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SIERRA LEONE GOODWILL AMBASSADOR TO LAUNCH THE WAY TO HAPPINESS INITIATIVE IN SIERRA LEONE
The 11-year civil war took a profound toll on Sierra Leone’s youth which this nation still works to mend. However, Mr. Koroma and visionaries in Sierra Leone and abroad are now taking efforts to turn things around and improve the future for their youth, focusing primarily on education and leadership. One major component of this movement [...]
‘The Way To Happiness’ Foundation commits to bring happiness to kids in Sierra Leone
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Sierra Leone Opts to join the Equal futures Partnership
By PASCO TEMPLE : Sierra Leone has opted to join the United States of America, Netherlands and Bangladesh, along – with ten other founding members of the Equal Futures Partnership- a United States Government initiative geared towards expanding women’s political and economic participation. The initiative is designed to reaffirm and make real, respective obligations and [...]
Julius Maada Bio: His Suitability?
By Amadu Manjamadu Bah : In spite of all what has been written, said, and done about Julius Maada Bio’s suitability, some individuals still have the illusion that this man is fit to be president. I wonder what/who such individuals love most: Sierra Leone or Maada Bio? If they love Sierra Leone, they must set [...]
Sierra Leone, a land we love
By Mabel John Baimba Sesay (Mrs.) : Home, they say, is sweet, and as such we hear expressions like, ‘home sweet home’; ‘there is no place like home’. It is indeed true. This is especially so when the place you call home is going through transformation, through the commitment of her people and leadership. I left [...]
Logus Koroma – The Silent Hero in APC Politics!
It is stated in Chinua Achebe’s Novel, “Things Fall Apart”, that “The Lizard that Jumps from the high Iroko tree to the ground said it will praise itself if no one else did”; but this cannot be said of Mr. Leonard Balogun Koroma; a man who, unassumingly and silently rose to political stardom through what [...]
“Minister Plenipotentiary : What is that ?” : A Rejoinder
Written by Jacob Conteh : Editor-In-Chief of Cocorioko : I am at a loss to understand why a journalist would have problems with the meaning of the title , “Minister Plenipotentiary” . A diligent research would have saved the time of whoever wrote that article in one of our online newspapers , titled : “Minister [...]
Fourah Bay College to be developed with OFID funds
Fourah Bay College, once the premier university in West Africa, is about to benefit from massive funds from the OPEC Fund For International Development, which is providing loans and grants to some African countries. According to a release issued here, the loans and grants for the 13 African countries stand as follows: DR Congo: US$8million to [...]
Former Njala University Dean Professor Magnus Cole dies in the U.S.
Professor Magnus J A Cole (in photo), a trailblazer who established a Science Curriculum Development Center at Njala University of Sierra Leone and revered by both faculty and students, died on Friday, 30 November, 2012. He was 78. “At 9.21 p.m. the angels came to take Professor Magnus Jonathan Athanasius Cole to [...]
Will Ernest Handle Unprecedented Power to Transform Salone?
By Oswald Hanciles : “You gave us a mandate to deliver…We delivered the change we promised…Thank you for trusting us with the leadership of our beautiful country in 2007….We inherited a country where the government no longer respected the people…We stopped this tide of disrespect for the ordinary man…We allowed the ordinary people to come [...]
Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon congratulates President Koroma and says strong partnership between UN and Sierra Leone will continue
The Sierra Leone People’s Party ( SLPP ) is the only entity left now to acknowledge that the November 17, 2012 elections were free, fair and credible and worthy of high acclaim for its transparency and the manner in which it was commended. Everybody and every institution that matters locally and internationally have said so. [...]
The time for politics is over and moment for continuation of transformation has come , President says as he is sworn in to serve second term
—–YOU CAN READ THE STORY ALSO AT WWW.COCORIOKO.INFO —– Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma has been sworn in as the President of Sierra Leone for a second term. The colorful and auspicious occasion took place at State House in Freetown this afternoon after he was declared winner of the 2012 Presidential Elections by the National Elections [...]
Sierra Leoneans: Let’s Congratulate Ourselves
By Mohamed Sankoh (One Drop) : Sierra Leoneans have done it again. We did it in 2007. And we have done it again in 2012. We would have played the proverbial lizards but the European Union Elections Observation Mission (EU EOM); the African Union elections observers; the elections think tanks of the world, and our [...]
A President with a rich history of firsts
A contributor in the social media, Mr. Mamu Al Conteh , describes why President Ernest Bai Koroma is the best President we have ever had in Sierra Leone. He is the President with a history of firsts, which is why he deserves to be elected to a second term on Saturday : READ WHAT MR. [...]
SECRET PAST, Sierra Leone movie to premiere in Dallas
Because of the splendid cooperation of the Sierra Leone community in the Metropolitan area of Dallas Fort Worth in Texas, the outlook for the performance of a rising movie star, Mohamed Bah in the Sierra Films movie SECRET PAST, will be most favorable to all if you will be there on Saturday, November 17 as specified on the [...]
