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ECOWAS Fact-Finding Mission in Sierra Leone over border dispute with Guinea

Amin Kef Sesay: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 2 September 2025: A high-level fact-finding delegation from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)on August 26, 2025 commenced engagements with the Government of Sierra Leone over the protracted Yenga border dispute with neighbouring Guinea. The team, comprising ECOWAS officials, technical experts and representatives of the Mano River Union (MRU), met with the Ministry of Planning and Econo…ECOWAS · Freetown Read Article

The “Sam Metzger fraternity “ and 1970s press corps : I am now the last man standing – Cocorioko

“SAM METZGER FRATERNITY “, JOURNALISM, SPORTS- WRITING IN THE 70s : I AM NOW THE LAST MAN STANDING ; MY BUDDY, JAY WILLIE, IS GONE By Kabs Kanu James Williams ( Jay Willie ) and I used to make fun that among the active veteran journalists of the late 1960s and mid -to- late 70s , as well as sportswriters and members of the “SAM METZGER FRATERNITY, “ the two of us were the last men standing. THE LATE JAY WILLIE I woke up at …Journalism · Freetown Read Article

Reminiscence : Dan Diddo, the storm and the vibrant college journalism at FBC in the 1970s – Cocorioko

DAN DIDDO AND THE STORMY FBC JOURNALISM OF THE 1970s By Kabs Kanu The Warden of Students, Dan Decker ( Dan Diddo) , was a very interesting individual. He used to have his plate full of complaints whenever AUREOL TIMES came out. The AUREOL TIMES of those days was the epitome of satirical journalism, lampoons and jokes in bad taste. Girls of Lati Hyde used to run to his office crying after being stung by the biting sarcasm or lampoon of the AUREOL…Journalism · Freetown Read Article

Behind the facade : Wealth, poverty and the loss of empathy in Sierra Leone – Cocorioko

“Behind the Facade: Wealth, Poverty, and the Loss of Empathy in Sierra Leone” (Part 19 of the Radical Inclusion Series) By: Dr. Columba Michael Joe Blango (21/08/2025) I have spent the past five weeks in Sierra Leone, mostly in Freetown, with short journeys to other parts of the country. The picture I carry with me is layered, contradictory, and deeply troubling. On the surface, there is an image of progress: towering new buildings, gleaming SUV…Poverty · Freetown Read Article

Beyond the rhetoric : Fact checking President Bio’s 2025 State Opening Address – Cocorioko

BEYOND THE RHETORIC: FACT CHECKING PRESIDENT BIO’S 2025 STATE OPENING ADDRESS By Mahmud Tim Kargbo Monday, 25 August 2025 President Julius Maada Bio entered Parliament in August with the cadence of triumph. He promised a nation where rice is cheaper, jobs are plentiful, corruption is shrinking, and public services are expanding. His address painted Sierra Leone as a country on the cusp of transformation, stable, modern, and self sufficient. Acce…Freetown, Western Area · Freetown Read Article

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ECOWAS Fact-Finding Mission in Sierra Leone over border dispute with Guinea

The “Sam Metzger fraternity “ and 1970s press corps : I am now the last man standing – Cocorioko

As the mask comes off, democracy dies in darkness – Cocorioko

Parliamentary decadence and impotence in corrupt Sierra Leone – Cocorioko

As the mask comes off, democracy dies in darkness

Misleading! APC, SLPP’s MPs sang against the First Lady, not just APC’s MPs

Sierra Leone Customs Officers Complete AfCFTA Trade Training

Reminiscence : Dan Diddo, the storm and the vibrant college journalism at FBC in the 1970s – Cocorioko

Behind the facade : Wealth, poverty and the loss of empathy in Sierra Leone – Cocorioko

Beyond the rhetoric : Fact checking President Bio’s 2025 State Opening Address – Cocorioko

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ECOWAS Fact-Finding Mission in Sierra Leone over border dispute with Guinea

The “Sam Metzger fraternity “ and 1970s press corps : I am now the last man standing – Cocorioko

As the mask comes off, democracy dies in darkness – Cocorioko

Parliamentary decadence and impotence in corrupt Sierra Leone – Cocorioko

As the mask comes off, democracy dies in darkness

Misleading! APC, SLPP’s MPs sang against the First Lady, not just APC’s MPs

Sierra Leone Customs Officers Complete AfCFTA Trade Training

Reminiscence : Dan Diddo, the storm and the vibrant college journalism at FBC in the 1970s – Cocorioko

Behind the facade : Wealth, poverty and the loss of empathy in Sierra Leone – Cocorioko

Beyond the rhetoric : Fact checking President Bio’s 2025 State Opening Address – Cocorioko