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Mrs. Isatu Timbo-Nwokedi steals the show in Maryland as she is adorned WOMAN OF THE YEAR 2023

March 30, 2023 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By Kabs Kanu SATURDAY MARCH 25, 2023 was another remarkable and magnificent milestone for the world-renowned Sierra Leonean Goodwill Ambassador and Consul in Los Angeles , Mrs. Isatu Isha Timbo-Nwokedi, […]

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Hats off to the EU Elections Observer Team and U.S. Embassy : They provide Sierra Leoneans hope that all is not lost under Maada Bio

February 8, 2023 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By Kabs Kanu COCORIOKO  is very impressed with the role being played by the European Union Elections Observer Mission in Sierra Leone and the U.S. Embassy in their quest to […]

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Should Sierra Leoneans hold out hope that the Supreme Court judges will be impartial and throw out the PR system Bio is trying to use to rig the 2023 elections ?

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

By Kabs Kanu A Sierra Leonean political and social media activist told COCORIOKO yesterday that one would have to be a fool functioning at the level of an imbecile to […]

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Sierra Leone sitting on time bomb as President Bio continues meddling in APC ‘s Internal Affairs to wreck party’s chances of winning 2023 elections

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

Sierra Leone is on Time Bomb Due to President Bio’s Interference in APC Party’s Internal Affairs By Abu Shaw  (08/01/2023)  The Sierra Leone President is deliberately paving the way for […]

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U.S. President Joe Biden condemned for inviting African dictators, human rights abusers and war crimes suspects to his U.S/Africa Leadership Summit

December 6, 2022 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

The authoritative FOREIGN POLICY Magazine has disclosed that African human rights abusers and war crimes suspects are among African leaders invited to this year’s U.S/African Leadership Summit to be held […]

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Maada Bio Government accused of horrific human rights abuses during curfew hours as armed security allegedly going door-to-door secretly to arrest and murder youths

August 12, 2022 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Bio Orders His Minister to Slaughter Dozens of Citizens During the Curfew Hours Last Night By Abu Shaw in London (11/08/2022) The summary executions carried out on innocent citizens last […]

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Sierra Leoneans demonstrate against President Maada Bio : Police officers killed, government buses burnt down, nation in total disarray and MAC-P and 3pm-6am curfew imposed

August 10, 2022 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Sierra Leoneans have gone into the streets to stage the biggest and the most violent protest against President Maada Bio so far. Chanting , “MAADA MUST GO, WE WANT PEACE […]

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Sierra Leone at 61: Nothing to celebrate : More poverty, suffering, bad governance , anger and frustration

April 27, 2022 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

When Sierra Leone gained Independence in 1961 from Britain, the excitement, expectations and hope for a better future were indescribable . Sierra Leone danced and jubilated all over the country. […]

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If the playing field is level and fair, and the APC up to their game, Alpha Khan will make no impact in Port Loko

January 24, 2022 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By Kabs Kanu It seems to some people that the Alpha Kanu defection to the ruling SLPP is a game-changer and that it has given the SLPP an upper hand […]

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Why is NEC holding on to the results of the two Koinadugu bye-elections and refusing to call them ?

October 3, 2021 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

It is over 48hours since polling in the two crucial bye-elections in Koinadudu District on Saturday and up till now the National Elections Commission ( NEC ) has not announced […]

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