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 MINISTER PLENIPOTENTIARY , I WAS A MEMBER OF THE SIERRA LEONE UN DELEGATION THAT JOINED UN MEMBER STATES TO APPROVE RESOLUTION BANNING FGM IN 2012 SIERRA LEONE’S PARLIAMENT TOAY RELEASED A PUBLIC ...

*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 ...

*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 […] ...

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 ...

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 notorious SLPP thug , Aloysious Deen Tarawallie, also known as Arata, who terrorized citizens on behalf of the Maada Bio government, was brutally knifed to death in Freetown yesterday. The ...

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 ...

The Electoral Commission must consult on a consultation policy, must promulgate and publish this policy within three months of the submission of this report. The consultation policy is to apply to all ...

The Sierra Leone Parliamentary statement was shocking in the light of the 2012 UN Resolutions we approved , but it was actually true. There is no law against FGM for women of all ages in Sierra Leone ...