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When the Name of a Nation Suffers, the Innocent Suffer Most ! 🇸🇱

May 9, 2026 Kabs Kanu 0

When the Name of a Nation Suffers, the Innocent Suffer Most ! 🇸🇱 By Zee Tunkara It is truly painful that the actions of a few individuals involved in the […]

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The National Security and Intelligence Act 2026: A Shadow Government Dressed as a War Cabinet

May 9, 2026 Kabs Kanu 0

  The National Security and Intelligence Act 2026: A Shadow Government Dressed as a War Cabinet By Joseph Fitzgerald Kamara, Esq When the government slipped the National Security and Intelligence […]

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Disaster in Freetown, as container on truck falls and kills 10 people

May 8, 2026 Kabs Kanu 0

🚨 TRAGIC NEWS 💔😭 A devastating accident has  taken place along the Rokel Container Waterloo Highway, leaving several people feared dead. Early reports indicate that at least 1Ø lives have […]

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ALL SET FOR SIERRA LEONE’S INDEPENDENCE ANNIVERSARY PARADE IN NEW JERSEY ON SATURDAY

May 1, 2026 Kabs Kanu 0

ALL SET FOR SIERRA LEONE’S INDEPENDENCE ANNIVERSARY PARADE IN NEW JERSEY ON SATURDAY By Kabs Kanu All roads lead to New Jersey this weekend as hundreds of Sierra Leoneans and […]

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A Divided Nation Cannot Prosper: Confronting Tribalism in Sierra Leone

May 1, 2026 Kabs Kanu 0

A Divided Nation Cannot Prosper: Confronting Tribalism in Sierra Leone By Alhaji M B Jalloh Since the dawn of human history, has any individual ever been granted the privilege of […]

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*Mr. President, Listen to the People’s Cadence*

May 1, 2026 Kabs Kanu 0

*Mr. President, Listen to the People’s Cadence* By Oumar Farouk Sesay A flurry of press releases—some defensive, some accusatory—flooded the media the moment the guarantors of the tripartite arrangement issued […]

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THE 55% CONSTITUTIONAL THRESHOLD AND THE FRAGILITY OF NATIONAL TRUST

May 1, 2026 Kabs Kanu 0

THE 55% CONSTITUTIONAL THRESHOLD AND THE FRAGILITY OF NATIONAL TRUST By Oumar Farouk Sesay The 55% threshold in Sierra Leone’s 1991 Constitution was no arithmetic accident. It was a deliberate […]

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*Maada Bio: The Hypocrisy That Cuts Deep*

May 1, 2026 Kabs Kanu 0

*Maada Bio: The Hypocrisy That Cuts Deep* 🔎 Zoom in 🔎 When Maada Bio took that stage at SLPP’s 75th anniversary celebration, you could feel the disconnect hit like a […]

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Sixty-five years after independence, one painful truth remains: we, as a people, have failed Mama Salone.

April 26, 2026 Kabs Kanu 0

By Ibrahim Yusuf Bangura Sixty-five years after independence, one painful truth remains: we, as a people, have failed Mama Salone. In 1961, we inherited a nation of immense promise – […]

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65 years of Independence : Let us be honest for a second

April 26, 2026 Kabs Kanu 0

🇸🇱 65 Years of Independence… But Let’s Be Honest for a Second Today, Sierra Leone turns 65. Flags are up, music is playing, people are celebrating. But let me ask […]

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  • A call to conscience : Protect democracy, not compromise it
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Parliament adjourns Debate on Constitutional Amendment Bill to July 31 The Parliament of Sierra Leone has adjourned debate on the Constitution of Sierra Leone (Amendment) Bill, 2025 to Friday, 31st […]

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New Country Representative of UNICEF arrives in Sierra Leone

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NEWS NOTE  New Country Representative of UNICEF arrives in Sierra Leone FREETOWN, 10 August 2017 – The new Representative of UNICEF in Sierra Leone, Dr Hamid El-Bashir Ibrahim, has been […]

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THE OSWALD HANCILES COLUMN : “Go Back to the Drawing Board” – for Okada (?)

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Commercial motor bikes (famously known in Nigeria and Sierra Leone as “okada”) have been banned from entering the Central Business District (CBN) of Freetown by the newly appointed Minister of […]

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January 6, 1999 : Never again in the chequered history of our beloved nation

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On this sad anniversary of a day our nation will never forget, we bring you an editorial COCORIOKO  wrote six years ago during the 13th anniversary.  We hope this editorial […]

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