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How Do You Solve a Problem Called: Victor Ajisafe?

28/09/2017 Abdulai Mansaray

The furore that has followed the recent protestations of Pastor Ajisafe has been well documented. To call it a crisis may look far-fetched, and to call it a stir would [Read more]

Africa

Former Liberian War Lord, Jungle Jabbah, Faces Trial in USA

28/09/2017 CEN

Trial of Pennsylvania Resident and Alleged Liberian War Criminal Jabbateh “Jungle Jabbah” Set to Begin in Philadelphia October 2, 2017   Victims and Witnesses of War Crimes Who Seek Justice [Read more]

Critique Column

What Does Sierra Leoneans Say About the Misguided Nigerian Preacher, Victor Ajisafe

27/09/2017 CEN

Today i listened to the most unfortunate voice recording from a perceived man of God in Sierra Leone (well a Nigerian who we warmly embraced as ours in Sierra Leone). [Read more]

Salone News

Press Release From SLPP National Secretariat

27/09/2017 CEN

SLPP Press Release SIERRA LEONE PEOPLE’S PARTY CONDEMNS RELIGIOUS HATE MESSAGES Freetown September 26, 2017: The attention of the National Secretariat of the Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP) has been [Read more]

Critique Column

Is Accepting Evil Worse Than Committing Evil?

27/09/2017 Abdulai Mansaray

According to Timothy 1:5-7 NKJV “ now the purpose of the commandment is love from a pure heart, from a good conscience, and from sincere faith, from which some, having [Read more]

Asia

Betrayal Is Universal for People With No Principles

22/09/2017 Abdulai Mansaray

Aung San Suu Kyi led the National League for Democracy (NLD) to a majority win in Myanmar’s first openly contested election in 25 years in November 2015.The win came five [Read more]

Critique Column

In Politics, Absurdity Is Not a Handicap

17/09/2017 Abdulai Mansaray

The Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP), the oldest surviving political party in Sierra Leone commenced its three- day election convention in Kenema this weekend, and reports reaching this paper describe [Read more]

Critique Column

In Poitics, Nothing Happens by Accident

16/09/2017 Abdulai Mansaray

The former UNIDO Boss, Dr. Kandeh Kolleh Yumkela officially pronounced his resignation from the main opposition Sierra Leone Peoples Party (SLPP) to join the Grand Coalition Movement on Tuesday 5th [Read more]

America

Presidential Spokesman Abdulai Bayraytay Confirms Suspension of US B1, B2 Visas for Sierra Leone Government Officials

15/09/2017 Dennis Kabatto

Presidential Spokesman, Abdulai Bayraytay confirmed on Wednesday that the United States has placed restrictions on business and tourism visas for Sierra Leone immigration and foreign affairs ministry officials. The Trump [Read more]

Africa

Kenyan Elections; Ruled Off For Offside

13/09/2017 Abdulai Mansaray

 Kenya’s Chief Justice David Maraga, and three of his colleagues, have created history by annulling the August presidential election. It is unprecedented in Africa for an opposition court challenge against [Read more]

Critique Column

Is Decentralization the Answer to Freetown’s Over Urbanization?

10/09/2017 Abdulai Mansaray

  Urbanization is not about simply increasing the number of urban residents or expanding the area of cities. More importantly, it’s about a complete change from rural to urban style [Read more]

Latest Post

ITSTIME TO “BIG UP” THE SALONE YOUTHS.

09/09/2017 Abdulai Mansaray

We know that with the war, their innocence and vulnerability were callously preyed on by the adult world to devastating consequences. When we had the Ebola outbreak, the youths were [Read more]

Breaking News

APN Rallies Support for Sierra Leone and Democratic Republic of Congo

08/09/2017 CEN

Press release September 8, 2017 The African Philanthropy Network is sending a message of solidarity to the people of Sierra Leone and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) after hundreds of [Read more]

Latest Post

The Gods Are Not to Be Blame: AN ODE TO THE FLOOD VICTIMS

05/09/2017 Abdulai Mansaray

  With fist of fury, clenched in despair, I raised my hands to heaven in supplication. With teary eyes and swollen cheeks, we ask for divine explanation. In cries of [Read more]

Critique Column

Which Way Sierra Leone?

04/09/2017 Abdulai Mansaray

“At that time my anger will flare up against them; I will forsake them and hide my face from them, so that they will become a prey to be devoured, [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]

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]

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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]

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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