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Crack down on corrupt elements the only solution

December 20, 2004 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Monday December 20, 2004 President Ahmad Tejan Kabbah’s appeal  for a change of attitudes towards the use of public funds and property, given at Saturday’s  University of Sierra Leone convocation at […]

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O, lamentable day ! ! !

October 6, 2004 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  Tuesday October 6, 2004 By KABS KANU : When at first  a nation seeks to deceive, what a lamentable spectale it weaves. When a nation decides to continue sitting in darkness   at […]

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Charles Taylor is still a danger to West Africa

September 12, 2004 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

SPECIAL COURT FOR SIERRA LEONE OFFICE OF THE PROSECUTOR PRESS RELEASE  20 September 2004 Prosecutor David M. Crane Calls Taylor a Continuing Threat to Regional Peace Prosecutor David M. Crane […]

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PRESIDENT KABBAH TO RESHUFFLE HIS CABINET TODAY ?

August 2, 2004 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  Monday August 2, 2004 A usually reliable source in  Freetown has informed COCORIOKO  that President Alhaji Dr. Ahmad Tejan Kabbah will do that  national brinksmanship  which the nation has been […]

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NEWS FLASH : President Ahmad Tejan Kabbah reshuffles his cabinet

August 2, 2004 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Monday August 2, 2004 12:20 PM(EST) President Ahmad Tejan Kabbah has reshuffled his cabinet , as exclusively reported to COCORIOKO this morning by reliable sources from Freetown . But from […]

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WEST SIDE BOYS GO WILD IN PRISON

July 22, 2004 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

WEST SIDE BOYS By Sampson Cole in Freetown Thursday July 22, 2004 The Westside Boys who have been incarcerated in Prison over two years now, for various charges on murder […]

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OLD WEBSITE-SPECIAL COURT TRIAL -COVERAGE OF HINGA NORMAN AND RUF TRIALS

July 2, 2004 Kabs Kanu 0

  SPECIAL COURT FOR SIERRA LEONE OFFICE OF THE PROSECUTORPRESS RELEASE Freetown, 29 March 2006 Chief Prosecutor Announces the Arrival of Charles Taylor at the Special CourtFreetown – The Prosecutor, […]

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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 […]

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FREETOWN IS AN EYESORE

June 22, 2004 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  By Sampson Cole : Thursday June 22, 2004 The Mayor of the Municipality of Freetown, Winstanley Bankole Johnson has told members of the National Traders Multi Purpose Union that […]

COMMENTARY

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 […]

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  • 65th Independence anniversary : Echoes of a dark and ugly past ; Appeal to President Bio not to drag Sierra Leone into another war
  • 65 YEARS OF INDEPENDENCE have been Cruel luck for the people of Sierra Leone
  • Sixty-five years after independence, one painful truth remains: we, as a people, have failed Mama Salone.
  • Independence Anniversary : A reflection on the role of the SLPP in national unity, peace agreements and political responsibility
  • 65 years of Independence : Let us be honest for a second
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65th Independence anniversary : Echoes of a dark and ugly past ; Appeal to President Bio not to drag Sierra Leone into another war

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COCORIOKO EDITORIAL: Echoes of a Dark Past – An Independence Day Plea for Sierra Leone’s Soul As Sierra Leone marks another Independence Anniversary, the air should ideally be thick with […]

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65 YEARS OF INDEPENDENCE have been Cruel luck for the people of Sierra Leone

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By Kabs Kanu The April 27, 1961 Independence ushered in what could be rightly described as cruel luck for the people of  Sierra Leone.  Independence was meant to usher in […]

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Reflecting on 60 years of Sierra Leone’s Independence : Between quest for nationhood and dependency

April 26, 2021 0

By Alhaji U. N’jai On April 27th, 2021, Sierra Leone as a nation turns 60. Celebrations across the country to mark Independence Day have become a usual tradition. There is […]

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Sierra Leone delegation commends ACP Group of States for Ebola support

November 27, 2015 0

Head of the Sierra Leone delegation to this year’s 102nd Council of Ministers meeting of the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States (ACP), who is also the country’s Minister […]

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Agriculture Ministry’s new Smallholder Commercialization and Agribusiness Development Project will improve the lives of 50,000 people

January 23, 2017 0

Agriculture is one of the priorities  of President Koroma ( Third from left ) FREETOWN, January 20, 2017 — Represententatives from the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Food Security (MAFF), […]

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Annual Students’ Convention ends in solemn mood, as Embassy assures New Executive of continued support

February 23, 2015 0

The Sierra Leone Students’ Union in the People’s Republic of China on Sunday 22nd February brought the curtains of its annual convention down, marking an end to some somber moments […]

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“Hand Hygiene is a life-saving approach” – Deputy Health Minister II

May 10, 2016 0

  Sierra Leone has joined other countries the world over to commemorate World Hygiene Day on the theme: “Hand Hygiene Supports Safe Surgical Care”.   Cross section of the audience […]

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