse For the Special Court for Sierra Leone […]

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  • A dawn interrupted : The battle for the soul of the Sierra Leone Bar Association
  • Lessons from the Sierra Leone Bar Association’s Postponed Elections: Why Bad Precedent Is a Dangerous Inheritance
  • Sierra Leone Police block Bar Association from holding annual general meeting at Bintumani
  • A Nation That Has Stopped Reading Part I: When the Habit of Reading Begins to Disappear
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MR. YANSANEH BLOWING HIS MIND   ———————- Karma at the Bar: How Politicization Has Finally Turned the Sierra Leone Bar Association Against Itself, And How Partisan Interference Destroyed the SLBA’s […]

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A Dawn Interrupted: The Fight for the Soul of the Bar August 1, 2026 Freetown It was supposed to be a new dawn for the Sierra Leone Bar Association (SLBA). […]

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  Elder statesman and former Nigerian leader, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo has denied endorsing former Director General of United Nations Industrial Organisation [UNIDO], Dr Kandeh Kolleh Yumkella for the presidency of […]

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Youths’ Confidence in President Koroma’s leadership justified

October 26, 2015 0

By KABS KANU : The youths of Sierra Leone have tremendous confidence in the leadership of President Ernest Bai Koroma. They have demonstrated it in many platforms and in sundry […]

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Haja Afsatu Kabba Takes Leave of President Koroma

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  By State House Communication Unit Sierra Leone’s High Commissioner designate to the Federal Republic of Nigeria and seven other accredited countries, Madam Haja Afsatu Olayinka Ebishola Savage Kabba on […]

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Sierra Leone Post Office in Freetown on fire

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This breaking news : The Sierra Leone Postal Services headquarters ( SALPOST ) in Freetown is on fire and efforts are being made by the Freetown Fire Force to save […]

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NEWS FLASH : MCC approves $44. 4 million for Sierra Leone Theshold Program

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Sierra Leone’s Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the United States, H.E. Bockarie Kortu Stevens,  has just broken this good news to COCORIOKO. The Board of Directors of the Millennium Challenge […]

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