Vol 37 No 19 | SIERRA LEONE Less funds for guns 20th September 1996 As the security situation appears to worsen, a row has blown up over government payments to South African-owned Executive Outcomes. A leaked letter from the International Monetary Fund...
Vol 48 No 17 | SIERRA LEONE Closer and more credible 24th August 2007 The presidential and parliamentary elections on 11 August have turned out to be closer and more credible than expected. Now they will be decided in a run-off vote...
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...
Vol 54 No 18 | SIERRA LEONE Bah reveals official links 6th September 2013 Breaking his silence, Ibrahim Bah denies he has blood on his hands and claims to have set up many ventures and worked closely with ministers In an attempt to clear his name, former warlord Ibrahim Bah has been talking to Africa Confidential by telephone from a secret location. He has contradicted the government’s...
Vol 54 No 6 | SIERRA LEONE Trouble in the hills 15th March 2013 Social tension has twice erupted into violence around African Minerals Limited’s Tonkolili mine. In late 2010, AML caused alarm when it started to build a dam on a...