Vol 50 No 4 | SIERRA LEONE Peace and the looming crisis 20th February 2009 The government in Freetown has to tackle growing financial pressures as it struggles to create jobs and to improve health and education services. Time is running out for the small group of reform-minded ministers around President Koroma, if they are not to lose the battle against the criminal and corrupt elements....
Vol 50 No 4 | SIERRA LEONE Rich resources, little investment 20th February 2009 Sierra Leone's rumour mill is dependably strong and outrageous, but the case of African Minerals is impressive even without its wrapping of gossip. The Chairman of the company,...
Vol 49 No 14 | SIERRA LEONE Slow turnaround 4th July 2008 Slow progress on the economy and against corruption is rubbing the sheen off last year's free elections On election, President Ernest Bai Koroma gave himself three years to turn Sierra Leone around, but the first year has been unimpressive, and the smart performance of President...
Vol 49 No 14 | SIERRA LEONE Time to reshuffle 4th July 2008 Finance Minister David Carew, Foreign Minister Zainab Bangura and Lands Minister Benjamin Davies are generally held in high esteem. Other ministers are less appreciated. Rumours of corruption and...
Vol 49 No 3 | SIERRA LEONE Bring in the money 1st February 2008 The President's trip to London produced some useful aid and gave him a chance to encourage investors Links to the former colonial power serve Sierra Leone well. On a trip this week to meet British Prime Minister Gordon Brown and the Prince of Wales, the...
Vol 48 No 25 | SIERRA LEONE With a little help from his friends 14th December 2007 Election fever is over and President Koroma must start to deliver With new promises of debt relief, road-building deals, new power stations and Chinese credit, President Ernest Bai Koroma's government has been buoyed by overseas support since his election...
Vol 48 No 24 | SIERRA LEONE Koroma's Christmas present 30th November 2007 Two months after his election, life for Sierra Leone's new President Ernest Bai Koroma has been full of pageantry and confusion. Three hours late for his own inauguration,...
Vol 48 No 21 | SIERRA LEONE The new man picks his team 19th October 2007 President Koroma wants to run the country as a business, but its managers are mostly politicians Sierra Leone's promised turnaround is beginning to take shape. Incoming President Ernest Bai Koroma of the All People's Congress (APC) has appointed 20 ministers to his new cabinet....
Vol 48 No 19 | SIERRA LEONE A clean sweep, maybe 21st September 2007 A peaceful transfer of power bodes well for serious reform and fresh aid for a broken country Sierra Leone joined an African elite on Monday when its opposition party was voted into power. Ernest Bai Koroma of the All People’s Congress (APC) becomes President, with...
Vol 48 No 18 | SIERRA LEONE A turn for the worse 7th September 2007 Praised for their peaceful and credible conduct at first, the elections turned violent when rivals clashed a week before the presidential runoff on 8 September.