Vol 43 No 11 | SIERRA LEONE Cabinet making 31st May 2002 President Ahmad Tejan Kabbah has kept his supporters close about him in a new 22-member cabinet that shuffles posts but makes no real changes. Past efforts to include...
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 64 No 24 | SIERRA LEONE The Pademba putsch 30th November 2023 The main beneficiaries of the failed coup against President Julius Maada Bio's government in the early hours of 26 November seem to be the 1,890 inmates sprung from...
Vol 66 No 7 | SIERRA LEONENETHERLANDS The Hague doubts that Bio’s government will arrest cocaine kingpin 26th March 2025 The Chief Immigration Officer was sacked for his links to Jos Leijdekkers but some diplomats believe the convicted drug smuggler is still being protected in Sierra Leone Alusine Kanneh, Sierra Leone’s Chief Immigration Officer, has been dismissed as questions about his relationship with notorious cocaine smuggler Jos Leijdekkers have mounted and evidence of past dishonesty...
Vol 46 No 13 | SIERRA LEONE A matter of graft 24th June 2005 The World Bank has postponed indefinitely a donors' meeting on Sierra Leone, which had initially been scheduled for 6 June, as concern grows about high-level corruption in President...