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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
  • [ 25/11/2025 ] THE WOMAN PRESIDENT. NEXT. Critique Column
  • [ 25/11/2025 ] Beyond Inspiration: Mining Governance in Sierra Leone and the Missed Lessons of Simandou 2040 Critique Column
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Brexit: Was this Britain’s Gravest Political National Self-Harm Episode?

21/03/2025 Abdulai Mansaray

On Friday, at 11:00 PM, 31 January 2020, Britain officially left the European Union (EU). It was a divorce that was not contested by either party and was settled on [Read more]

Europe

O`Neill Automatisierung Pledges Support to Skill Training in Sierra Leone

16/04/2023 CEN

Christopher O’Neill of the O`Neill Automatisierung who is also a renowned Rotarian in Germany, has donated start-up kits for at least two potential graduates of Youth Resource Academy (YRA)  in [Read more]

Diasporal Exclusive

Madingo Union-UK & Ireland Goes Global with Dinner & Dance Gala.

17/11/2022 Abdulai Mansaray

The Madingo Union in UK & Ireland (MU UK &I) laid out a sumptuous dinner, followed by dance at the Royal Regency Hall in London, UK on the 12/11/22. The [Read more]

Critique Column

In British Politics, Hypocrisy Is Not a Handicap.

30/10/2022 Abdulai Mansaray

British politics is in danger of becoming the world’s most revered comedy show on the planet. What makes this unenviable accolade glaringly true is the fact that, Britain’s inglorious past [Read more]

Critique Column

YAD and Fambul Tik Publish Evaluation Report On 10 Years Development Cooperation With the Government and People of The Federal Republic of Germany.

03/10/2022 CEN

The headquarters of Youth in Action for Development (YAD) in Kenema is now overwhelmed  with intellectual euphoria as their leading German partner, Fambul Tik e.V., broke the news of the [Read more]

Europe

Prejudice: A Burden That Threatens The Future.

15/08/2022 Abdulai Mansaray

The Conservative Party selection for the next Tory leader is in full swing and the adage that a day in politics is a long time could not be more apt. [Read more]

Africa

PCR Covid Test No Longer Required For People Travelling From Sierra Leone To UK

11/01/2022 CEN

Following last week’s announcement by the UK government that Covid PCR tests are no longer required for people coming into the country, there are reports of passengers travelling from Freetown [Read more]

Europe

Europe – a Reliable Partner of Sierra Leone

16/09/2021 Manuel Müller, the EU Ambassador to Sierra Leone

Last week I had the honour and pleasure to present to H.E. Julius Maada Bio, President of the Republic of Sierra Leone, my letter of credence by which H. E. [Read more]

Europe

Europe Week 2021 – PRESS RELEASE

04/05/2021 CEN

Look out for Ami and Ahmed as they tour Sierra Leone with us on #TheEUandMe Roadshow and Pop-up Photo ExhibitionYou can follow them on Facebook @EUinSierraLeone From 3 to 10 [Read more]

Africa

Does France Need a Vaccine from Its Colonial Hangover?

12/04/2020 Abdulai Mansaray

It is regrettable but unfortunately true that Africa seems to be a synonym for a lot of life’s undesirables. The continent has been described along the lines of diseases, poverty, [Read more]

Europe

Democracy: The Collective Wisdom of Individual Ignorance.

29/11/2019 Abdulai Mansaray

Democracy as been described as a system of government by the whole population or all the eligible members of a state, typically through elected representatives. My primary school teacher gave [Read more]

Europe

Global Citizenship: When Life Rewards Brave Goodbyes With A New Hello.

20/02/2019 Abdulai Mansaray

Mikael Gorbachev has always been credited as the “father of Perestroika” in the USSR. One of the aims of this process was to bring the USSR out of its crisis [Read more]

Europe

Italy and France at Diplomatic War Over Continued Colonization of Africa

22/01/2019 CEN

“We would be hypocrites if we just continued to talk about the effects without looking for the causes. If today we have people coming from Africa it’s because some European [Read more]

Europe

German Police Faces Standoff in Wake of Deportation Operation

25/10/2018 CEN

On Wednesday afternoon, a large police operation took place at the branch office of the temporl asylum camp Deggendorf in the Plattling-Stephansposching industrial area. This was triggered by a failed [Read more]

Europe

Islam phobia: Exploiting the Pain of Genuine Victims.

11/08/2018 Abdulai Mansaray

Boris Johnson, the former foreign secretary, UK said people in burkas looked like “letter boxes” or “bank robbers”. The criticisms that have greeted his remarks were obvious. The Equality and [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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