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Why African Politician Cannot Be Juju Dabbler

23/12/2011 Othman Sheriff

By Kofi Akosah-Sarpong, CEN Commentator, USA Sierra Leone is a perfect example of how the African politician should do away with the absurd juju-marabou spiritualism – if Africa is to [Read more]

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The Long Winding Road To Nowhere.

19/12/2011 Othman Sheriff

RANDOM MUSING, by Raymond Dele Awoonor-Gordon, awogordon@yahoo.co.uk Let’s end the game of wits.     We all know that politicians when whipped into mob frenzy can take banality to frightening [Read more]

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The Burden of Corruption is Not on Washington’s Carriageway

14/12/2011 Othman Sheriff

RANDOM MUSING, by Raymond Dele Awoonor-Gordon, awogordon@yahoo.co.uk Blood is not simply red – it stains. Covenants without swords are but mere words. When the hunter is afraid of his gun, [Read more]

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Who’s Ungrateful to Whom?

12/12/2011 Othman Sheriff

By John Momoh If one considers the role played by Ex-brigadier Julius Maada Bio in bringing Ex-President Ahmad Tejan Kabbah’s Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP) Regime to power in 1996, [Read more]

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“Collateral Damage”

11/12/2011 Othman Sheriff

By Sorie Fofana The Truth and Reconciliation Commission Report of 2004 discovered that “endemic corruption was a central factor that produced the dire conditions that made civil war inevitable. Sierra [Read more]

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An Open Letter to the Vice President

08/12/2011 Othman Sheriff

RANDOM MUSING, By Raymond Dele Awoonor-Gordon awogordon@yahoo.co.uk   Sir,   The Vice President, Alhaji Sam Sumana Permit my impudence but there is an irony in the fact that the administration [Read more]

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A Tree Never Hits an Automobile Except in Self Defence.

08/12/2011 Othman Sheriff

By Abdulai Mansaray   Abdulai Mansaray, Author The last time I checked, the national police force of the Republic of Sierra Leone was charged with the responsibility for law enforcement [Read more]

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HOW SERIOUS IS SORIOUS?

07/12/2011 Othman Sheriff

Commented By Franklin Kekura Fode-Kallay, USA. Sorious Samura Sir, Please grant me space in your widely read magazine to express my views on this hot issue. Thanks. HOW SERIOUS IS [Read more]

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The Youths of Today Have a Lot to Say.

06/12/2011 Othman Sheriff

By Abdulai Mansaray. With the recently concluded report on the “Bo Political Mishap “published, the spate of violence that is rearing its ugly head in local communities does not augur [Read more]

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The Puppeteer’s string: Is the I.M.C. having a laugh?

05/12/2011 Othman Sheriff

RANDOM MUSING, By Raymond Dele Awoonor-Gordon,  awogordon@yahoo.co.uk     “The IMC notes that since the broadcast of that programme, it has generated heated discussions on (sic) the media. The IMC [Read more]

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Timbergate: a ‘Looter’ Continua

29/11/2011 Othman Sheriff

Random musing, by Raymond Dele Awoonor-Gordon In the midst of the verifiable achievements and the pillaging and abuse of the past years, there is a compelling need, like Sorious Samura [Read more]

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The” Timbergate” Scandal in Sierra Leone.

29/11/2011 Othman Sheriff

By Abdulai Mansaray, UK The recent documentary on Sierra Leone’s timber industry aired on Al-Jazeera has been met with controversy, accusations, counter-accusations and full blown smear campaigns. While some have hailed [Read more]

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The Audacity of Youth Politics and Imperial Naivety.

26/11/2011 Othman Sheriff

By Abdulai Mansaray, CEN Political Commentator, UK Abdulai Mansaray, Author “A people without the knowledge of their past history, origin and culture is like a tree without roots” (Marcus Garvey). [Read more]

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The Twisted African Democratic Revolutions

05/09/2011 Othman Sheriff

Either in Libya, Nigeria, Chad, Egypt or Tunisia, the African nation-state, from its birth, has been in some sort of undeviating inanimate democratic revolution. The reason is that the African [Read more]

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The International Community and Africa’s Democracy Construct

05/09/2011 Othman Sheriff

Kofi Akosah-Sarpong   More than ever as Africa gets entwined in the international system, the international community is becoming increasingly part of Africa’s development. Ever more, the international community includes [Read more]

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Did Jaiama Sewafe Get an Early “Salmafo” from The SLPP Bio Government?

01/03/2026

It is early days into the Holy Ramadan Month, during which Muslims all around the world are required to fast from dawn to dusk, throughout the month. As one of [Read more]

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The Paradox of Donald Trump’s Foreign Policy for Africa.

01/03/2026

When Donald Trump referred to African countries, Haiti and El Salvador as shithole nations during a meeting on the 12 January 2018, the whole of Africa’s 1.55 billion people was [Read more]

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YAD Concludes Annual TVET Graduation in Grand Style

26/01/2026

On January 23rd and 24th, 2024, YAD added another chapter to its ongoing youth and women’s empowerment initiatives by hosting its annual TVET graduation in a spectacular fashion. Each year, [Read more]

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The Silence of the Lambs: Why Sierra – Leone’s Legal Guardians Must Not Stand Aside: Comparative Lessons and Constitutional Theory for a Critical Moment

25/01/2026

n Sierra Leone’s debate over the 2025 Constitutional Amendment Bill, the most troubling feature is not the substance of the proposals themselves but the silence that has settled around them. [Read more]

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