April 2020 – Critique Echo Newspaper

Trump, the Emperor Has No Clothes.

27/04/2020 CEN

The Emperor Donald J. Trump has reportedly cancelled his daily White House briefings, complaining that its “not worth the time and effort”. And who can blame him? These briefings have [Read more]

How Do You Solve A Problem Called Fatima Bio?

27/04/2020 Abdulai Mansaray

Love her or loathe her, the First Lady Fatima Bio is an enigma. What makes it tellingly so, is the backdrop against which her life has been gauged, scrutinised, vilified [Read more]

If You Want to Ruin the Truth, Stretch It.

24/04/2020 Abdulai Mansaray

When the world is rudderless with no one in control, the truth becomes frighteningly the first casualty. A vacuum always ensues, when people fail to attribute incompetence to malevolence. It [Read more]

YAD and Fambul Tik Donate Ultrasound Machine to Kenema Government Hospital.

21/04/2020 CEN

Youth in Action for Development (YAD) donated today, 21 April, 2020 an ultrasound machine to the Kenema Government Hospital. Present at the presentation ceremony were the Resident Minister, east, Hon. [Read more]

Wherever the Art of Medicine is Loved, There is Also a Love of Humanity

12/04/2020 Abdulai Mansaray

In a WhatsApp message, purported to have been written by Dr Sylvia Blyden, (Not verified), she appears to praise President Maada Bio “for many aspects of this fight against the [Read more]

Does France Need a Vaccine from Its Colonial Hangover?

12/04/2020 Abdulai Mansaray

It is regrettable but unfortunately true that Africa seems to be a synonym for a lot of life’s undesirables. The continent has been described along the lines of diseases, poverty, [Read more]

As Coronavirus enters Sierra Leone… Time for Our Politicians to Act Now

05/04/2020 Alhaji M.B. Jalloh

With the agility and speed of its spread, the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has sent the entire world into shock. Since it emerged in humans in China in late 2019, [Read more]

As Democracy is Quarantined, should we be Vaccinated Against Politics?

05/04/2020 Abdulai Mansaray

No present-day living specimen, organism or specimen may have ever experienced what the world is witnessing these days; thanks to the pandemic Corona Virus. It goes without saying that pandemics [Read more]

NGOs Converge On Their Current State Of Affairs

14/09/2023

At an emergency membership meeting held on Friday, 8th September, 2023 at the St Anthony Hall, Syke Street, Freetown, NGOs gathered to chart a way forward in their affairs, as [Read more]

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When Dictatorship Is A fact, Revolution Becomes A Right.,

11/09/2023

We are living in a world that is drowning in a wealth of information but afflicted by poverty of thought. Such a notion conjures images of social media, with all [Read more]

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If Voting Made Any Difference, Would They Let Us Do It?

04/09/2023

The US Secretary of State, Antony J. Blinken issued a press statement on 31 August, 2023 on the visa restriction policy to be applied in Sierra Leone. Here is the [Read more]

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Is Sierra Leone’s Democracy Worthy of Emulation?

24/08/2023

The general election in Sierra Leone has come and gone. The drums may appear to have fallen silent, but like a swimming duck, there’s on going diplomatic gymnastics bubbling underneath [Read more]