Vol 48 No 19 | SIERRA LEONE A clean sweep, maybe 21st September 2007 A peaceful transfer of power bodes well for serious reform and fresh aid for a broken country Sierra Leone joined an African elite on Monday when its opposition party was voted into power. Ernest Bai Koroma of the All People’s Congress (APC) becomes President, with...
Vol 44 No 22 | LIBERIASIERRA LEONE Taylor's shadow 7th November 2003 There is a new government but no real peace and far too few peacekeepers Renewed fighting in Liberia's north-east Nimba County rings alarm bells across the region. Fingers are pointing at ousted President Charles Ghankay Taylor, now exiled in south-eastern Nigeria, who...
Vol 47 No 8 | SIERRA LEONE The accused 14th April 2006 The main point of the United Nations-backed Special Court was to try 'those with the greatest responsibility' for the ten-year war that left 50,000 people dead and half...
Vol 56 No 23 | SIERRA LEONE Unclear for take-off 20th November 2015 President Ernest Bai Koroma's government informed the International Monetary Fund it had abandoned his flagship project, the Mamamah international airport, during its team visit in September, Africa Confidential...
Vol 43 No 11 | SIERRA LEONE Kabbah's cabal 31st May 2002 After an easy election win, the President must tackle corruption and placate the north The elections on 14 May were justifiably hailed as a victory for peace. Veterans said they were the least violent in the country's post-independence history (AC Vol 43...