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How Do You Solve a Problem Called Jagaban?

08/10/2025 Abdulai Mansaray

Mohamed Omodu Kamara (MOK), popularly known as Jagaban may have come to the political arena comparatively recently, but he has been hugging the political headlines already. If this was a [Read more]

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War and Drugs: The Double Jeopardy of Sierra Leone’s Youth.

06/10/2025 Abdulai Mansaray

When Sierra Leone weaned itself from the boorish, barbarous and inhuman decade- long war of the 90s, many hoped that it will be the end of savagery in our society. [Read more]

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The Impossible Tide of Globalisation in Sierra Leone.

02/10/2025 Abdulai Mansaray

“Couldn’t place a call. Make sure your device has internet connection and try again”. (WhatsApp call). “The number you’re calling is either switched off or outside coverage area” (Direct phone [Read more]

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Government Put Empty Spoon Na Jaiama Sewafe Mot.

27/09/2025 Abdulai Mansaray

Jaiama Sewafe is a mid-sized town in Kono District, that is located on the foot of the Nimi Hills and straddled by River Sewa, one of the longest rivers in [Read more]

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The Cognitive Dissonance of Donald Trump’s Foreign Policy on Human Rights in Democracy.

10/09/2025 Abdulai Mansaray

“Cognitive Dissonance is the psychological discomfort a person feels when holding two or more conflicting beliefs, attitudes, or values, or when their beliefs conflict with their behaviours. It arises when [Read more]

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Are Political Campaigns Becoming Show Business of War Without Bloodshed?

04/09/2025 Abdulai Mansaray

Why many people see journalism as the barometer of society and thermometer of public opinion is anybody’s guess. Even though some see elections as advance auction sale of stolen goods, [Read more]

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As The Masks Come Off, Democracy Dies In Darkness.

01/09/2025 Abdulai Mansaray

Seen as the best form of governance, the Greeks who have been credited with inventing the idea and concept of democracy recognised the dual nature of it from its inception. [Read more]

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Hath Hell Any Fury Like a Woman Scorned?

14/08/2025 Abdulai Mansaray

In exactly a fortnight ago, some of us were lauding an orchestrated and successfully choreographed display of UNITY during the Sierra Leone People 14th National Delegates Conference. We spoke about [Read more]

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The Culture of Hate and Revenge Politics is the Greatest Threat to World Peace & Security.

10/08/2025 Abdulai Mansaray

As controversial and debatable as it sounds, hate and revenge have become the palm oil with which politics is eaten today. Revenge politics has now become trendy. What makes it [Read more]

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Has The SLPP Thrown Down The Gauntlet Of Unity To The Opposition APC Party?

08/08/2025 Abdulai Mansaray

The Sierra Leone People’s Party recently concluded its 14th National Delegates Convention in Freetown. This was preceded by regional elections that did not fare without its own catalogue of controversies. [Read more]

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Is Sierra Leone’s Environmental Protection Agency A Mockery of Sustainability?

28/07/2025 Abdulai Mansaray

Sierra Leone established the Environment Protection Act (EPA) in 2008, and among many others, it is meant to safeguard the environment and manage the nation’s natural resources. Embedded in this [Read more]

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Air Sierra Leone: No One, No Luggage and No Baggage Left Behind.

23/07/2025 Abdulai Mansaray

If a chick that will grow into a cock is spotted the very day it is hatched, then the signs are that Air Sierra Leone will be the answer to [Read more]

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The Oppressor Never Gives Freedom Voluntarily, The Oppressed Must Demand It.

30/06/2025 Abdulai Mansaray

“The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again: but already it was impossible to say which was which”. These [Read more]

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Farewell to a Trailblazer – Dr Kadi Sesay (1949–2025)

16/06/2025 Abdulai Mansaray

Dr Kadi Sesay, feminist, scholar, politician, and pro-democracy advocate, passed away in the United States after a prolonged illness. She was 76. Family sources confirmed her death after a prolonged [Read more]

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In A War Of Egos, The Loser Always Wins

10/06/2025 Abdulai Mansaray

The fallout from the “bromance” between Trump and Elon Musk was just a matter of time before the final blowout. Recent reports about the implosion between the most powerful man [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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