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Sierra Leone signs additional financing agreement with World Bank for Infrastructural development
Written by Cocorioko Newspaper Limited   
Wednesday, 23 July 2008
Sierra Leone’s Ambassador to the United States of America, HE Bockari K Stevens on Monday 21st July 2008 signed Additional Financing Agreement on behalf of The Republic of Sierra Leone with the World Bank. The signing ceremony took place at the World Bank office building in Washington DC  Signing on behalf of the World Bank was Mr. Colin Bruce Acting Deputy Executive Director of the World Bank. The impressive ceremony was witnessed by senior members of the World Bank and members of the Sierra Leone Embassy.

 

Last Updated ( Thursday, 24 July 2008 )
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Ernest Koroma's APC Government upholding rule of law and international morality
Written by Foday Mansaray   
Wednesday, 23 July 2008
Let it be known that this APC Government under the command of His Excellency Ernest Bai Koroma and our law enforcement agencies has again through bravery done the unthinkable. I say this with great pride that Sierra Leone has turned into a new page of leading the path on good governance, rule of law as well as upholding international laws at this crucial stage in our country’s history... This remains a testimony and should go down in the history books of Good Governance. No one should  underscore  this milestone achievement because of  Partism politics or International egoism. Sierra Leone is on the right path.
Last Updated ( Wednesday, 23 July 2008 )
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Cocaine suspects make first appearance in court on Thursday ... 13 others released
Written by Moses Kargbo   
Wednesday, 23 July 2008

Suspects arrested in connection with the July 13 cocaine scam at the Lungi International Airport will make their first appearance in court tomorrow (Thursday) to have preliminary charges brought against them, according to the Assistant Inspector-General of Police in charge of Crime Services, Francis Munu, who said the move was in line with the country's Constitution, demanding that a suspect be charged to court within 10 days period.

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Sierra Leone's Anti-Corruption Chief gets exclusive powers to prosecute graft
Written by Moses Kargbo   
Wednesday, 23 July 2008

The Anti-Corruption Commission has now been given full prosecutorial powers to try cases of corruption following the amendment by the House of Parliament of Section 64 (3) of the National Constitution, a provision that had given the Attorney-General and Minister of Justice the sole authority to prosecute all offences in the name of the Republic of Sierra Leone.

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Nigeria: Africa's Unsung Hero
Written by Jacob sax conteh   
Wednesday, 23 July 2008
Many times, when people here in the United States and elsewhere hear the word Nigeria, they think about the various internet scams linked with Nigerians over the years.  What many do not know is that Nigeria is a proud nation whose basic international goal is to bail out struggling African countries beleaguered by warfare, disease and poverty.
Last Updated ( Wednesday, 23 July 2008 )
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No sacred cows in treatment of Cocaine suspects , President Ernest Koroma vows
Written by Joseph Kamanda : COCORIOKO Reporter embedded at State House   
Tuesday, 22 July 2008
As investigation into the mysterious landing at Freetown International Airport on Sunday July 13  of a plane loaded with  cocaine remains   on course, the President Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma yesterday vowed that "there will be no sacred cow in the treatment of suspects".  Speaking on state- owned Sierra Leone Broadcasting Service radio and television at State House in Freetown,  President Koroma said that "on no account will  Sierra Leone be use as a transit point for international narcotic trafficking".
Last Updated ( Tuesday, 22 July 2008 )
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President Koroma's consistency : Flashback to Sunday May 21, 2006 : NO SACRED COWS IF ELECTED
Written by Cocorioko Newspaper Limited   
Tuesday, 22 July 2008

NEW JERSEY 2006 : THE THEN OPPOSITION LEADER , ERNEST KOROMA, WATCHES EDITOR KABS KANU KEENLY AS HE RECORDS  INTERVIEW WHERE KOROMA VOWED THAT THERE WILL BE NO SACRED COWS IN THE APC IF HE IS ELECTED PRESIDENT

As a testament to President Ernest Bai Koroma's consistency, COCORIOKO  today  goes back into our archives and surfaces with  the celebrated first Exclusive interview Mr. Koroma ever granted a newspaper after throwing his hat into the ring for the Presidential contest

Last Updated ( Tuesday, 22 July 2008 )
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U.S $ 10 million Bounty for the capture of Cocaine Plane suspect Gibrilla Kamara
Written by Joseph Kamanda : COCORIOKO Reporter embedded at State House   
Tuesday, 22 July 2008

Police in Freetown yesterday confirmed the apprehension of a key suspect (name withheld)  in connection with  the unscheduled landing of an aircraft loaded with cocaine at the Freetown International. The Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIGSL),  Oliver Sumasa,  interviewed by a local radio station , disclosed that the police arrested a key suspect while another major one is at large.

