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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. With a bachelor degree in mass-media and communication, and Master’s degree in development and peacebuilding, Sheriff is 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)
Latest Post

Bees for Education: a Role Model to Copy

11/07/2022 Othman Sheriff

Bee produces honey which is consumed by many as food or beverage. By the late eighteenth century, bee had become commonly associated with the British dialect form, been or bean, [Read more]

Critique Column

How to Make Pavi Fort Different From Its Predecessors In Kenema?

18/07/2021 Othman Sheriff

There are many hot spots of social and political marginalization in post-conflict Sierra Leone, but the most notorious one had been Kenema city over the years, as successive governments constantly [Read more]

Critique Column

Let’s Vote Wisely, With Less Expectations

05/03/2018 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

02/10/2017 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

12/05/2017 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

16/02/2017 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?

16/01/2017 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?

21/08/2016 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.

29/07/2016 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

23/05/2016 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

10/04/2016 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)

05/11/2015 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

16/10/2015 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?

12/09/2015 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

05/06/2015 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]

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Critique Column

When God Created Politicians, Was He Only Joking?

01/06/2023

President Biden once said during a political rally that “we choose truth over facts”, a gaffe that has since haunted his presidency to this day. That was not the first [Read more]

Critique Column

Guess Who’s Running For President?

29/05/2023

Loyalty is a fine quality, but in excess fills political graveyards. Nothing is more attractive than loyalty.  Patriotic citizens always show loyalty to their  country, but to the government only [Read more]

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In Just 5 Years

24/05/2023

Even with Covid-19 and war in Ukraine… President Bio has done far better than 11 years of Ernest Bai Koroma. After five years in office, every president in Sierra Leone [Read more]

Critique Column

Is A Temporary Coalition of Anger Against the Old Regime A Basis For A Stable Government?

12/05/2023

The politics in Sierra Leone may be reaching its crescendo, but it’s the political musical chairs that is making the headlines in the rag tags and social media. After Yumkella [Read more]

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