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Month: May 2018

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Hope Rekindled: Let’s Keep Away From A Fantasy Of Idealistic Perversion.

29/05/2018 Raymond Dele Awoonor-Gordon

Nourishing and tilling the flower beds you can, picking the best scented rose is a different ball-game. Seriously. Any 2-bob gardener can tell you that. So, Can we as a [Read more]

Critique Column

The Political Abiku Is Back! Is Maada Bio With A Difference?

28/05/2018 Ibrahim Sourie Mansaray

Sierra Leone is a nice country for many reasons; it is one of the few countries where political irony (ies) and coincidence form the fabric of humanity. The recent elections [Read more]

Critique Column

Divulging Confidential Government Documents is Unpatriotic

20/05/2018 Othman Sheriff

The emergence of social media is a great opportunity for everyone as it enables us to connect and share vital information without much headache. But the opportunity is gradually turning [Read more]

Breaking News

President Bio Appoints Deputy Ministers

18/05/2018 CEN

PRESS RELEASE The general public is hereby informed that it has pleased His Excellency President Julius Maada Bio to announce the following appointments subject to the approval of Parliament where [Read more]

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President Bio’s Speech On the Occasion of the State Opening of the First Session of the Fifth Parliament of Sierra Leone

17/05/2018 CEN

SPEAKER, HONOURABLE VICE-PRESIDENT, HONOURABLE CHIEF JUSTICE, MINISTERS OF GOVERNMENT HONOURABLE MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT, EXCELLENCIES, MEMBERS OF THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS DISTINGUISHED LADIES AND GENTLEMEN: Let me start by thanking the people [Read more]

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HANDING OVER NOTES: Former President Koroma

17/05/2018 CEN

HANDING OVER NOTES OF FORMER PRESIDENT DR. ERNEST BAI KOROMA OF SIERRA LEONE TO MARK INAUGURATION OF H.E. PRESIDENT DR. JULIUS MAADA BIO SLATED FOR SATURDAY 12TH MAY, 2018 Your [Read more]

Africa

Do Presidential Term Limits Work In Africa?

12/05/2018 Abdulai Mansaray

Democracy has been seen as the only salvation to the world’s political problems. Saddled with this notion is the prescription that term time limits are vital to ensure that democracy [Read more]

America

Trump Announces Special Delegation to President Bio’s Inauguration in Sierra Leone

08/05/2018 CEN

Two seismic shifts have taken place in the last two months in the West African state of Sierra Leone. Firstly, the man once described as a pariah presidential candidate because [Read more]

Critique Column

Donald Trump’s U Turn Gives Bio Thumbs Up

08/05/2018 Abdulai Mansaray

Since becoming the chief tenant at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC, Donald Trump has successfully made countless remarks, which at best have been annoying and controversial in equal measure. [Read more]

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Beyond The Competing Narratives of our Narcissistic Politicians

07/05/2018 Raymond Dele Awoonor-Gordon

If you stay too long in the dark, you begin to see clearly. No matter the effort from those in power, if there is to be a change in Sierra [Read more]

Breaking News

President Bio Appoints a New Chief Minister of the Government of Sierra Leone

02/05/2018 CEN

MEDIA RELEASE His Excellency President Julius Maada Bio has appointed a new Chief Minister of the Government of Sierra Leone as part of his efforts to ensure that his new [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]

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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