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[ April 3, 2026 ] Is Edmond Sylvester Alpha the Only Man for the Job? Sierra Leone’s Electoral Integrity at a Crossroads ACTION NEWS
[ April 2, 2026 ] “Lives will be lost”: How the U.K.’s aid cuts may affect parts of Africa ACTION NEWS
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[ March 29, 2026 ] Solar street light project in Lunsar illuminates the city ACTION NEWS
[ March 29, 2026 ] Why does Ghana’s democracy hold steady in a turbulent democratic landscape? ACTION NEWS

FREETOWN IS AN EYESORE

June 22, 2004 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By Sampson Cole : Thursday June 22, 2004 The Mayor of the Municipality of Freetown, Winstanley Bankole Johnson has told members of the National Traders Multi Purpose Union that […]

Ernest Koroma, aspiring President , gives Cocorioko second exclusive interview about his plans for Sierra Leone : Part 3

May 23, 2004 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

More Pictures From the visit to New Jersey on May 19-20, 2004 of the high -Powered APC Delegation From Freetown , led by the Party Leader and Presidential candidate Ernest […]

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 […]

HINGA NORMAN : A LIFE TIME OF POLITICAL CONTROVERSIES … and life on a knife’s edge………

September 16, 2003 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

HINGA NORMAN : A PLAQUE OF INFAMY OR HEROISM ? Wilfred Kabs- Kanu looks at a jolly man whose political lifestyle has embodied controversy so far….. The name […]

President Tejan Kabbah’s testimony before the Sierra Leone Truth and Reconciliation Commission ( TRC )

August 5, 2003 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Mr. Chairman and members of the Commission, I am delighted to have been invited to make a statement at these public hearings of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, particularly on […]

PMDC ACCUSES BEREWA OF TRAVELLING WITH ARMED THUGS

June 30, 0207 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By Joseph Kamanda While investigations into alleged assassination attempt on the leader and presidential candidate of the People Movement for Democratic Change( PMDC) leader, Charles Francis Margai along the […]

A SOBERING POLITICAL LESSON FROM THE 1967 GENERAL ELECTION! THE SLPP SOWED THE SEEDS OF TRIBALISM, NEPOTISM, CORRUPTION AND VIOLENCE IN THE POLITICS OF SIERRA LEONE

June 20, 0207 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By Sekou Dauda Bangura “The appointment of Siaka Probyn Stevens as prime minister is unconstitutional and we the members of the armed forces being the custodians […]

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GOODWILL AMBASSADOR ISATU TIMBO SENDS SUPPLIES TO SIERRA LEONE TO COMBAT EBOLA

November 4, 2014 0

Sierra Leone’s Goodwill Ambassador to the United States, Mrs. Isatu Timbo, has done it again. She has sent a 40-foot container stacked with medical supplies to help her country […]

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Lungi Bridge : We Sierra Leoneans do not cease to amaze

June 26, 2019 0

By Abdul A. Kargbo We as a people don’t cease to amaze ourselves with our thought processes. When the other guys wanted to build a new airport for $300,000,000 to […]

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Young man shot in the head in Makeni demonstration dies at Connaught Hospital

July 26, 2020 0

ALUSINE SESAY, a 28 year old young man shot in the head by the Sierra Leone security forces during the Makeni demonstrations has died at the Connaught Hospital in Freetown. […]

Lead Stories

Sierra Leone’s Ambassador to the UN Adikalie Sumah urges aspirants, MPs , and officials to fully educate the public on the economic realities

November 29, 2016 0

By KABS KANU : NEW YORK : The Permanent Representative of Sierra Leone to the United Nations, Ambassador Adikalie Foday Sumah, yesterday told the Government International Media Network ( GIMN […]

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Political violence in Sierra Leone: What happened to “never again”?

June 21, 2023 0

By Abdulai Mansaray When violence appears to do good, it is temporary and the evil it does is permanent (M. Gandhi). Those who make peaceful revolutions impossible will always make […]

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