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Opinion – Page 2 – Cocorioko

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[ December 7, 2024 ] Sierra Leone Police action raises frightening prospects about SLPP’s determination not to uphold fundamental constitutional rights of free speech and freedom to assemble ACTION NEWS
[ December 5, 2024 ] Sierra Leone’s dictator Maada Bio orders arrests of leaders of planned December 10 demonstrations ACTION NEWS
[ December 5, 2024 ] Concerned Sierra Leoneans press home their plans for peaceful demonstration against Elections Commission of Sierra Leone ( ECSL ) next Monday ACTION NEWS
[ December 5, 2024 ] Sierra Leoneans call on the people for peaceful demonstration against SLPP Government on December 10 ACTION NEWS
[ December 5, 2024 ] As Maada Bio waxes worse in Sierra Leone, where are the voices that should be rising in unison to demand accountability and transparency ? ACTION NEWS

Zero-Tolerance for Anti-FGM Campaigns in Africa?

February 21, 2014 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

The International Day of Zero Tolerance to FGM, a day sponsored by the UN was first observed on February 6, 2003 to create awareness of female genital mutilation (FGM) […]

President Ernest Koroma launches “Pay No Bribe Campaign” in Sierra Leone

February 21, 2014 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By State House Communications Unit President Dr Ernest Bai Koroma on Thursday 20th February said that the “Pay No Bribe Campaign” would primarily ensure that Service Charters for key […]

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 […]

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 […]

Mainstreaming agriculture in the development agenda of Sierra Leone

November 19, 2013 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By Umaru S. Jah, IA Germany : Sierra Leone is a blessed country. A country blessed with multiple forms of natural resources. If riches are only measured in […]

THANK YOU GOD FOR LETTING MEN GIVE ME MY FLOWERS WHILE I AM STILL ALIVE

October 13, 2013 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

BY LEEROY WILFRED KABS-KANU : In Liberia, we have a saying : “GIVE ME MY FLOWERS WHILE I AM STILL ALIVE .” This saying probably emerged because often, only when […]

This Is No Longer A Question Of The SLPP Fighting The SLPP

October 10, 2013 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Tony-Bee3 (1)By Tony Bee : The recent frequent opposition Sierra Leone Peoples Party (SLPP’s) so-called intra -party political violence is a case for concern. It should therefore, be condemned by […]

A Personal Analysis of President Koroma’s Six Years of Governance

October 6, 2013 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By Ibrahim Sillah — True, six years in one’s lifespan is indeed a very short period of time; but in politics it is a whole lifetime. Leaders are often […]

A MODERN AIRPORT IS A GATEWAY TO PROSPERITY

October 6, 2013 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

BY MC Bah- Atlanta, Georgia- USA Among all the Presidents of Sierra Leone – Mr. Koroma has made the modernization and expansion of Lungi airport and even the construction of […]

Sierra Leone on a take-off stage to prosperity

August 13, 2013 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By Unisa Kanu : To a frequent holiday-maker with a whetted appetite for newsfeed, I found myself switched into an active observation mode the moment we touched down in […]

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President Koroma’s Envoy Uses Diplomatic Means to Fight Ebola

October 20, 2014 0

By Alhaji M.B. Jalloh, Press Attaché, Saudi Arabia President Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma’s envoy to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has said that he is very pleased […]

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Stakeholders Give Pass Mark To Elections : Maada Bio Should Give Democracy A Chance!

November 21, 2012 0

Virtually all major stakeholders of the electioneering process in Sierra Leone have come to the conclusion that the November 17 elections were generally free, fair, and peaceful, and that isolated […]

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Deputy Health Minister opens WAHO Annual Review of National Programmes for Mother, Newborn, Child, Adolescent and Youth Health

November 18, 2017 0

By Kadrie Koroma Deputy Health and Sanitation Minister 1, Madam Madina Rahman has officially opened a three-day West African Health Organization (WAHO) Fourth Annual Review of National Programmes for […]

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Information Minister Alpha Kanu says fibre optic now has points of presence in all the districts

August 21, 2015 0

By Siraju Bah The Minister of Information and Communication Hon. Alhaji Alpha BS Kanu has delivered a comprehensive lecture on ICT in Post Ebola Recovery in a Private Sector Resilience, […]

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HOW CAN SIERRA LEONE GROW?

September 23, 2005 0

[ Follow Ups ] [ Post Followup ] [ The Cocorioko Forum ] [ FAQ ] Posted by Saloneman2 on September 23, 2005 at 01:01:39: Recent analyses relative to the […]

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