Winston Ojukutu-Macauley – Critique Echo Newspaper

Talking About the Mayorship of Freetown

Every day in recent weeks, I have found myself confronted with the question of who should be the next Mayor of Freetown. In many of the discussions that follows the [Read more]

The Good, the Bad & the Ugly…

Winston Ojukutu-Macauley

So here we are at the weekly letter, and very glad I am too; but Heavens- how the days run so slow, don’t they? When I was in London I [Read more]

President Koroma Replaces a Professor with Energetic Youth

Winston Ojukutu-Macauley

President Koroma’s “youth empowerment strategy” and “agenda for change” seemed to also include replacement of lazy professors with energetic youths. The recent demonstration is the removal of though highly qualified but less resourceful Minister of Energy and Water Resources, Prof. Ogunlade Davidson [Read more]

Critique Column

How did The United Nations Organisation Become A Political Boomerang?

President George H. W Bush (Snr) led a coalition of 35 nations to wage an armed campaign against Iraq, in response to the Iraqi invasion and annexation of Kuwait in [Read more]

Critique Column

Is it Time to Make Real, the Promises of Democracy?

It is not surprising that the arrest and detention of the popular Sierra Leonean musician, Alhaji Amadu Bah, Aka Boss LAJ has generated reams of newsprint and churned out high [Read more]

Critique Column

Did we learn our lesson? A Tale of Two Countries.

Sierra Leone and Rwanda may be diametrically placed on the globe, but share an unenviable common history that many would choose to forget. Both countries achieved the gold standard for [Read more]

Critique Column

Salone Parliament Bring Laugh Na Behrrin Ose.

Just when you think that, it could not get more ridiculous, our nation’s parliamentary body invokes the season of pantomime. It is an open secret that the world is facing [Read more]