Vol 66 No 8 | SIERRA LEONE Contenders to succeed Maada Bio start the race early 11th April 2025 Ruling party hopefuls are manoeuvring for the presidentials in 2028 – but there may be no vacancy Less than two years into his second – and final – five-year presidential term, Julius Maada Bio is mulling both his legacy and a succession plan for 2028....
Vol 38 No 19 | LIBERIASIERRA LEONE Taylor's stitches 26th September 1997 Under President Charles Taylor, Liberia has quickly showed symptoms of instability. On 19 July, the day after voting, 'armed robbers' killed Christine Davis, a leading election worker for...
Vol 54 No 10 | SIERRA LEONE Not an honorary consul 10th May 2013 The Italian businessman who claims to have been cheated by Ibrahima Bah over gold deals, Vittorio Narciso Ruello, made other interesting connections through Bah in the region. In...
Vol 65 No 2 | SIERRA LEONE Ex-President Koroma faces treason charges as crisis deepens 10th January 2024 The dispute over last year's elections has escalated as the former President prepares for a treason trial Political tensions are mounting in Freetown after the secret plan to allow Sierra Leone's former President, Ernest Bai Koroma to go into exile in Nigeria and drop the...
Vol 59 No 9 | SIERRA LEONE Narrow win constrains Bio 4th May 2018 The new President is reaching out across party lines to compensate for his lack of a majority in parliament Never one to shy away from flouting convention, President Julius Maada Bio has shown that he will not be constrained by a narrow win in the 31 March...