Articles by Abdulai Mansaray

The Conservative Party selection for the next Tory leader is in full swing and the adage that a day in politics is a long time could not be more apt. [Read more]

President Julius Maada Bio sacked his head of the nation’s Police force, Inspector General (I.G) Ambrose Sovula this week. Social media, rumour merchants, gossip entrepreneurs and political wordsmiths have had [Read more]

With President Bio’s official first term in office ticking down, to the average SLPP supporter or sympathiser, President Bio is a “sure ball” for a second presidential term. The APC [Read more]

Like many countries around the world, Sierra Leone is experiencing social, political and economic speed bumps at a time, with toughest challenges in recent times. There is a saying that [Read more]

There is a universally held notion that democracy is the best form of government, thanks to the definition that it is the government of the people, by the people and [Read more]

The most obvious nightmare of the moment is the war in Ukraine and its effects globally. The war in Ukraine presents an existential threat to world economies and the world [Read more]

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]

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]

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]

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]

The world is in reverse gear as basic food and commodity prices present unprecedented threats to air traffic. Ukraine and Russia may be far way, but we cannot discount that [Read more]

In little Gambia, a relatively unknown Adama Barrow, acting as the arrowhead of an opposition coalition, defeated Yaryah Jammeh against all odds. Yaryah Jammeh took power in 1994 and vowed [Read more]

President Bio recently extended an olive branch to Kandeh Yumkella, the figure head of the National Grand Coalition (NGC) party, during a traditional ceremony somewhere in in the latter’s neck [Read more]