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 46 No 20 | SIERRA LEONE They were all contenders 7th October 2005 Delegate conferences of the Sierra Leone People's Party and the All People's Congress last month produced new party leaderships, ready for the February 2007 elections. There were eight...
Vol 63 No 1 | SIERRA LEONEAFRICA IN 2022 Bashing the book-keeper 7th January 2022 Julius Maada Bio is risking his reputation for probity by suspending the respected Auditor-General, Lara Taylor-Pearce The charges of impunity, favouritism, corruption and subverting the constitution that President Julius Maada Bio now faces uncomfortably resemble those he flung at his predecessor, President Ernest Bai...
Vol 48 No 24 | SIERRA LEONE Koroma's Christmas present 30th November 2007 Two months after his election, life for Sierra Leone's new President Ernest Bai Koroma has been full of pageantry and confusion. Three hours late for his own inauguration,...
Vol 37 No 2 | SIERRA LEONE A curious coup 19th January 1996 Brigadier Julius Maada-Bio’s announcement that he will not postpone elections scheduled for 26 February following his 16 January coup against Captain Valentine Strasser has several caveats. Most important...