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Sierra Leone media warned against inciting soldiers

February 7, 2014 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

MINISTRY OF DEFENCE TOWER HILL FREETOWN Cell Phone: 076616457/033441279 OPEN LETTER TO THE PRESS Dear Members of the Press,   The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has observed with utter dismay […]

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No Time For Maada Bio’s Madness

February 3, 2014 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By Mohamed Sankoh (One Drop) :  A letter, purportedly written by the Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP)’s failed 2012 presidential candidate, Julius Maada Bio, shows the thought-process of a confused […]

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Street Traders and State Power

February 3, 2014 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Street Traders and State Power Yusuf Bangura Department of Political Science Fourah Bay College, Freetown February 2014 There have been sporadic confrontations between state authorities and street traders over the […]

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Gbanka community Junior Secondary School Wants Government Intervention

January 31, 2014 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

 By Alhassa Spear Kamara in Freetown : The Gbanka Community Junior Secondary  school  in the Bombali Shebora Chiefdon in the outskirt of Makeni , Bombali District,   has a couple […]

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New Jersey Chief Imam showers praises on Cocorioko Publisher for incomparable community service

January 31, 2014 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

The Chief Imam of one of the leading muslim jamaats in New Jersey has highly commended the Publisher of COCORIOKO , Rev. Leeroy Wilfred Kabs-Kanu, for the incomparable service he […]

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Ambassadors console grieving Serry- Kamal family

January 29, 2014 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

The two Deputy Permanent Representatives at the Permanent Mission of Sierra Leone to the United  Nations over the weekend travelled all the way from New York to Maryland to console […]

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Clarion call from President Koroma : “Put Salone above all political, ethnic and personal issues”

January 17, 2014 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

 President Ernest Bai Koroma yesterday met with representatives of civil society organizations (CSOs) and media activists at State House as part of his “new approach” to governance – wider engagement […]

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President Koroma tells visiting MCC executives Government committed to the fight against corruption

December 18, 2013 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By State House Communications Unit : President Dr Ernest Bai Koroma has assured the visiting Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC )  Acting Vice President for Compact Operations, Jonathan Bloom that government […]

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Full Budget Speech to Parliament by Finance Minister Dr. Kelfala Marah

December 3, 2013 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Posted by Cocorioko Newspaper on December 3, 20130 Comment   MR. SPEAKER, HONOURABLE MEMBERS I. INTRODUCTION Mr. Speaker, Honourable Members, I rise to move that the Bill entitled, “An Act to provide […]

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Special Court Hands Over Courthouse and Complex to the Government of Sierra Leone

December 3, 2013 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

o Special Court for Sierra Leone Outreach and Public Affairs Office PRESS RELEASE Freetown, Sierra Leone, 2 December 2013 The Special Court today formally handed over the Court’s landmark courthouse […]

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Sierra Leone gained independence from Britain on 27 April 1961. The golden jubilee of that glorious day is this April. It has been an eventful 50 years, and as the […]

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Restoration and Upkeep of Cemeteries in Freetown – The Race Course Cemetery Fencing Project.

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  This was a key initiative taken on by the Sierra Leone Bicentenary Trust, a UK based registered charity, providing education and training for people of all ages. (http://sierraleonebicentenarytrust.org/news.html) Contributing […]

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Sierra Leone Ebola Update : July 21, 2014

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Ministry of Health and SanitationEbola Update July 21, 2014• Ninety-eight (98) patients have survived the disease and have been discharged• For the 20th July 2014, a total of nine (9) […]

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RENAISSANCE MOVEMENT AND THE SLPP: the familiar hidden hand of a political mission

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  By Hon Cornelius Deveaux Deputy Minister of Information and Communications Borrowing a few words from Wikipedia, Civil Society Organizations are an “aggregate of non-governmental organizations and institutions that manifest […]

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Hilton Fyle derides Kabbah’s abuse of power and justifies his opposition of the President’s 1998 invasion of Sierra Leone

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Tuesday September 28, 2004 : Famed Sierra Leonean broadcaster, Hilton Fyle, on Saturday held his audience spellbound as he powerfully highlighted his harrowing experiences with the ruling SLPP government in […]

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