Critique Echo Newspaper – The Voice of the Voiceless Citizens; Published in Kenema City, Eastern Sierra Leone

Youth Ministray Receives Delegation from Qatar

The Deputy Minister of Youth Affairs, Hon. Lusine Kallon, has told the Qatar Fund for Development (QFFD) delegation that their visit to Sierra Leone will now send a strong message [Read more]

National Youth Service Trains Graduate Corps in Bo, Lunsar

With support from the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), the National Youth Service (NYS) has embarked on capacity building training on sexual reproductive health and rights and the demographic dividend. [Read more]

Sierra Leone minister of mines and mineral resources debunks reports of “licenses cancelations” as fictional, fake news

Mr. Foday Rado Yokie, minister of mines and mineral resources said Sunday reports of “cancelations or suspensions of several mining licenses” by reputable news organizations including London Financial Times and [Read more]

BBC Africa Eye uncovers shocking evidence that torture is being used by multiple branches of the Nigerian police and armed forces

An investigation by BBC Africa Eye has uncovered shocking evidence that torture is being used by multiple branches of the Nigerian police and armed forces. Images from social media show [Read more]

Liberians Celebrate Extension of Legal Status, Pathway to American Citizenship

Liberian Deferred Enforced Departure (DED) holders are heaving a sigh of relief. Following the enactment of the Liberian Refugee Immigration Fairness Act (LRIFA) the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services [Read more]

Ugandan Human Rights Attorney Rebuffs Police Summons for Questioning

Human Rights and Uganda Journalists Association attorney Eron Kizza was a no show Wednesday at Kibuli Police Criminal Investigations Directorate (CID) where he was ordered for an interview and record [Read more]

Democracy: The Collective Wisdom of Individual Ignorance.

Democracy as been described as a system of government by the whole population or all the eligible members of a state, typically through elected representatives. My primary school teacher gave [Read more]

Global Citizenship: When Life Rewards Brave Goodbyes With A New Hello.

Mikael Gorbachev has always been credited as the “father of Perestroika” in the USSR. One of the aims of this process was to bring the USSR out of its crisis [Read more]

Italy and France at Diplomatic War Over Continued Colonization of Africa

“We would be hypocrites if we just continued to talk about the effects without looking for the causes. If today we have people coming from Africa it’s because some European [Read more]

Jamal Khashoggi’s Iphone Recorded His ‘Killing’ At The Saudi Embassy In Turkey

President Donald Trump warns the US would inflict “severe punishment” if Saudi Arabia was behind journalist Jamal Khashoggi’s disappearance. Missing Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi recorded audio on his Apple watch of [Read more]

The Paradox of Saudi Arabia and Western Democratic Hypocrisy.

Saudi Arabia is situated at the birth place of the world’s most followed religion, Islam. The country that prides itself as one of the beacons of Islamic ethics, meticulously planned, [Read more]

President Bio Arrives in Qatar for State Visit

After a week of successful Commonwealth Summit in London, His Excellency President Julius Maada Bio has arrived in Doha, Qatar on Saturday 21st April 2018 for a state visit on [Read more]

Make No Mistake, Our Landscape Has Not Changed, Simply a Forlorn Hope.

It is slightly difficult to disentangle the signal from the cacophony on the socio-economic hardship and the guerrilla warfare of our politics. However, the predatory form of politics which stimulates [Read more]

Random Musing: The wisdom of yesterday will not suffice for existence today

No matter how much slant is put on it, in politics and governance, perception matters. Ordinarily, reality should drive perception. But most times, perception leads, and muddies the reality. From indications, it [Read more]

Random Musing: Dancing on Ice

It was and is not our colonial masters that set us against each other. It is not just the political class that has disrobed us of the courage and the [Read more]