Vol 41 No 24 | SIERRA LEONE Bringing back the British 8th December 2000 Critically dependent on UN and British military support, President Kabbah's government is facing growing civilian opposition Desperation and nostalgia help explain why more than 5,000 Sierra Leoneans crowded in to the National Stadium in Freetown on 23 November to show their support for British...
Vol 54 No 25 | SIERRA LEONE Changing the constitution 12th December 2013 After two seats controversially changed hands, the governing All People’s Congress (APC) is just one seat short of a two-thirds majority in Parliament. That’s the vote needed, if...
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 14 | SIERRA LEONE Corruption inquiry takes off 13th July 2018 The new president is taking the advice of his transition team's explosive report by instituting a judicial inquiry into corruption President Julius Maada Bio's cabinet on 6 July approved a wide-ranging probe focusing on 'unexplained wealth' allegedly accumulated by former President Ernest Bai Koroma and his officials. It...
Vol 41 No 12 | SIERRA LEONE Moving the mandate 9th June 2000 The credibility of the UN and British missions depends on the contest between around 25,000 Sierra Leonean fighters The future of President Ahmad Tejan Kabbah's government and of the United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone (Unamsil) rests on a hastily constructed security pyramid. At its apex...