Last Updated ( Tuesday, 22 July 2008 )
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Please stop the media frenzy on the cocaine saga
Written by Essam Thaim Kurugba   
Tuesday, 22 July 2008

The media frenzy on the cocaine saga had brought our Sweet Sierra Leone into the world’s spotlight. I would like to appeal to the entire nation and Sierra Leoneans in the diaspora to not to be anxious, preoccupied and distressed over this cocaine saga.

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The Darfur Dilemma: Justice or Peace?
Written by Abdulai Mansaray : UK   
Tuesday, 22 July 2008
When the International Criminal Court indicted President Omar al-Bashir for genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity, many saw this as a gesture of political grandstanding.
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Western Area local Elections final result : APC 67, SLPP 1 and Independent 1
Written by Cocorioko Newspaper Limited   
Tuesday, 22 July 2008
Final official results in the just concluded municipal and local council elections for the Western Region have been announced today by the National Electoral Commission with the ruling All People's Congress (APC) winning 67 of the 69 Wards contested for in both the Freetown City Council and Western Rural District Council. The main opposition Sierra Leone People's Party only managed to rescue one seat out of the three they had won in the 2004 local council elections, while the other seat went to an independent candidate
Last Updated ( Tuesday, 22 July 2008 )
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APC's Herbert Williams records landslide victory to win Mayorship of Freetown
Written by Moses Kargbo   
Tuesday, 22 July 2008

Acting Mayor of the Freetown City Council, Herbert Akieremi George-Williams proved to be too strong for his opponents as he recorded a whooping 130,408 votes in the July 5 municipal election to retain the Mayorship crown for the next four years under the ticket of the ruling All People's Congress (APC).

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The State versus Gabbidon: Prosecutor poised to nail former Ombudsman
Written by Moses Kargbo : COCORIOKO Reporter in Sierra Leone   
Tuesday, 22 July 2008

Prosecutor in the matter of the State versus Gabbidon, Glenna Thompson has informed the Freetown High Court of the State's intention to tender as evidence documents of payments from the Accountant General's Office for salaries purported to have been paid by the ex-Ombudsman Francis Gabbidon to staff the prosecution said were non-existent. Ms. Thompson also promised the Court to hear evidence from the Ministry of Finance about the annual budgetary allocation to the Office of the Ombudsman since the reign of the accused.

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Freetown to have two new Magistrate Courts
Written by Cocorioko Newspaper Limited   
Tuesday, 22 July 2008
The Justice Sector Reform Project in the Ministry of Justice has disclosed final plans to construct two new Magistrate Courts in the city to decentralise the justice delivery system in the capital, Freetown. Coordinator of the Justice Sector Reform Coordination Office, Sarah Ann-Lewis said funds for the project are now available and that one building will be constructed at Cline Town, east-end of the city and the other along Pademba Road in Freetown central
Last Updated ( Tuesday, 22 July 2008 )
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Mohamed Sesay is my brother, guilty or not guilty
Written by Oumar Farouk Sesay   
Tuesday, 22 July 2008
The dictum” innocent until proven guilty” has been inverted to read “guilty till proven innocent” in the case of the Leone star team manager Mohamed Sesay whose name is linked with the drug saga. The media has tried, prosecute and sentence him even when the police are yet to interrogate him. 
Last Updated ( Tuesday, 22 July 2008 )
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Press Statement by Dr. Sylvia Blyden on Nolle Prosequi in Blyden Vs. Tarawallie Libel Case
Written by Cocorioko Newspaper Limited   
Tuesday, 22 July 2008
My APC source informed me that subject to the final blessing of His Excellency the President, Fountain of Honour & Justice in Sierra Leone, it had been agreed between Serry Kamal and Tarawalie that the State under the Leadership of Ernest Bai Koroma will be forcefully taking over the private criminal prosecution of the matter of Blyden vs. Tarawalie and entering a plea of nolle prosequi of the matter. My source said Koroma was in Makeni but was expected back yesterday Sunday at which time, the APC’s Legal Team
would present the proposal to him for his blessings and endorsement to ‘nolle prosequi’ my case against Tarawalie. READ THE FULL PRESS RELEASE :
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