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Month: April 2017

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2018: Who Can We Trust To Change Our Story?

30/04/2017 Raymond Dele Awoonor-Gordon

If truth be told, the trouble with the contraption of a nation called Sierra Leone, is, double standards, ethnically-tainted, tribally-misrepresented viewpoints and dogmatist hollow standpoints. Hypocrisy has become the national [Read more]

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Personal Tribute to the Late Ambassador Siray Alpha Timbo

29/04/2017 Alhaji M. B. Jalloh, Press Attachè, Saudi Arabia and the Gulf States

Actually, this is a tribute I had wanted to write immediately after the funeral of my brother, friend, mentor, and boss, His Excellency, the late Sierra Leone’s Envoy to the [Read more]

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The Fight Against Terrorism: Can We Learn From The EPL?

21/04/2017 Abdulai Mansaray

Terrorism has been one of the oldest favourite past times of some people from time immemorial. The UN used the following political description of terrorism, as “Criminal acts intended or [Read more]

Critique Column

Political Gerrymandering? Let the Games Begin

20/04/2017 Abdulai Mansaray

The return of Sam Sumana has set the wagging tongues into overdrive. Since his return, there has been talk of a new political party, which in its embryonic state is [Read more]

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Salvaging Our Democracy 2: Let’s Beware of the ‘Ides’ of Bandwagon

16/04/2017 Raymond Dele Awoonor-Gordon

Without a shadow of doubt, to get out of the dark place we currently find ourselves, it has become imperative that we get rid of all those who have, or [Read more]

Critique Column

Sam Sumana returns Home: As Prodigal Son or Spanner in the Works?

15/04/2017 Abdulai Mansaray

The much anticipated return of the erstwhile Vice president to the shores of Sierra Leone is finally here with us. Prior to his return, there has been a lot of [Read more]

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A New Down for Justice and Human Right in Sierra Leone, Parliament Approved Melron Nicol-Wilson as New Ombudsman

14/04/2017 Alfred Dravie Parry and Sallu Kamara

The Parliament of the Republic of Sierra Leone has overwhelmingly approved the appointment of Mr Melron Nicol-Wilson as new Ombudsman, on Tuesday April 11, 2017. This follows him being named [Read more]

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Time To Salvage Our Democracy

10/04/2017 Raymond Dele Awoonor-Gordon

Self-delusion is bad but collective self-delusion is truly the ultimate. It is clear that the government cannot be trusted to exhibit or stand with integrity. But whether the abnormal, modish [Read more]

Critique Column

If Voting Changed Anything, They’d Abolish it.

07/04/2017 Abdulai Mansaray

There are reports that certain areas including Kailahun and Bombali Districts have been subjected to “lockdowns”; apparently to “force people to register”. In another instance, it has been reported that [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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