Vol 48 No 5 | SIERRA LEONE Hinga's death hits home 2nd March 2007 The loss of its main defendant further weakens the slow and costly Special Court The death of Chief Sam Hinga Norman, former Defence Minister and leader of the Civil Defence Forces (CDF), is a hammer blow to the Special Court of Sierra...
Vol 48 No 5 | SIERRA LEONE A rare soldiering success 2nd March 2007 Security in Sierra Leone has been managed much better than the economy and politics. A British-led international training team has sharply improved the professionalism and dependability of the...
Vol 47 No 12 | SIERRA LEONE The signs are rusting 9th June 2006 Politicians compete to lead a government with big changes to make At the Lumley Beach roundabout, the bar sign that said 'Sweet Salone 2025' has rusted over and nearly collapsed, leaving only Sweet Sal. With the other places of...
Vol 47 No 8 | SIERRA LEONE Courting disaster 14th April 2006 Arrogance and ineptitude may allow the warlords to get away with murder When Liberia's ex-President Charles Ghankay Taylor finally arrived at the Special Court for Sierra Leone, he joined nine other indicted war criminals, both rebel commanders whom he is...
Vol 47 No 8 | SIERRA LEONE The accused 14th April 2006 The main point of the United Nations-backed Special Court was to try 'those with the greatest responsibility' for the ten-year war that left 50,000 people dead and half...
Vol 46 No 24 | SIERRA LEONE Counting on oil 2nd December 2005 Donors pledged upwards of US$800 million in reconstruction aid over the next three years at the Sierra Leone Consultative Group in London on 30 November. This far exceeded...
Vol 46 No 20 | SIERRA LEONE Flying with Solo B 7th October 2005 The SLPP has chosen its flag bearer for the 2007 polls, with corruption the main issue Only a political avalanche could alter the dominance of the governing Sierra Leone People's Party before the elections in February 2007. Vice-President Solomon Berewa, also known as 'Solo...
Vol 46 No 20 | SIERRA LEONE They were all contenders 7th October 2005 Delegate conferences of the Sierra Leone People's Party and the All People's Congress last month produced new party leaderships, ready for the February 2007 elections. There were eight...
Vol 46 No 13 | SIERRA LEONE A matter of graft 24th June 2005 The World Bank has postponed indefinitely a donors' meeting on Sierra Leone, which had initially been scheduled for 6 June, as concern grows about high-level corruption in President...
Vol 45 No 25 | SIERRA LEONE The truth of the matter 17th December 2004 Will President Kabbah act on a series of damning reports on human rights and corruption? The government has yet to respond to the recommendations of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, which released a first version of its final report in October. There is...