Is Maada Bio antagonizing a neighbouring country so early? What kind of diplomacy is this ?
For those very keenly watching the trend of politics unfolding in the little West African nation of Sierra Leone, there is no doubt that they have observed by now the nerve-wracking and frightening direction this former British colony will be heading if Sierra Leoneans make the mistake of taking in to the deceitful SNAKE OIL [...]
Bio to bring shame to Sierra Leone in exchange for power -Freetown newspaper says
May 10, 2012 2 Comments
The Torchlight Newspaper of Freetown has sent us a copy of its front page story published yesterday. If this story is true, the Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP ) Presidential candidate, Brig. Maada Bio , in his unbriddled greed for power, will plunge Sierra Leone into the depths of moral degeneracy and depravity . We call [...]
Continue reading …PART 1 : The Reluctant Retreat to the barracks : How Maada Bio tried to hijack democracy in Sierra Leone in 1996
May 7, 2012 No Comment
Today, we start serializing an immortal article written by our publisher , Rev. Leeroy Wilfred Kabs-Kanu, in the July 1996 issue of the WEST AFRICAN JOURNAL . In this article, Kabs-Kanu chronicles the torturous, painful and dangerous journey Sierra Leoneans made from military junta rule to multi-party democracy. The article colourfully narrates how the present [...]
Continue reading …Sierra Leonean mass murderer at Chatham House : Will Britain arrest Maada Bio or let him off the hook ?
May 4, 2012 7 Comments
From all the speeches one has heard from members of the Permanent 5 ( P-5) of the United Nations Security Council –U.S, Britain, France, Russia and China–in various international fora, summits and high-level meetings, they seem to place high premium on respect for fundamental human rights and the maintenance of peace and security all over [...]
Continue reading …How Maada Bio tried to HIJACK DEMOCRACY and cling to power in Sierra Leone in 1995 -1996 : THE FULL, UNCUT STORY
May 3, 2012 1 Comment
Tomorrow, we will begin republishing Sierra Leone newspaper stories and old articles to confound those who think all Sierra Leoneans are victims of amnesia or that the contemporary history of Sierra Leone was not being recorded. Sierrra Leone travelled a very rough and dangerous path to democracy in 1995-1996 because the military dictator who was in [...]
Continue reading …British Embassy grants visa to depraved and megalomanic former dictator to showboat in the UK
May 2, 2012 1 Comment
Cocorioko Editorial : Britain has done a wonderful job to help end the war in Sierra Leone and even after the war she has been awesome in the moral and financial support she has provided our nation to help her recover socio-economically and politically . All Sierra Leoneans are delighted and thankful for the [...]
Continue reading …BBC features Cocorioko in review of African newspapers’ perception of the Charles Taylor verdict
April 28, 2012 No Comment
The British Broadcasting Corporation ( BBC ) on Thursday lived up to its magnificent reputation of being unequalled for its promptness and immediacy to provide news scoops (among all international news media ) by being the first to break the news to an anxious and breathlessly-awaiting international world that Charles Taylor, the former Liberian leader, had been [...]
Continue reading …5Ist Independence Anniversary with a difference after Special Court judgement
April 27, 2012 No Comment
The Management and Editorial Staff of COCORIOKO would like to extend our felicitations and best wishes to all Sierra Leoneans at home and abroad on the occasion of the 51st Independence Anniversary of our beloved nation. There is no doubt that this is an Independence Anniversary with a difference. Not only is there excitement and joy [...]
Continue reading …Charles Taylor verdict a lesson that should resonate to all those planning to bring another chaos to Sierra Leone
April 26, 2012 2 Comments
The trial and now the guilty verdict today on former Liberian President, Charles Ghankay Taylor, should be a lesson to all those planning to disrupt the forthcoming November elections and bring chaos to Sierra Leone. BIG BROTHER is watching you and you will suffer no less a fate than the killer and cannibal, Charles Taylor [...]
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Pa. Sama Banya has left no doubt that he is a no longer a useful and valuable commodity in the socio-political life of our beloved nation . Since I started following up his PUAWUI column, nothing has exemplified this senior citizen more than his penchant to support and promote criminal citizens and unpatriotic and lost [...]
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