Plots by the SLPP to destabilize Sierra Leone during the Elections Uncovered!!
By Joseph Sherman, Editor-in-Chief, Salone Monitor Maada Bio desperate for power Sinister motives by the SLPP to destabilize Sierra Leone during the November Elections in Sierra Leone have been uncovered. Reports from reliable and credible sources intimates that Maada Bio and surrogates have dispatched arms and ammunition to polling stations in the entire country with [...]
Lawlessness in Sierra Leone is unacceptable
By Anthony Koroma : Personally I am not happy with both past and present acts of lawlessness that was/are going on in the country. I am not happy because such unpatriotic behaviour is a recipe for another unrest situation in the country at the expense of the poor suffering masses that have nowhere to go [...]
The Daniel N’Bompa Turay Column : Winning the Heart of the International Community: Donor Aid Keeps Flowing
In this age of global politics bi lateral and multi lateral partnerships should never be underestimated. As general elections draw closer winning the heart of the international community will certainly prove a worthy dividend. The fact that we are living in an interdependent world within a global economy, the approval of world powers and by [...]
BREAKING NEWS : SLPP thugs launch attack on APC supporters in Kono
Saturday October 27, 2012 . 4: 30 pm Eastern Standard Time : STAR RADIO has just reported that supporters of the opposition SIerra Leone People’s Party ( SLPP ) went on the rampage today in Koidu and attacked the homes of supporters of the ruling All People’s Congress ( APC). The radio said that the [...]
An extrajudicial killing orgy in Sierra Leone remembered : Why Maada Bio’s blood-stained hands must never enter State House
By Ibrahim Kargbo : 1n 1992, Salami Coker was working at the Sierra Leone Ports Authority as an Administrative Manager. He wrote and directed plays for Theatres but his acting roles were always exceptional. His professional and academic peers were the late Adewole John, Professor Amadu Pat Mahdi. Salami presented several programmes both on the [...]
Cocorioko Newspaper releases print edition for presidential campaign
The COCORIOKO International print edition will be coming out on Saturday to mark the official launching of the electioneering campaign in Sierra Leone. The aim of the international edition is to keep the international community and stakeholders abreast with the run-up to what the United Nations has described as “Watershed Elections” in Sierra Leone. The [...]
As OGI sparks : One of Khadija Sesay’s finest moments
One of the hardest working and very efficient members of the government is the Coordinator of the Open Government Initiative ( OGI ), Ms. Khadija Sesay. Khadija has brought lots of pride to the diaspora for her excellent stewardship. The former schoolteacher of Washington DC is one of the assets from the diaspora who has [...]
IMF teaches Sierra Leone’s SLPP honesty, sincerity and how to construct reality
By KABS KANU : Another International financial institution has taught the opposition Sierra Leone People’s Party ( SLPP ) object lessons in honesty. While the SLPP is finding it difficult to be honest about what is really going on in Sierra Leone , the Britton Woods institutions continue to instruct them that it pays nothing [...]
Lawlessness and indiscipline in the country are becoming unbecoming
Personally I am not happy with both past and present acts of lawlessness that was/are going on in the country. I am not happy because such unpatriotic behaviour is a recipe for another unrest situation in the country at the expense of the poor suffering masses that have nowhere to go when the [...]
Lawlessness and indiscipline in the country are becoming unbecoming
Personally I am not happy with both past and present acts of lawlessness that was/are going on in the country. I am not happy because such unpatriotic behaviour is a recipe for another unrest situation in the country at the expense of the poor suffering masses that have nowhere to go when the [...]
Councillor Bode Gibson wins the Freetown APC Mayoral candidate contest
Councillor Bode Gibson has been elected the Mayoral candidate for the ruling All People’s Congress ( APC) , following the Primary Elections held at the Atlantic Hall in Freetown today. The Councillor polled 106 votes. He was followed by the Acting Mayor Gibril Kanu who scored 56 votes. The full results as [...]
“If there was a presidential election today, would you vote for Ernest Koroma?” : The Awoko Perception Index
The Awoko Newspaper of Freetown is one of the leading news media in Sierra Leone. It is an independent newspaper published by a young journalist, Mr. Kelvin Lewis, who does a great job ensuring that his newspaper publishes articles affecting all the political parties in the country. Despite the fact that even the best journalism [...]
SPECIAL COMMENTARY : Passing of Sexual Offences Act cannot be so timely
By Abdulai Bayraytay : The Government of the West African state of Sierra Leone recently received widespread international and local accolades following the enactment of the Sexual Offences Act 2012. The celebration of the passing of the Act is because of its expressed aim of nipping impunity in the bud for sexual crimes, particularly those [...]