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  • [ 03/02/2019 ] The Betrayal Of Trust Carries A Heavy Taboo. Critique Column
  • [ 29/11/2025 ] CELEBRATING S.B.B. DUMBUYA AT 80 — The Teacher Who Formed a Generation Critique Column
  • [ 25/11/2025 ] CONVERTING MINES MINISTER MATTIA’S OP-ED ON SIMANDOU INTO ACTION Critique Column
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The Paradox of Saudi Arabia and Western Democratic Hypocrisy.

18/10/2018 Abdul Suhood Komeh

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]

Diasporal Exclusive

Is The APC Party Falling Or Will Live Forever?

14/10/2018 by Ibrahim Sourie Mansaray

To millions of Sierra Leoneans in 2007, the All Peoples Congress party (APC) was a beacon of hope in post Tejan Kabbah governance. But more than a decade on, the [Read more]

Critique Column

In Violence, We Forget Who We Are.

13/10/2018 Abdulai Mansaray

Sierra Leoneans can no longer afford to airbrush the spate of violence from our national consciousness. It is more than 6 months into President Maada Bio’s reign, but the afterbirth [Read more]

Critique Column

The APC Leadership Must Accept Their Defeat, Support The Present Democratically Elected Government, Or Melt Away.

05/10/2018 By Dr. Sorie Gassama

With the elections long gone and a democratically elected government in place, one would only envisage a quiet political environment with the defeated political party and their supporters putting aside [Read more]

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“We Want Young People To Participate In National Governance”: Minister Kallon Urges

05/10/2018 CEN

Sierra Leone’s Deputy Minister of Youth Affairs, Hon. Lusine Kallon has called on young people to participate in national governance. He made this call in Magburuka, Northern Sierra Leone during [Read more]

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Parliament Approves New Bank Governor

04/10/2018 CEN

The Parliament of Sierra Leone yesterday, Tuesday 2nd October 2018, approved president Bio’s appointment of Professor Kelfala Kallon as the country’s new central bank governor. His approval was made by [Read more]

Critique Column

Is Maada Winning The Genocide On Corruption?

04/10/2018 by Ibrahim Sourie Mansaray

This past week has been historic for the country and her people of Sierra Leone; being the first entrance into the United States by president Maada Bio after his election. [Read more]

Latest Post

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Deputy Minister of Youth Affairs Speaks On National Youth Service

29/09/2018 CEN

Speaking on the topic, National Youth Service, the country’s Deputy Minister-Lusine Kallon told the Sierra Leone Broadcasting Corporation (SLBC) that the National Youth Service Scheme was established by the National [Read more]

Latest Post

What’s Next For Sierra Leone’s Endangered Forests?

24/09/2018 By Sonkita Conteh, Director, Namati Sierra Leone

Last week, the government of Sierra Leone announced that all forest logging concessions were to be suspended “with immediate effect”, warning of repercussions for any violations. In a country with [Read more]

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UK and the US Are in to Extradite Former Corrupt APC Government Officials

21/09/2018 CEN

A senior official at the State Department in the United States of America has confirmed to the Global Times that the Trump administration will “seriously consider” any request for extradition [Read more]

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Sierra Leone Premier League to Start Soon

21/09/2018 By Bernard Turay

The Chair of the Premier League Board of Directors, Joseph Samba Kaifala, said the Sierra Leone Premier League will start on the 22 of September… after years of inactivity, in-fighting, [Read more]

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Dr Kandeh Yumkella Urges The International Community To Do More And Ensure #SDG 7 Is Achieved

21/09/2018 By Anthony Abdul Karim Kamara, Jnr.

“The world has failed to deliver on clean cooking energy,” he said. KIGALI, 20 September 2018 – The Climate Investment Funds (CIFs) Summit has ended in Kigali – “Rwanda’s Ambassadorial and [Read more]

Diasporal Exclusive

It is well for the heart to be naïve and the mind not to be

15/09/2018 Abdulai Mansaray

A recent video making the rounds on social media and especially Facebook has shown Neil Coyle, the Labour MP for Southwark, London. In the video, he is seen wearing a [Read more]

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Sierra Leonean Dies in a Fire Blaze in South East London

08/09/2018 CEN

A Sierra Leonean woman believed to be a Mrs Memuna Warne, who was said to be on a visit to London and was due to fly back to Sierra Leone [Read more]

Africa

When Interest on Debt Grows Without Rain, Borrowers Become Slaves to The Lender

05/09/2018 Abdulai Mansaray

It is no secret that Africa is set to become the next global battle ground for western commercial interests.  Many people have translated this new economic genre that is about [Read more]

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Critique Column

CELEBRATING S.B.B. DUMBUYA AT 80 — The Teacher Who Formed a Generation

29/11/2025

This week, Mr. Sheku Badara Bashiru Dumbuya, affectionately known to thousands of former pupils simply as SBB, turned 80 years old.   Eighty is a milestone that invites reflection—not only [Read more]

Critique Column

CONVERTING MINES MINISTER MATTIA’S OP-ED ON SIMANDOU INTO ACTION

25/11/2025

When Minister Julius Daniel Mattia wrote his op-ed on Guinea’s Simandou 2040, he was not just offering congratulations across a friendly border. His words carried the rhythm of an older [Read more]

Critique Column

THE WOMAN PRESIDENT. NEXT.

25/11/2025

Two important questions women (and men allies), especially those in politics, should and must ask in preparation for Sierra Leone’s 2028 elections are these: 1) If there are no SLPP, [Read more]

Critique Column

Beyond Inspiration: Mining Governance in Sierra Leone and the Missed Lessons of Simandou 2040

25/11/2025

On 12 November 2025, I read with interest an op-ed reflection shared on WhatsApp by Sierra Leone’s Honourable Minister of Mines and Mineral Resources, Julius Daniel Mattai, titled “Mining a [Read more]

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