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  • [ 03/02/2019 ] The Betrayal Of Trust Carries A Heavy Taboo. Critique Column
  • [ 12/03/2021 ] SLNBCC Commences 5-Days Training for SMEs Diasporal Exclusive
  • [ 12/03/2021 ] Happy Birthday “Freetown”: But Don’t Corrupt History. Critique Column
  • [ 10/03/2021 ] Who Wants To Be A Royal? Critique Column
  • [ 06/03/2021 ] Is Sierra Leone Richly Poor or Poorly Rich? Critique Column
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  • [ 12/02/2021 ] Corruption: The Joys of Hatred and Cancel Culture in Sierra Leone. Critique Column
  • [ 11/02/2021 ] The National Union of SLPP Lecturers: Is the SLPP Becoming a Communist Political Party? Critique Column

Articles by Othman Sheriff

Othman Sheriff
About Othman Sheriff
Born and raised in Kenema district, eastern Sierra Leone, Othman Sheriff began practicing journalism during his school days as a youthhood hobby. After studying mass-media and communication, Sheriff is now the Editor in Chief and CEO of Critique Echo Newspaper. While tirelessly using journalism as a tool to place his country’s socioeconomic and political landscape under a magnifying glass, Sheriff is deeply involved in community development projects. Over the years, Sheriff has formulated and implemented billions of Leones worth of development projects with funds from Europe and USA. He is chiefly focused on community infrastructural development and economic resuscitation projects, fostering interethnic, interreligious and sociocultural cohesion among the young population in Kenema district. He is a member of many international peacebuilding initiatives including the United Religious Initiative (URI), International Association of Educators for World Peace (IAEWP), Intercultural Leaders Network and Youth Solidary Fund program of the United Nations Alliance of Civilization (UNAOC)
Critique Column

Let’s Vote Wisely, With Less Expectations

Othman Sheriff

In a blind village, the man with one eye is, by default, the inaugurated chief. So no matter what happens, our next president is now awaiting. It’s a democratic principle [Read more]

Critique Column

KKY’s Alliance With the National Grand Caoalition Movement: Pros and Cons

Othman Sheriff

Dr. Kandeh Kolleh Yumkella, alias KKY, formally resigned from the Sierra Leone People’s Party few weeks ago after years of intraparty gymnastic full of oral and physical abuses. KKY’s resignation [Read more]

Critique Column

Armed Robbery is a Terrible Crime And So Is Mob Justice

Othman Sheriff

Armed robbery has become another terrifying development in Sierra Leone over the years.  Still staggering to extract itself from the ash and debris of decade long civil war, the country [Read more]

Critique Column

President Koroma Announces Election Date, But There Are More Challenges Ahead

Othman Sheriff

President Koroma has finally announced a date for presidential and legislative elections. But many people, including constitutional lawyers, are frowning at it on the grounds that he was sworn in [Read more]

Critique Column

Is President Koroma Responsible for the Prevailing Disunity in SLPP?

Othman Sheriff

While glancing through my timeline this morning, my eyes ran into a very attention-grabbing piece written by someone I hold in high esteem, Dr. Julius Spencer. The piece was commented [Read more]

Critique Column

They Say “Youth are the Future Leaders”, When, Where and What is the Future?

Othman Sheriff

Postcolonial Sierra Leone has experienced endless unenviable history ranging from dictatorship rule,  brutal civil war, military putsches to a staggering democratic system that is riddled by graft, tribal, regional and [Read more]

Critique Column

KENEMA MAYOR IN CORRUPTION SCANDAL, MY REJOINDER.

Othman Sheriff

When the wrong head plunges into the right hallucinations every story becomes reality. Ironically, stories can only sound real to “intelligent” readers when they entail some degrees of truth.  The [Read more]

Critique Column

Ambassador Kamara Clarifies the Smear Campaign over the Kuwaiti House Maids Issue: My Rejoinder

Othman Sheriff

I’m a Muslim to the bone and can read Quran without a hiccup but I find it disgusting and unimaginable, the way and manner poor African women are being treated [Read more]

Critique Column

I Like Europe, But I Love Sierra Leone

Othman Sheriff

I arrived back in Berlin 2 hours ago after a very short but happy trip to the historic city of Rome, Italy.  Italy is the only major country within the [Read more]

Critique Column

SLPP Germany Chapter Sets to Elect a New Executive, But Many Questions Remain Unanswered (Part 3)

Othman Sheriff

Following our previous publications in which we posed several questions to the leadership aspirants of SLPP Germany Chapter, the current executive led by cardiologist Dr. Musa Ben Sannoh has so [Read more]

Diasporal Exclusive

SLPP Germany Chapter Sets to Elect a New Executive, But Many Questions Remain Unanswered

Othman Sheriff

The Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP) is active and productive in many countries across the western world except in Germany. Even when the party was in power for more than [Read more]

Critique Column

Is the SLPP Flagbearer Contest Degenerating Into a South-East Versus Northwest Match?

Othman Sheriff

As I already stated in my yesterday’s rejoinder to the tribally motivated “verification committee” led by no other a person but Edward Soloku who is a well-known pro-Paopa top gun [Read more]

Critique Column

Dr Bernadette Lahai’s Victory and Dr. Samura’s Failure, a Critique Opinion

Othman Sheriff

When late Nelson Mandel conquered the apartheid era in South Africa,  he told his  black folks  who were desperate to pay the white folks in their own coins: “heroism is [Read more]

Critique Column

Do You Know That Social Media Is Not Always Good As We Think?

Othman Sheriff

Mark Zuckerberg created Facebook in the 2004 during his studies at Harvard University. His primary aim was to facilitate communication among students so that they can share ideas on assignments, [Read more]

Breaking News

Thou Shall Not Gather Publicly…Except if Dressed In the Reds

Othman Sheriff

Wonders shall never end… Here we are again… the country is perpetually placed under state of emergency even though the Ebola outbreak has been contained by foreign medics. Though schools [Read more]

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Diasporal Exclusive

SLNBCC Commences 5-Days Training for SMEs

The Sierra Leone Netherlands Business and Culture Council (SLNBCC), in partnership with the Institute of Public Administration and Management (IPAM), University of Sierra Leone (USL), on Tuesday 9th March 2021 [Read more]

Critique Column

Happy Birthday “Freetown”: But Don’t Corrupt History.

History teaches us that on March 11, 1792, on a small patch of bushy land that was bought for the Nova Scotian Settlers; a thanksgiving service was held under the [Read more]

Critique Column

Who Wants To Be A Royal?

Once again, the British Royal Family is embroiled in what looks like an explosive debacle within its circles. Just like previous sagas, it involves the inner circle of members seemingly [Read more]

Critique Column

Is Sierra Leone Richly Poor or Poorly Rich?

Sierra Leone has always enjoyed the paradoxical label of being one of the richest poor countries in Africa.  Our country is regarded as rich and well known for its vast [Read more]

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