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Donald Trump’s Dilemma of the Ghost of Obama.

30/12/2016 Abdulai Mansaray

When the three Wise men visited baby Jesus at this time of the year, they brought with them gold, frankincense and myrrh.  The three gifts had a spiritual meaning: gold [Read more]

Africa

Peace is Costly, But is it Worth the Expense?

26/12/2016 Abdulai Mansaray

Gambians all over the world are spending Christmas like every other person. But unlike others, the champagnes are on ice. The festivities are on hold and even the Christmas turkeys [Read more]

Critique Column

Charity Begins at Home: Does that include politics?

19/12/2016 Abdulai Mansaray

When President Yahya Abdul-Aziz Jemus Junkung Jammeh conceded defeat in the recently concluded democratic elections in The Gambia, the world breathed a collective sigh of relief. But it was not [Read more]

Critique Column

Here we go again – Thunder In Paradise: Episode 2

08/12/2016 Raymond Dele Awoonor-Gordon

“We rode over what they have called the longest bridge in the world, which is over 40 kilometers and these are all inspirational visits. They have inspired me to work [Read more]

Critique Column

The “No Vacancy” APC Mantra: a Recipe for Disaster?

08/12/2016 Farook A. K. Sesay, legal dvisor, writer, politician

PRESIDENT YAHYA JAMMEH’s inglorious defeat in last week’s presidential elections in the Gambia is a manifestation of a new wave of people’s power and a hard knock lesson in over [Read more]

Critique Column

Is it time for a Third Political Party in Sierra Leone?

08/12/2016 Abdulai Mansaray

The growing sense of disillusionment across the social and political landscape is fast becoming palpable. From official to unofficial, private to public, and all along the diversified strata of our [Read more]

Critique Column

Is Term Time for Presidents, The Mother of All Corruption?

04/12/2016 Abdulai Mansaray

Any society which neglects its culture is bound to fail. African societies were founded on the principles of society cohesion, where the left hand knew what the right was doing. [Read more]

Latest Post

Maada Bio Frowns at the SLPP’s 10 Man Committee

03/12/2016 CEN

Brig. Rtd. Julius Maada Bio 32 Juba Terrace, Juba Freetown December 1, 2016 Chairman and Leader Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP) 15 Wallace Johnson Street Freetown Dear Chief Kapen,  Conducts [Read more]

Random Musing

Here we go again – Thunder in Paradise: Episode 1

03/12/2016 Raymond Dele Awoonor-Gordon

You can’t kill the dead, can you? One of our problems is that having outsourced virtually our very existence to other cultures’ understanding frameworks, our society has now funked; as [Read more]

America

The American Presidential Elections: An Autopsy.

21/11/2016 Abdulai Mansaray

It took a while to recover from the political coma that was induced by the surprising outcome of the American Presidential elections. But now that Donald trump has been elected [Read more]

Latest Post

YAD Celebrates ITC Graduation and Youth Cohesion Match

19/11/2016 CEN

YAD organized today its long awaited certification and graduation ceremony in Kenema city.  The ceremony which took place at the  headquarters at Duawoh Street in Kenema city, attracted hundreds of [Read more]

Critique Column

THE KENETICS OF KHANISM: A REQUIEM FOR 2018

16/11/2016 Farool A.K. Sesay, legal advisor, writer, politician

Two new words that will profoundly and predictably be in the 2017/18 lexicography of Sierra Leone presidential race will be: khanism and Khanistas. For those out of the loop – [Read more]

Latest Post

Part 2 – A Country of Pain and Penury: Let’s Face The Real Issues

16/11/2016 Raymond Dele Awoonor-Gordon

As more and more programmes for the agenda for austerity, oops; sorry, I mean prosperity, are rolled out by the government and my mind wonders to the goings-on in Sierra [Read more]

Critique Column

Sierra Leone President’s Austerity Measure: is it a Step Too Late?

07/11/2016 Dr. Sorie Gassama

It is no jaw-dropper to me and maybe to many other Sierra Leoneans that the President has suddenly come up with new measures of austerity to control the country’s continuous [Read more]

Latest Post

Sierra Leone to Commemorate End of Ebola

07/11/2016 Dennis Kabatto

The government and people of Sierra Leone will observe 3 minutes of Silence Monday, November 7 to commemorate the anniversary of the declaration of the end of Ebola virus disease [Read more]

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Did Jaiama Sewafe Get an Early “Salmafo” from The SLPP Bio Government?

01/03/2026

It is early days into the Holy Ramadan Month, during which Muslims all around the world are required to fast from dawn to dusk, throughout the month. As one of [Read more]

Critique Column

The Paradox of Donald Trump’s Foreign Policy for Africa.

01/03/2026

When Donald Trump referred to African countries, Haiti and El Salvador as shithole nations during a meeting on the 12 January 2018, the whole of Africa’s 1.55 billion people was [Read more]

Breaking News

YAD Concludes Annual TVET Graduation in Grand Style

26/01/2026

On January 23rd and 24th, 2024, YAD added another chapter to its ongoing youth and women’s empowerment initiatives by hosting its annual TVET graduation in a spectacular fashion. Each year, [Read more]

Critique Column

The Silence of the Lambs: Why Sierra – Leone’s Legal Guardians Must Not Stand Aside: Comparative Lessons and Constitutional Theory for a Critical Moment

25/01/2026

n Sierra Leone’s debate over the 2025 Constitutional Amendment Bill, the most troubling feature is not the substance of the proposals themselves but the silence that has settled around them. [Read more]

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