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Month: October 2015

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More Time?: That Is Flying The Kite Of Political Inferno.

31/10/2015 Raymond Dele Awoonor-Gordon

No single individual is a paragon of perfection… Not even President Koroma who seem to be behaving not only like Emperor Nero but is also hiding his head under the [Read more]

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Reflections On The Change Of Tomorrow: Unlearning Is The Key Route

28/10/2015 Raymond Dele Awoonor-Gordon

It is not for God to help our country, but for us as Sierra Leoneans to resolve to have a new society. One of the worst problems facing the nation [Read more]

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Who Says Winning is not Everything, Never Won Anything.

26/10/2015 Abdulai Mansaray

It is fast approaching that time of the Premier League season again, when Christmas seems to provide a festive cheer for all football loving fans. But this might not be [Read more]

Diasporal Exclusive

SLPP Germany Chapter Sets to Elect a New Executive, But Many Questions Remain Unanswered (Part 2)

25/10/2015 CEN

The SLPP Germany chapter is poised to elect a new executive on Saturday, 7th November this year and there is frenzied campaign ongoing behind the scene. According to a WhatsApp [Read more]

Critique Column

The Main Hope of a Nation Lies In The Proper Education Of Its Youth

21/10/2015 Abdulai Mansaray

A people without the knowledge of their past history, origin and culture is like a tree without roots.(Marcus Garvey). It was with a heavy heart that I read about the [Read more]

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In Politics, It’s What Isn’t Said That Matters

20/10/2015 Abdulai Mansaray

In a previous article, I implored Rtd. Brigadier Maada Bio to renounce violence in his name. Reports reaching most media outlets, especially those in the diaspora have contended that Maada’s [Read more]

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RANDOM MUSING: We must develop a culture of contempt for mediocrity.

18/10/2015 Raymond Dele Awoonor-Gordon

I have passed the age of playing peacock for anybody or ideal. So I’m going to simply say that every Sierra Leonean who reads this piece and does not get [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]

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Obituary : Hon. Augustine Bockarie Torto

13/10/2015 Abdulai Mansaray

It is with great sadness that I report the death of Honourable Augustine Bockarie Torto, who passed away peacefully on Friday 9th October 2015 at 01:30 hours. This sad event [Read more]

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Clinical Trial for New Ebola Vaccine Starts in Kambia District, Sierra Leone

09/10/2015 CEN

‘EBOVAC-Salone’, a clinical trial to assess the safety and immunogenicity of a new vaccine against Ebola, has started with the vaccination of the first volunteers. The first volunteers to be [Read more]

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Mental Health: The Silent Crisis in Sierra Leone

09/10/2015 Bai-Bai Sesay

Sierra Leone like all other nations in the world, will be observing World Mental Health Day with the theme for this year: “Dignity in mental health.” World Mental Health Day [Read more]

Diasporal Exclusive

Africa-America Institute Hosts Future Leaders Legacy Fund Awards Gala

09/10/2015 Dennis Kabatto

While the United Nations was executing the second day of its 70th General Debate, an estimated 300 distinguished guests including African and US leaders and top diplomats came together to [Read more]

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Never Forget Posterity, When Devising a Policy

06/10/2015 Abdulai Mansaray

The recent floods in our country have generated so much in the media that one cannot avoid its impact on especially the lives of those directly affected. It goes without [Read more]

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Our House Of Cards

01/10/2015 Raymond Dele Awoonor-Gordon

Circumstances, it is said, are like a mattress, if you are on top, you rest easy; but if you are underneath, you suffocate. The other day, our president was begging [Read more]

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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]

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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]

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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]

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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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