September 2016 – Critique Echo Newspaper

World Without End

18/09/2016 Raymond Dele Awoonor-Gordon

I listened to Palo Conteh, the Minister of Internal Affairs, shooting from the hips in an interview in which he was literarily telling the world, with all the glee of [Read more]

The Stench Of Injustice 2: The case of Professor Ibrahim Abdullah.

13/09/2016 Raymond Dele Awoonor-Gordon

At the root of governance failure and political dysfunction of Sierra Leone today, is the persistent deviation from truth and justice. The lack of these benchmark symbols, undermine the very [Read more]

Saudi Arabia is Not Yet Ready to End Clampdown Against Women’s Right

11/09/2016 CEN

Despite moves towards rights for women under King Abdullah before his death, deputy crown prince Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud has said the Saudi community “is not convinced about women driving”. The [Read more]

Countdown begins for Sizzla’s return to New York

03/09/2016 Dennis Kabatto

After 8 years absence, reggae star Sizzla returns to New York for Irie Jam Media’s 23rd anniversary celebration. The milestone event on Labor Day Sunday, September 4 at Roy Wilkins [Read more]

You Can’t Preach Integration and Practice Segregation

02/09/2016 Abdulai Mansaray

The recent ban on what many will see as the aptly named BURKINI swimwear has become a tilting point in the history of France. There is no doubt that France [Read more]

The Stench Of Injustice

01/09/2016 Raymond Dele Awoonor-Gordon

I can’t believe this madness! I just cannot believe it! What is this? What is happening to us as a people? When will reason, which has long gone out of [Read more]

Critique Column

Democracy Is Dead: Funeral Arrangements Will Be Announced Later.

14/07/2026

“The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig from pig to man again, but already it was impossible to say which was which”. This excerpt [Read more]

The Curtain Falls for Minkailu Mansaray, But the Spirit Endures

14/07/2026

Some deaths announce themselves not merely as the passing of a person, but as the falling of a curtain on an era. The death of Hon. Alhaji Minkailu Mansaray feels [Read more]

Critique Column

MY WRONG IS BETTER THAN YOURS: Breaking the Politics of Moral Equivalence in Sierra Leone

14/07/2026

The APC–SLPP rivalry has become more than a contest for political power. Over time, it has hardened into a national habit of thought—a lens through which many citizens interpret public [Read more]

Critique Column

Reassessing the “Lost Opportunity” Argument — A More Realistic Valuation of the 1980 OAU Summit Expenditure

14/07/2026

One of the strongest arguments made in comparing the 1980 OAU Summit with the 2026 ECOWAS Summit is the claim that Sierra Leone sacrificed a historic economic opportunity by spending [Read more]