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Boycotting Parliament is not the solution

When will some opposition parties  in Sierra Leone learn that politics is not war and they are not in a belligerent  and confrontational relationship with government ?  In Sierra Leone, we don’t do many things right  and one of them is the way politics is conducted , especially by some opposition parties. Where  have dialogue and constructive engagement gone [...]

By KABS KANU : Everybody we spoke to who is connected with the couple  said the same thing  that the story is false  and it is a made-up news report . The wife of the Vice-President and the Second Lady of Sierra Leone, Mrs. Khadia Sam-Sumana  herself said she was so stunned by the report [...]

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A very historic event happened in New Jersey  last Saturday September 24, 2011.  The President of Sierra Leone, Dr.Ernest Bai Koroma,  actually came to  Franklin Township, Somerset, New Jersey –Home to many thousands of Sierra Leoneans , some of the most flourishing Sierra Leone organizations, churches and  mosques in the United States of America and the [...]

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The Editorial Team of Cocorioko is inviting articles from Sierra Leoneans for the second edition of the print version of the newspaper. Articles on all sphere of life in Sierra Leone are invited–politics, Sports, entertainment, women’s issues, economics, health, commerce etc and as we said yesterday you can ask for your social occasions–Weddings, outings, pull [...]

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The Cocorioko print edition , which  came out in the U.S. last week,  is moving  like hot cakes at the newsstands .  We have also circulated it in many of the foreign missions in New York and embassies in Washington DC.  We are working on plans to make Cocorioko one of the most interesting Sierra Leone newspapers .  [...]

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President Ernest Bai Koroma is different from all other presidents we have ever had in Sierra Leone. Firstly because of his charm , friendly and pleasant dispositions , people never have enough of him. They are always drawn to him .When he left New Jersey for a tour of four other states, hoping to take [...]

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WE HAVE DONE IT AT LAST. It is indeed a long lane that has no turning. COCORIOKO has finally succeeded in entering the print market after years of crusading journalism on the internet. The first  print edition of COCORIOKO was unveiled last Saturday during the Presidential visit to New Jersey where the paper is based. [...]

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  Written By Jacob Sax Conteh, Cocorioko Editor-in-Chief :   As details still pour in about the ugly violence that erupted in Bo in the past two days when an SLPP rally led by Maada Bio, SLPP presidential candidate for the 2012 presidential elections in Sierra Leone reportedly clashed with APC supporters, as a peace [...]

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When all is said and done, the real meaning of the Maada Bio selection by the Sierra Leone People’s Party ( SLPP ) was a cry for help from Sierra Leone’s oldest political party than fielding a candidate for next year’s Presidential elections. Out of a field of 18 aspirants, the SLPP  could choose nobody [...]

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The hypocrisy and double standards surrounding  Sierra Leone’s forthcoming Presidential Elections stink to the high heavens. The opposition Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP ) candidate and supporters are free to tear into the records of President Ernest Bai Koroma at will, insult and accuse him of whatever they conceive  and even utter statements that are [...]

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