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[ August 11, 2026 ] Sierra Leone cannot afford another democratic collapse and war, but Maada Bio is driving us rapidly back into it ACTION NEWS
[ August 11, 2026 ] Sierra Leone’s constitutional faultline: A walkout, a two-thirds dispute and the stakes for 2028 Uncategorized
[ August 11, 2026 ] Another sad day for democracy in Sierra Leone, as SLPP passes constitutional amendments without 2/3rd majority parliamentary vote ACTION NEWS
[ August 10, 2026 ] BREAKING NEWS: APC walk out of Parliament , after Speaker rejects 2/3rd constitutional threshold for amendment of constitution ACTION NEWS
[ August 10, 2026 ] EDITORIAL : The world is looking up to the APC MPs to vote in the national interest today ACTION NEWS

Bodies of UN crash victims recovered

June 30, 2004 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Wednesday June 30, 2004 The bodies of all 24 victims in last Tuesday’s helicopter crash in Yengema in the Kono District have been recovered from the scene where the aircraft […]

John Benjamin wins Kailahun District Council Chairmanship

June 19, 2004 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Stunning defeat for Professor Septimus KaiKai as John Karimu’s man wins…….. JOHN BENJAMIN WINS KAILAHUN DISTRICT COUNCIL CHAIRMANSHIP The battle for Kailahun District has ended , with victory for […]

I WAS RAPED AND AMPUTATED–Witness testifies

June 18, 2004 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By Sampson Cole Sunday July 18, 2004 At the Special Court the statement of the second Prosecution witness in the RUF trial, read by a member of the Prosecution, […]

‘Crimes committed by the Kamajors will make men of civility and reason recoil’ -David Crane

June 5, 2004 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Tamba Borbor reports from Freetown : Thursday June 5, 2004 The Chief Prosecutor of the Special Court, David Crane, in his opening statement at the start of the trial […]

Big- money politics by Kabbah’s cronies cost APC the local elections

May 31, 2004 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By KABS KANU : PRESIDENT AHMAD TEJAN KABBAH : He has well-placed citizens in public service and private enterprises spraying money on the ruling SLPP to stay in power .To […]

Hinga Norman’s accounts frozen

March 29, 2004 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Monday March 29, 2004 The original order to freeze the assets of Sam Hinga Norman was contained within the arrest warrant of 7 March 2003, as follows: “To identify and […]

APC-NA Chairman leaves for Freetown to help sensitize people for 2007 elections

January 9, 2004 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

The Chairman of the All People’s Congress ( APC) North American Chapter, Mr. Alimamy G. Kargbo, leaves the United States next week for Freetown , to join the sensitization program […]

TRC STANDS BY ITS STATEMENT ON HINGA NORMAN

December 13, 2003 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

PRESS RELEASE BY THE TRC Freetown, Sierra Leone, 03 December 2003 TRC STANDS BY ITS STATEMENT ON HINGA NORMAN The Special Court issued a statement on 3 December 2003 claiming […]

APC has accepted change as a political reality -Ernest Bai Koroma

September 28, 2002 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By KABS KANU Opposition leader, Mr.Ernest Bai Koroma, said today that his party has accepted change as a political reality and the APC was now on the verge of re-inventing […]

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Lamin Alharazim provides more details about 5oth Anniversary celebrations in New Jersey

March 11, 2011 0

The Chairman of the 50th Anniversary Celebration in New Jersey , Mr. Lamin Alharazim, has told COCORIOKO that the celebration is a joint effort with all the different organizations in […]

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PUBLIC NOTICE : CALLING ALL SIERRA LEONEAN MEDICS AND PARAMEDICS

August 28, 2014 0

Sierra Leone’s Ambassador to the U.S. H.E. Bockarie Stevens EMBASSY OF THE REPUBLIC OF SIERRA LEONE 1701 Nineteenth Street N.W. Washington D.C 20009 PUBLIC NOTICE CALLING […]

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Sierra Leone’s electricity crisis worsens as Energy Minister resigns

April 26, 2024 0

By Amadu Lamrana Bah Alhaji Ibrahim Kanja Sesay has resigned effective immediately as Sierra Leone’s Minister of Energy as the country’s electricity crisis continues. The reasons for his resignation haven’t […]

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Throng of Sierra Leonean students in Beijing for Annual Convention

February 5, 2016 0

Dozens of Sierra Leonean students pursuing different fields of academia in various Universities across China will from February 7th to 11th converge in Beijing, China’s capital for their convention, […]

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INFORMATION MINISER ALPHA KANU GOES ON SENSITIZATION BLITZ IN THE LOCAL LANGUAGE

August 28, 2014 0

The Minister of Information and Communications, Hon. Alhaji Alpha Kanu, is educating his people in Lokomasama,Portloko District, about deadly Ebola virus in their local language.

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