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 48 No 5 | SIERRA LEONE Hinga's death hits home 2nd March 2007 The loss of its main defendant further weakens the slow and costly Special Court The death of Chief Sam Hinga Norman, former Defence Minister and leader of the Civil Defence Forces (CDF), is a hammer blow to the Special Court of Sierra...
Vol 64 No 18 | SIERRA LEONE President Bio taps Trump ally as security worries grow 31st August 2023 Government hires US lobbyists after election dispute escalates and senior military officers are arrested United States defence consultant Jerry Torres has struck an agreement with Julius Maada Bio that he says will make him National Security Advisor to the newly re-elected President...
Vol 40 No 6 | SIERRA LEONE Leaving for Lomé 19th March 1999 Foreign pressure is growing for President Ahmad Tejan Kabbah to start substantive negotiations with the Revolutionary United Front. Even Kabbah’s closest backers question his grip over the mainly...
Vol 53 No 6 | SIERRA LEONE Personal, not business 16th March 2012 Correspondence on the recall of the United Nations chief, Michael von der Schulenburg, indicates an almost irrational hatred of him by President Ernest Bai Koroma.