Vol 54 No 16 | SIERRA LEONE Shadowy third-term plan for Koroma 23rd July 2013 The constitution restricts presidents to two five-year terms. Confident of their political dominance, top officials in the All People’s Congress are scheming to abolish the term limits. President Koroma's denials are perfunctory and unconvincing Freetown is full of talk that President Ernest Bai Koroma's closest allies are plotting to amend the constitution to scrap presidential term limits. Along with concerns about rampant...
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 4 (AAC) No 9 | SIERRA LEONECHINA Not so fast, Frank 13th July 2011 Businessman Vasile Frank Timis, the Chairman of African Minerals Limited (AML), has signed a memorandum of understanding with Chinese partners to develop a project that has already...
Vol 48 No 8 | SIERRA LEONE Kabbah in a hurry 13th April 2007 If President Ahmed Tejan Kabbah has his way, Sierra Leoneans will be voting for a revised constitution as well as a new government this year.
Vol 56 No 13 | SIERRA LEONE 'Lack of focus' on Ebola 26th June 2015 New cases of Ebola are still turning up in Port Loko and Kambia districts, over a month after the World Health Organisation declared neighbouring Liberia Ebola-free. A lack...