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

06/05/2015 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

30/04/2015 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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To Regain Power in Sierra Leone, SLPP Needs a Different Face

06/04/2015 Othman Sheriff

I arrived in Berlin, Germany few hours ago after 9 hectic but very successful weeks in Kenema, eastern Sierra Leone. We now know that the war on Ebola is winnable [Read more]

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Daily Ebola Updates, Let the “Missing Sample” Be Traced For Heaven’s Sake.

11/01/2015 Othman Sheriff

The Ebola virus has and still is claiming thousands of innocent Africans, mostly women and children. Sadly enough, all information leading to its true origin remain fairy-tales.  We have to [Read more]

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YAD Wishes Kenema Youths a Peaceful and Ebola Free 2015

25/12/2014 Othman Sheriff

Fellow Sierra Leonean youths – especially those in Kenema, Despite the successes we recorded in our development challenges in the year 2014, we regret to refer to the year as [Read more]

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Ebola Deaths Should Be Isolated, No Matter How Great the Profiles Are.

19/12/2014 Othman Sheriff

Dr. WILLOUGHBY has been laid to eternal rest. His soul has been added to the countless precious souls Sierra Leone has lost to Ebola…..  may he rest in perfect peace. [Read more]

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Gambling With Dead Bodies During an Outbreak is Outrageous; Reassignment of Medics Is The Best Solution

30/11/2014 Othman Sheriff

Ebola has proved to be the most dreadful virus on our planet and it has swept countless number of good people across the Manor River Union. So far, all researches [Read more]

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I Arrived Back in Germany Ebola Free, But I Now Know How Lucky I’m…

29/11/2014 Othman Sheriff

I landed in Berlin barely a week ago after I spent complete two months in Sierra Leone, the land that has been branded with and stigmatized by Ebola. So far, [Read more]

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The Negative Impact of Ebola on the Sierra Leonean Economy

18/11/2014 Othman Sheriff

When the Ebola virus broke out in Sierra Leone barely six months ago, many citizens received the message with diverse dispositions.  While some received it as a short-cut to self-enrichment, [Read more]

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Why the Ebola War Remain Unpredictable?

15/10/2014 Othman Sheriff

Ebola is a dreadful virus. Though some of us are no professional medics, but we can perceive, smell, sense and digest the destructions cause by it and could draw conclusions [Read more]

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Let’s Brainstorm Objectively about the Ebola in Sierra Leone

24/08/2014 Othman Sheriff

I landed in Berlin 24 hours ago after a very happy week at Terrytown, New York, where I joint a batch of fellow facilitators carefully selected by the United Nations [Read more]

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A Letter to Mr. Sidie Tunis Regarding Ebola

15/07/2014 Othman Sheriff

Dear Mr. Tunis, Thanks very much for keeping your compatriots informed about the Ebola epidemic.  We expected such from Ministries of Health and Sanitation and Information and Broadcasting at the [Read more]

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Sierra Leone is Donor Driven, but It’s High Time We Respect Ourselves

24/04/2014 Othman Sheriff

It’s a known fact that Sierra Leone, like any other post conflict nation, is highly donor driven. We therefore expect the central government to explore all investment and development possibilities [Read more]

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Does President Koroma Desire a Third Term?

19/04/2014 By Othman Sheriff, Editor, CEN

Many opinion writers have been saturating the world wide web about an alleged 3rd term ambition by His Excellency President Ernest Bai Koroma.  While some are firmly supporting the motion, [Read more]

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Sorry, I was so Wrong: Constituency 017 is Heading for the Rock as Habib Munda Bent on Misrepresenting them in Parliament

06/05/2013 By Othman Sheriff

When a lawbreaker is mislabeled as lawmaker, even the unimaginable things will become reality. With Habib Munda’s emergence as a parliamentarian representing constituency 017,  I could now see that there [Read more]

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NGOs Converge On Their Current State Of Affairs

14/09/2023

At an emergency membership meeting held on Friday, 8th September, 2023 at the St Anthony Hall, Syke Street, Freetown, NGOs gathered to chart a way forward in their affairs, as [Read more]

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When Dictatorship Is A fact, Revolution Becomes A Right.,

11/09/2023

We are living in a world that is drowning in a wealth of information but afflicted by poverty of thought. Such a notion conjures images of social media, with all [Read more]

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If Voting Made Any Difference, Would They Let Us Do It?

04/09/2023

The US Secretary of State, Antony J. Blinken issued a press statement on 31 August, 2023 on the visa restriction policy to be applied in Sierra Leone. Here is the [Read more]

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Is Sierra Leone’s Democracy Worthy of Emulation?

24/08/2023

The general election in Sierra Leone has come and gone. The drums may appear to have fallen silent, but like a swimming duck, there’s on going diplomatic gymnastics bubbling underneath [Read more]

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