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 61 No 19 | SIERRA LEONE Strife hampers Bio's reforms 21st September 2020 The government's reforming zeal on education and administration is far from healing wider social divisions Rowdy partisan battles and a pandemic-weakened economy are slowing the government's efforts to create jobs and invest in education and public health. Promoting national reconciliation after two decades...
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 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...
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...