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  • [ 03/02/2019 ] The Betrayal Of Trust Carries A Heavy Taboo. Critique Column
  • [ 29/11/2025 ] CELEBRATING S.B.B. DUMBUYA AT 80 — The Teacher Who Formed a Generation Critique Column
  • [ 25/11/2025 ] CONVERTING MINES MINISTER MATTIA’S OP-ED ON SIMANDOU INTO ACTION Critique Column
  • [ 25/11/2025 ] THE WOMAN PRESIDENT. NEXT. Critique Column
  • [ 25/11/2025 ] Beyond Inspiration: Mining Governance in Sierra Leone and the Missed Lessons of Simandou 2040 Critique Column
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Jamal Khashoggi’s Iphone Recorded His ‘Killing’ At The Saudi Embassy In Turkey

19/10/2018 CEN

President Donald Trump warns the US would inflict “severe punishment” if Saudi Arabia was behind journalist Jamal Khashoggi’s disappearance. Missing Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi recorded audio on his Apple watch of [Read more]

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The Paradox of Saudi Arabia and Western Democratic Hypocrisy.

18/10/2018 Abdul Suhood Komeh

Saudi Arabia is situated at the birth place of the world’s most followed religion, Islam. The country that prides itself as one of the beacons of Islamic ethics, meticulously planned, [Read more]

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President Bio Arrives in Qatar for State Visit

22/04/2018 CEN

After a week of successful Commonwealth Summit in London, His Excellency President Julius Maada Bio has arrived in Doha, Qatar on Saturday 21st April 2018 for a state visit on [Read more]

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Ambassador Kamara Remembered and honored in Kuwait

21/02/2017 M.B. Jalloh, Press Attache, the Gulf States

Following the passing away of H.E. Ambassador Ibrahim Bakarr Kamara on Wednesday 8th February 2017, the Sierra Leone Mission in Kuwait  opened a Book of Condolence at the Chancery from [Read more]

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Sierra Leone, UAE Sign Economic and Technical Cooperation Agreement

31/10/2016 Alhaji M.B. Jalloh, Press Attaché, Saudi Arabia and the Gulf States

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the Republic of Sierra Leone last week signed an Economic and Technical Cooperation Agreement in the commercial Emirati city of Dubai. The Deputy Minister [Read more]

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Saudi Arabia is Not Yet Ready to End Clampdown Against Women’s Right

11/09/2016 CEN

Despite moves towards rights for women under King Abdullah before his death, deputy crown prince Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud has said the Saudi community “is not convinced about women driving”. The [Read more]

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Ambassador Kamara Clarifies the Smear Campaign over the Kuwaiti House Maids Issue

23/05/2016 M. B. Jalloh, Press Attaché, Saudi Arabia and the Gulf States

 The issue of maltreatment of Sierra Leonean House maids in the State of Kuwait is a subject that has been circulating over the social media for some time now and [Read more]

Middle East/Asia

Recruitment of Maids to the Arab World Must Be Banned

06/07/2015 M.B. Jalloh, Press Attaché, Saudi Arabia, the Gulf States and Central Asia

Generally, the history of maids’ recruitment to the Arab world has oftentimes been a source of misery for the maids themselves and a source of headache for Embassies to which [Read more]

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Female Genital Mutilation: Why Egyptian Girls Fear the Summer

29/06/2015 Culled from CNN

Cairo, Egypt Summer days: They're what childhood memories are made of, glorious afternoons of unchecked freedom to frolic with friends in the sun, unshackled from the earthly obligations of a [Read more]

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US $35 million grant from King Abdallah of Saudi Arabia to fight Ebola in West Africa

11/12/2014 CEN

JEDDAH, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, December 11, 2014/ — The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, Saudi Arabia’s King Abdallah bin Abdulaziz al-Saud has extended a grant of US$35 million [Read more]

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President Koroma’s First Resident Ambassador in UAE Arrives

28/08/2014 M.B. Jalloh, Press Attaché, Saudi Arabia and the Gulf States

The establishment of a full Sierra Leone diplomatic mission in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has finally become a reality with the arrival of Sierra Leone’s Ambassador-Designate in Abu Dhabi [Read more]

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Prayers Against Ebola Intensified in Saudi Arabia

07/08/2014 CEN

In response to His Excellency, President Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma's call to the nation to stay home for self-reflection and prayers against the deadly Ebola virus on Monday, August 4th, [Read more]

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Sierra Leoneans in Saudi Arabia Pray Against EBOLA

30/07/2014 Ibrahim Sillah, Saudi Arabia

Under the supervision of the Embassy of Sierra Leone in Saudi Arabia, the Sierra Leone Nationals' Union (SLNU) in Riyadh, in collaboration with the Dawa and Guidance Committee, made it [Read more]

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Sierra Leone’s Ambassador Markets Sierra Leone in Saudi Arabia

30/04/2014 By Alhaji M.B. Jalloh, Press Attaché, Saudi Arabia

Dressed in the traditional African attire, Sierra Leone's new Ambassador in Saudi Arabia and his Staff last Sunday received high-ranking Saudi Government officials, members of the Diplomatic and Consular corps, [Read more]

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Ambassador M.S. Kargbo Present Letters of Credence to Saudi Arabia Government

08/04/2014 By Alhaji M.B. Jalloh, Press Attaché, Saudi Arabia

Sierra Leone's Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, His Excellency Alhaji Mohamed Sillah Kargbo has on Monday, 7th April, 2014 presented copies of letters of credence [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]

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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]

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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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