Both the governing APC and the main opposition SLPP have lost great Parliamentarians in the ongoing party primaries conducted to elect a new set of Parliamentary candidates for elections slated [Read more]
Shortly after a fundraising party recently organized in the German federal capital of Berlin by the Sierra Leonean main opposition, the Sierra Leone Peoples Party (SLPP) Germany chapter, the chapter [Read more]
25 September 2012 – The United Nations-backed court set up to try suspects indicted for war crimes in Sierra Leone today found three senior members of the country’s former Armed [Read more]
In fulfilment of my promise to maintain Beyond Borders (BB) following requests from some readers to have a different perspective on issues, especially as we approach the November 17 presidential [Read more]
Four hundred female pilgrims from Nigeria that arrived in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia yesterday to participate in this year’s annual hajj were promptly separated from their male counterparts and detained by [Read more]
As politicians crisscross the country in the name of sensitizing their electorates ahead of the November 17 polls, the Sierra Leone Peoples Party (SLPP) presidential hopeful, Brig. Julius Maada Bio [Read more]
When in 2009 the government set up the much-trumpeted Gbamanja commission of inquiry on the poor performance of students at basic and high school education levels comprising eminent erudites, hopes [Read more]
What is different for Black Chicago children two weeks after a grueling, internationally-watched, hard-fought strike than two weeks before the strike? By most accounts, Black children will go back to [Read more]
Fanta Sesay claimed fraudulently claimed £180,500 in benefits while earning more than £240,000 from her employment She was not entitled to the benefits or allowed to work Sesay was sentenced [Read more]
Former British High Commissioner to Sierra Leone, Peter Penfold, has launched a book detailing his account of the Sierra Leone civil war titled: ‘Atrocities, Diamonds and Diplomacy: The Inside Story [Read more]
I have been approached almost daily to express my views on the Government, the Opposition or the issue of the moment in Sierra Leone. Generally, I have resisted. As well [Read more]
The eighteen city tour which began Friday at the Jomeokee Festival in Pinnacle, North Carolina includes performance dates in Aspen, Baltimore, Boston, Chicago, Denver, Philadelphia to name a few, will [Read more]
Dear Sam: I am attaching the first letter we sent to President Koroma on 8/29/2010 begging him to personally bring our case to you because of your refusal to respond [Read more]
Information gathered by the Critique Echo reporters in Freetown has confirmed that the Christiana Thorpe’s jaw-broken nomination fees for the forthcoming presidential and parliamentary elections in the country which almost [Read more]
Secretary General of Saudi Arabia's based Inter-Governmental Organisation, the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has called on its 57 Member States and the International Community at large to urgently extend [Read more]
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