Author Archives: Abdulai Mansaray

Racism for sale: There is always a price tag

December 15, 2012 no comments

It is that time of the year of our lord to do good deeds. It is the season of plenty and the annual festival of consumerism with reckless abandon have been declared open. Far from its biblical concep...

There is no way to peace: Peace is the way

December 6, 2012 no comments

The United Nations recently voted unanimously in favour of  Palestine’s request as a “non-member observer”; paving the way for a future Palestinian State. This was met with mass jubilation by not onl...

West Midlands Hospital staff donate to Sierra Leone village

December 5, 2012 no comments

Nursing staff at the Penn Hospital in Wolverhampton, West Midlands in the UK have, for the second year running, donated second hand clothing and books to residents of Jaiama Sewafe. Last year, a cons...

Arab spring or mistaken Identity of democracy?

November 25, 2012 2 comments

Since the volcanic eruptions in the Middle East, the attempt to transform Egypt into the political laboratory for the region’s litmus test for democracy has been fraught with socio-cultural gridlocks...

A comedy club called chelsea

November 24, 2012 3 comments

Even the most ardent and die-hard fans cannot but agree that Chelsea football Club( C F C) appears to be  the EPL’s Comedy Club. It is no secret that they have had the highest number of managers with...

Salone first, cam first

November 17, 2012 2 comments

At last, the long awaited day is upon us. With a reported 1,000 local observers and contingents of Election Observers from the EU, ECOWAS, the African Union, The Commonwealth and the Carter Centre, i...

Sierra Leone’s date with destiny: The day of reckoning is upon us

November 15, 2012 no comments

It is barely 24 hours to go and the world’s beady political eyes are firmly trained on the conduct and outcome of the Sierra Leone General elections. In the months running up to the elections, Sierra...

6th November 2012: The day America came of age politically

November 13, 2012 no comments

No sooner had Obama won his second term as the most powerful man on earth, than the problems of governing an already disunited state of America surfaced. Any attempt to figure out how he won the elec...

An eye for an eye will only make the whole world blind (M. Gandhi)

November 5, 2012 no comments

“Of all the tasks of government, the most basic is to protect its citizens from violence”.  The greater the importance to safeguarding the community from incitements to the overthrow of our instituti...

In politics, it’s what isn’t said that matters

October 27, 2012 no comments

The Steering Committee issued a press release that it had “taken the difficult decision” to cancel the “much anticipated” Presidential Debate that was scheduled for the 29th October. It further went ...

Don’t just fight racism in football, fight discrimination in all walks...

October 24, 2012 no comments

On Tuesday 16th.October, the former Bosnian Serb leader, Radovan Karadzic, told the international tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in The Hague that he “should be rewarded for his efforts and for d...

Think before you Twit

August 4, 2012 no comments

Sierra Leone attained its independence in 1961, but prior to this epoch making “achievement”, the country was fondly renowned for its role as the bastion of education; courtesy of Fourah Bay College,...