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*Pontius Pilate in Parliament: The Hands Had Already Acted Before the Water Arrived*

August 17, 2026 Kabs Kanu 0

*Pontius Pilate in Parliament: The Hands Had Already Acted Before the Water Arrived* By Yoni Emmanuel Sesay Pontius Pilate is remembered not because he lacked authority, nor because he was […]

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Alpha Sesay, constitutional reform and the difference between paper and power

August 14, 2026 Kabs Kanu 0

ALPHA SESAY, CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM, AND THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN PAPER AND POWER By Paunga Absenstous- Manor Sesay In my first article, I promised Sierra Leoneans that I would deal carefully with […]

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Speaker of Parliament lectured on law by citizens: A court of law can overrule a speaker’s decision

August 12, 2026 Kabs Kanu 0

Citizens of Sierra Leone have embarrassed the Speaker of the Sierra Leone Parliament , Mr. Solomon Segepor Thomas, on social media. This morning, on the Facebook website of Parliament, it […]

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Opposition APC distances itself from the controversial constitutional amendments by SLPP-controlled Parliament

August 12, 2026 Kabs Kanu 0

The opposition All People’s Congress ( APC) has distanced itself from the controversial constitutional amendments undertaken last Monday by the ruling Sierra Leone People’s Party – controlled Parliament.

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Timothy Kabba is out : Mohamed Rado Swaray is now Foreign Minister as President Bio reshuffles his cabinet

August 12, 2026 Kabs Kanu 0

President Maada Bio reshuffled his cabinet yesterday, removing two of his key ministers and transferring one of them to State House as his presidential advisers. TIMOTHY KABBA Mr. Sheku Fantamadi […]

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*The 2028 Election May Have Already Begun*

August 11, 2026 Kabs Kanu 0

*The 2028 Election May Have Already Begun* By Oumar Farouk Sesay Only amateurs wait until election day to rig an election. By then, ballots are being watched, observers are present, […]

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Sierra Leone cannot afford another democratic collapse and war, but Maada Bio is driving us rapidly back into it

August 11, 2026 Kabs Kanu 0

SIERRA LEONE CANNOT ANOTHER DEMOCRATIC COLLAPSE AND WAR, BUT MAADA BIO IS DRIVING US RAPIDLY BACK INTO IT By Kabs Kanu Sierra Leone’s democratic crisis deepened today when Parliament controversially […]

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Another sad day for democracy in Sierra Leone, as SLPP passes constitutional amendments without 2/3rd majority parliamentary vote

August 11, 2026 Kabs Kanu 0

By Kabs Kanu Parliament today enacted the Constitution of Sierra Leone (Amendment) Bill, 2025 without the constitutionally mandated 2/3rd majority after only 97 MPs voted in favor as against 46 […]

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BREAKING NEWS: APC walk out of Parliament , after Speaker rejects 2/3rd constitutional threshold for amendment of constitution

August 10, 2026 Kabs Kanu 0

BREAKING: APC WALKS OUT OF PARLIAMENT By Joseph Turay A few minutes ago in Parliament, Members of the opposition APC staged a walkout following a ruling by the Speaker of […]

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EDITORIAL : The world is looking up to the APC MPs to vote in the national interest today

August 10, 2026 Kabs Kanu 0

The whole world is counting on the  patriotism of Members of Parliament of the opposition All People’s Congress ( APC ) today to vote against Maada Bio’s  constitutional amendments that […]

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  • More drama in Sierra Leone as Chief Justice orders the arrest of former Justice Minister JFK for yesterday’s tense exchanges at the Supreme Court
  • Another big political drama in Sierra Leone as APC and Supreme Court clash over disputed Constitutional Amendment Bill
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*Dear Sierra Leonean-Trained Legal Practitioners: This Is Your Moment* By Oumar Farouk Sesay When the Sierra Leone Law School was established in the late 1980s, amid opposition from some members […]

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  Sierra Leone’s Ambassador to the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia and Permanent Representative to the African Union and Economic Commission for Africa, His Excellency Osman Keh Kamara has called […]

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Buntumani 3 : What the people say

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THE COCORIOKO NEWSPAPER BRINGS YOU A SAMPLING OF VIEWS FROM SIERRA LEONEANS ON THE PROPOSED BINTUMANI PEACE CONFERENCE PLANNED BY THE PRESIDENT MAADA BIO GOVERNMENT. Paul Idriss President Bio is […]

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By Bockarie Kukuku Musa On Thursday 15th June 2017, the Minister of Political and Public Affairs, Hon. Nanette Thomas paid a courtesy call on the Ombudsman of the Republic of […]

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