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The bad news for all seeking international justice against Maada Bio : ICC meeting at UN may not be for criminal investigation

August 25, 2023 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

BAD NEWS FOR SIERRA LEONEANS CRAVING INTERNATIONAL JUSTICE AGAINST PRESIDENT BIO : ICC MEETING MAY NOT BE RELATED TO CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS OF PRESIDENT By Kabs Kanu Cocorioko prides itself in […]

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U.S. Ambassador Reimer, British High Commissioner Chesney, EU , International elections observers, Sierra Leoneans hail you

August 22, 2023 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

COCORIOKO  wants to take this opportunity to thank members of the international community for their principled and determined stand against the irredeemably corrupt, despotic, uncivilized and illegitimate SLPP Government of […]

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What SLPP Needs to Understand About International Diplomacy and Geopolitical Realities

August 22, 2023 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

What SLPP Needs to Understand About International Diplomacy and Geopolitical Realities By Kabs Kanu (22/08/2023)  SLPP supporters rejoicing that the change of batons between Reimer and his successor will shift the […]

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U.S . setting the stage for wide-ranging sanctions against Maada Bio’s government

August 17, 2023 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  BY Kabs Kanu The Millennium Challenge Corporation ( MCC ) grant program worth nearly U. S $500 million will after all not be the only U.S project about to […]

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Shame on Liberia’s President George Weah for violating international humanitarian laws to extradite endangered Sierra Leone police chief

August 10, 2023 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By Kabs Kanu GEORGE OPPONG WEAH  is a much- admired name in Sierra Leone. A soccer -crazy nation, Sierra Leoneans are among the millions of football fans all over the […]

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Lisa Chesney, has your British government started swallowing Maada Bio’s deceitful baits ?

August 9, 2023 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  By Kabs Kanu British High Commissioner Lisa Chesney, when you foreign diplomats on whom so much is expected remain so naive and hypocritical , that is why Africa will […]

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Such an Over- bloated cabinet in such times of dire economic troubles shows what Maada Bio thinks of our nation

July 18, 2023 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By Kabs Kanu As if to add insult to injury after stealing the elections, defying all international stakeholder condemnation and imposing himself on the people, now President Maada Bio has […]

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President Bio should be made to know that restitution comes first before peace and reconciliation

July 14, 2023 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

PRESIDENT BIO, RESTITUTION COMES FIRST BEFORE GENUINE PEACE AND RECONCILIATION By Kabs Kanu I will never stop stressing that RESTITUTION-Putting right the wrongs that have been committed -should be the […]

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No honest, credible media will support a bloody, despotic, corrupt and abusive government like the SLPP

July 12, 2023 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

The people’s stolen verdict…. NO HONEST, CREDIBLE MEDIA WILL SUPPORT A BLOODY, DESPOTIC, CORRUPT AND ABUSIVE GOVERNMENT LIKE THE SLPP By Kabs Kanu Let us face reality and call a […]

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Elections Commissioner Mohamed Konneh committed a strict liability crime for which there is no defence in law

July 2, 2023 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  By Kabs Kanu There are certain offenses in tort and criminal law for which you have no legal defence. If you commit them, there are no mitigating or extenuating […]

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By COCORIOKO reporters Human rights violations in Sierra Leone under the President Maada Bio SLPP Government took another turn into the abys when a Deputy Health Minister , Anthony Sandi, […]

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