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 56 No 24 | SIERRA LEONE Chinese inherit law suit 4th December 2015 While villagers sue a major mine over human rights abuses, all the country’s iron ore mines remain out of action Bankrupt iron-ore mining company African Minerals Limited is being sued for millions of dollars by 142 Sierra Leonean villagers in the High Court in London claiming human rights...
Vol 43 No 10 | SIERRA LEONE Polling in peace 17th May 2002 The 14 May presidential and parliamentary elections were lauded as the most peaceful in four decades but political problems loom.
Vol 38 No 21 | SIERRA LEONE Junta versus junta 24th October 1997 Major Johnny Paul Koroma's junta is increasingly personalising what it calls its 'dispute' with General Sani Abacha. In this way, it hopes to divide West African opinion over...
Vol 38 No 12 | SIERRA LEONE The coup-makers 6th June 1997 Most members of the Armed Forces Revolutionary Council are little known, being drawn from young, ill-educated and poorly trained junior officers and other ranks. All have benefited from...