COCORIOKO is produced in Somerset, Franklin Township , New Jersey , USA and Brookfields , Freetown, Sierra Leone. The sole owner, financier , Publisher and Chief Executive Officer ( CEO ) is the Rev.

The fight for the rights and dignity of women and girls cannot be selective. Advocating against child marriage, rape, and sexual violence while overlooking Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), commonly ...

As a writer and writing-skills trainer for several years, I have sat with hundreds of students who entered university with hope and left feeling unheard. My purpose here is not to attack but to assure ...

As the ruling party begins to rip up the scab of our past and force-feed us with its greased hog, there’s no putting lipstick on the provocative pig of bigotry and reckless political opportunism that ...

In the early morning of Tuesday November 12 1985 , the church was on a week-long fast and we were having a prayer retreat at the BWI Picnic Grounds in Kakata, 45 miles from Monrovia. The picnic ...

Freetown, April 2026-Morkor (or Morko) is a Themne word referring to a form of oath taking that involves eating raw meat as a pledge of irrevocable allegiance to an electoral candidate. It is a belief ...

Why Is the United States Reducing Its Diplomatic Presence in Africa? The first thing to clarify is that there are two separate issues currently being discussed: 1. The closure of some U.S. embassies ...

*HE SERVED, HE SACRIFICED, HE HAS GONE HOME – _Rest in Peace Comrade Alhaji Minkailu Mansaray_* Today, my heart is broken. I received the painful news of the passing of […] ...

In Sierra Leone today, justice wears two faces. One face shields the elite and those who walk the corridors of power. The other face punishes the less privileged, the critical minds, and members of ...

There is something deeply concerning about the current debate surrounding FGM in Sierra Leone. Many of those leading the campaign today are themselves products of the very system they now condemn, and ...

*A former Legal Practitioner who assisted final-year students with Methods of Political Research at the Department of Political Science, Fourah Bay College (FBC).* PART ONE: THE ANALYSIS I. A Bill ...