Vol 43 No 7 | SIERRA LEONE Heading for the door 5th April 2002 Problems with the election timetable and organisation undermine the huge peacekeeping mission President Ahmad Tejan Kabbah seems sure to win Sierra Leone's presidential election on 14 May. He has support from Sierra Leoneans relieved that peace has come at last...
Vol 65 No 3 | NIGERIASIERRA LEONEECOWAS Anatomy of a failed coup in Freetown 29th January 2024 A band of gunmen hoped to become Africa's newest junta and couldn't muster support, but questions about the role of ex-President Koroma abound Ex-President Ernest Bai Koroma's release for 'medical treatment' in Nigeria and the backroom deal that brought it about has enraged many of President Julius Maada Bio's supporters. Controversy...
Vol 53 No 12 | SIERRA LEONEBRITAIN Faultlines in the foundations 8th June 2012 As Western governments cut aid to Africa, private foundations run by politicians and business people take on an increasingly politicised role Private foundations such as those run by Microsoft founder Bill Gates and financier George Soros can marshal funds in Africa to rival the aid budgets of agencies such...
Vol 55 No 10 | SIERRA LEONE Only you 16th May 2014 President Ernest Bai Koroma’s loyalists in the governing All People’s Congress are again clamouring for him to stand for a third term. That would require a change to...
Vol 37 No 9 | SIERRA LEONE Edging and hedging 26th April 1996 President Ahmad Tejan Kabba is edging towards some form of agreement with Foday Sankoh's Revolutionary United Front following their talks at Yamoussoukro, Côte d'Ivoire on 22-23 April....