Vol 50 No 23 | SIERRA LEONE President Koroma pledges 'We no go tire' 20th November 2009 The country wants investment and, with a little help from his friend Tony Blair, President Koroma embarks upon a fund-raising mission in Britain In the run-up to a fund-raising conference in London on 18 November, President Ernest Bai Koroma was pushing legal and business reforms, and making an example of corrupt...
Vol 50 No 23 | SIERRA LEONE From cowboys to corporates 20th November 2009 For years, cowboy outfits have churned through Sierra Leone's red dirt for diamonds and gold, but now the government is getting serious about extractive industries. Listed companies already...
Vol 50 No 20 | SIERRA LEONE More power for Freetown 8th October 2009 Security has improved but political reforms and economic growth are moving too slowly to win much support for President Bai Koroma's government Two years into his presidency, Ernest Bai Koroma of the All People's Congress (APC) can claim some successes. The Bumbuna hydroelectric dam will soon supply the capital, Freetown,...
Vol 50 No 20 | SIERRA LEONE A renewed army, an old-style police 8th October 2009 Britain has spent millions helping to create Sierra Leone's security apparatus from scratch. The army and police protected the elections in 2007 and triumphed over smugglers in July...
Vol 50 No 20 | SIERRA LEONE A family business 8th October 2009 Oppositionists lambast Ernest Bai Koroma's government for favouring the north-west region in its appointments, specifically the President's own Limba people and their Temne and Krio allies.
Vol 50 No 15 | LIBERIARWANDASIERRA LEONESUDAN International justice and its pitfalls 24th July 2009 The current array of international tribunals has its roots in the 1990s. With the Cold War over, a spate of atrocious wars broke out in areas that no...
Vol 50 No 9 | SIERRA LEONE Ernest's election 1st May 2009 After seeing off his rivals in the APC, President Koroma has to find some employment for the restless youth Against a background of heightening inter-party violence, President Ernest Bai Koroma has been re-elected leader of the governing All People's Congress at the party's national conference in Makeni...
Vol 50 No 6 | SIERRA LEONE Paying off grudges 20th March 2009 Riots and old resentments bring fighting back to Freetown The worst political violence to hit Sierra Leone since the 2007 election left dozens wounded this week, when supporters of the governing All People’s Congress and the opposition...
Vol 50 No 5 | SIERRA LEONE See you in the court 6th March 2009 Some kind of justice has been done but the Special Court has not set a good precedent for international justice The Special Court for Sierra Leone completed its last trial on 25 February, convicting the three most senior leaders of the reviled Revolutionary United Front (RUF) of a...
Vol 50 No 5 | SIERRA LEONE Shake-up in Freetown 6th March 2009 President Ernest Bai Koroma has finally shaken up his government, before a vote to determine if he will continue to lead the All People's Congress (APC). In all,...