Vol 38 No 5 | SIERRA LEONE Sankoh sticks out 28th February 1997 The rebels are blocking a new UN plan to get peace efforts moving again Back in the thick of things is Corporal Foday Sankoh, leader of the Revolutionary United Front. Three months after signing a peace agreement in Abidjan with President Ahmad...
Vol 51 No 25 | SIERRA LEONEMINING Iron constitutions required 17th December 2010 A Chinese-British consortium exploiting massive iron ore reserves at Tonkolili prompts opposition from villagers and anti-corruption campaigners One of the wealthiest and most controversial businessmen in Britain, Vasile Frank Timis, has brought over $300 million of Chinese finance to Sierra Leone’s Tonkolili district to exploit what...
Vol 53 No 20 | SIERRA LEONE Election tax axed 5th October 2012 A major electoral controversy came to an end in mid-September when President Ernest Bai Koroma reversed the decision of the National Electoral Commission Chairwoman, Christiana Thorpe, to raise...
Vol 57 No 4 | SIERRA LEONE Stuck at the airport 19th February 2016 President Ernest Bai Koroma is planning to take out a massive Chinese loan to build an airport despite promising the International Monetary Fund he would not, we hear....
Vol 48 No 8 | SIERRA LEONE Kabbah in a hurry 13th April 2007 If President Ahmed Tejan Kabbah has his way, Sierra Leoneans will be voting for a revised constitution as well as a new government this year.