Politics & Law

Abdulai Mansaray: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 25 January 2018: Congratulations to President George Weah, on his inauguration as President of the Republic of Liberia. Our neighbours have successfully concluded what has been largely described by many as FREE and FAIR elections. But above all, it was peaceful. Like Liberia, Sierra Leone [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 24 January 2018: George Weah has been inaugurated. He is the new president of Liberia. And now the hard work begins. Speaking at his inauguration ceremony, Weah was under no illusion about the challenges facing the people of Liberia, as he laid out huge chunks of his [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 23 January 2018: George Weah, once famous for scoring sumptuous goals on football fields across Europe, was sworn in yesterday as Liberia’s 25th president. He inherits a number of challenges from his predecessor Ellen Johnson Sirleaf.  In her article: ‘The goals that must guide ex-soccer player Weah in [Read More]

Abdulai Mansaray: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 21 January 2018 Some of us may not be attached or loyal to any particular political party but suffice it to say that we can be noisy when we notice unjust practices meted out to compatriots. In a world where everyone and anyone can claim [Read More]

Pastor Mohamed Sesay: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 18 January 2018 Magistrate Samai sitting at Segbwema Magistrate Court Kailahun District, has today, 18th January, ordered the arrest of Chairman and Leader of the Alliance Democratic Party, Mr Mohamed Kamaraimba Mansaray and his co-accused, Mohamed Bangura. Granting the bench warrant applied for by [Read More]

Abu Shaw: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 17 January 2018 This Dual Citizenship issue is not a constitutional tutorial, but a very dangerous political ploy being sponsored and machinated by the APC government, that will backfire big time if daftness is to overcome rationality. The campaigns carried out by some blind and [Read More]

Sankara Kamara: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 17 January 2018 During the Ebola tragedy, Diaspora-based Sierra Leoneans showed loyalty to nation by organizing humanitarian relief aid and contributing towards the motherland’s welfare.  Conversely, politicians within the ruling APC killed more compatriots by embezzling millions of dollars, which were earmarked for the war against [Read More]

Abdulai Mansaray: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 17 January 2018 Donald Trump’s latest instalment of crass statements has hit the airwaves for all the wrongs reasons for the past week, in his litany of “how not to be a president”. His latest buccal diarrhoea has seen him describe Africa, Haiti and other [Read More]

Basita Michael: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 15 January 2018 On the 9th of January 2018, Cocorioko Newspaper wrote that the “ruling All People’s Congress (APC) will be adhering to Section 76(1), Act No. 6 of the 1991 constitution, in awarding symbols for the forthcoming Parliamentary elections.” Section 76(1) states that “no [Read More]