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GARBAGE POLITICS IN SIERRA LEONE : MAYOR WINSTANLEY JOHNSON STATES HIS CASE
Sent to COCORIOKO by our Freetown-based columnist, Oswald Hanciles I knew and saw it coming all along – from the word “Go”, I have been drumming it […]
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APC LEADER WARNS ABOUT PLANS BY SLPP TO RIG THIS YEAR’S ELECTIONS
The leader of the All People’s Congress, Mr. Ernest Koroma, has warned that the ruling Sierra Leone People’s Party ( SLPP ) plans to rig this year’s Presidential and […]
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The Triumph of Party Loyalty Over Sierra Leone’s National Interest
By Mohamed A. Jalloh In his opinion piece entitled “The Significance of Debt Cancellation to the Socio – Economic Development of Sierra Leone,” John Mannah, who now tells us […]
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SA. LEONEAN PHYSICIAN FOUND SAFE IN FREETOWN
United States -based Sierra Leonean-born cardiologist, Dr. Henry Cole , had only briefly lost contact with his loved ones in the United States, but his collegue , Dr, Elaine Elizabeth […]
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BELLVIEW ABANDONS PASSENGERS AT LUNGI
By Brima Jalloh On Saturday 6th January 2007, Belllview flight bound for London decided to abandon over 30 or more of it’s passengers including women and children at […]
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SLPP BUNGLES DECENTRALIZATION POLICY
The December 22nd, 2006, Press Release from the Office of the President regarding waste management in the City of Freetown, is at best another attempt at derailing Sierra […]
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SLPP MEMBERS DEFECT TO APC
ALFRED ISHMEL SESAY RECEIVES HIS CARD FROM APC LEADER ERNEST KOROMA By Joseph Kamanda Monday January 8, 2007 Barely six month away to the much- awaited Presidential and […]
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Sierra Leone’s Poverty Reduction Pillars are Crumpling
by Karamoh Kabba Sierra Leone’s progress report received a passing grade by the World Bank’s International Development Association (IDA) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) recently. The report stated, […]
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THE THREE MUSKETEERS : WHO IS WHO IN SIERRA LEONE 2007 ?
By Wilfred Kabs-Kanu , Editor-In-Chief When the old year rolls out and the world heralds the advent of a new year at midnight today, the same bells that […]
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THE HANGING OF SADDAM HUSSEIN : LESSON FOR WAR CRIMINALS
The execution of Saddam Hussein has provoked heated debates around the world.In some places, people are jubilating while in others , protests were sparked about the legality of the trial […]