Vol 60 No 11 | SIERRA LEONE Father of the bridge 31st May 2019 Investors and contractors were invited to attend a conference on 3 May in Freetown to express interest in the proposed bridge over Tagrin Bay which is intended to...
Vol 56 No 6 | SIERRA LEONE Koroma lashes out 20th March 2015 President Ernest Bai Koroma has removed Vice-President Samuel Sam-Sumana from office even though he does not apparently have the powers to do so. Koroma claimed that Sam-Sumana's action...
Vol 39 No 18 | SIERRA LEONE Rebels and revenge 11th September 1998 In Sierra Leone’s far interior - including Koinadugu district, with some diamond and gold deposits - the remains of the ousted Armed Forces Ruling Council/Revolutionary United Front (AFRC/RUF)...
Vol 57 No 8 | SIERRA LEONEBANKSFINANCE Africa probes the Panama connection 15th April 2016 The Panama Papers have prompted governments to look more seriously at the costs of trade mispricing and illicit financial flows Following the leak of over eleven million company files from the Mossack Fonseca law firm in Panama on 3 April, many African activists and law enforcement officers have... READ FOR FREE
Vol 38 No 12 | SIERRA LEONE Koroma's coup 6th June 1997 It was easy, inept and very bloody. The coup has shattered the hope raised by the brief return of peace and democracy Major Johnny Paul Koroma's 25 May coup d'état (the third change of regime by force in five years) was the most bloody and destructive in Sierra Leone's history....