Vol 40 No 14 | SIERRA LEONE A deal in Lomé 9th July 1999 The RUF negotiates its way into government after eight years of brutal warfare Sierra Leoneans reacted with a mix of relief and scepticism following the signing of the Lomé peace deal on 7 July which brings Corporal Foday Sankoh's Revolutionary United...
Vol 40 No 11 | SIERRA LEONE Forced to talk 28th May 1999 Weaknesses on both sides may just offer a chance of serious negotiations on power-sharing and amnesty (AC Vol 40 No 6) as talks between President Ahmad Tejan Kabbah...
Vol 40 No 6 | SIERRA LEONE Leaving for Lomé 19th March 1999 Foreign pressure is growing for President Ahmad Tejan Kabbah to start substantive negotiations with the Revolutionary United Front. Even Kabbah’s closest backers question his grip over the mainly...
Vol 40 No 2 | SIERRA LEONE No surrender, no deal 22nd January 1999 President Kabbah has narrowly missed being overthrown again and still lacks a political strategy to deal with the Prospects for a political solution to Sierra Leone’s rebel war seem to have perished along with the more than 2,000 civilians officially reckoned to have been...
Vol 40 No 2 | LIBERIASIERRA LEONE West Africa, according to Mr Taylor 22nd January 1999 Charles Taylor and his ally, Burkina Faso's Blaise Compaoré, are undermining peace in the region – and they have more plans Among others, Ghana, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Britain and the United States believe Liberian President Charles Taylor has trained and armed the brutally effective rebels of Sierra Leone’s Revolutionary...
Vol 39 No 25 | SIERRA LEONE Rebel terror 18th December 1998 The Revolutionary United Front rebels and the remnants of the deposed military junta are bringing their terror campaign towards Freetown again. They are now striking along a 200...
Vol 39 No 21 | SIERRA LEONEBRITAIN Militias and market forces 23rd October 1998 Undaunted by Western political opposition and Africa's rebel militias, the private armies are expanding their portfolios Private military companies are stronger than ever in Africa, six months after the political row over the relations between Sandline and British officials (AC Vol 39 No 11)....
Vol 39 No 18 | SIERRA LEONE Rebels and revenge 11th September 1998 In Sierra Leone’s far interior - including Koinadugu district, with some diamond and gold deposits - the remains of the ousted Armed Forces Ruling Council/Revolutionary United Front (AFRC/RUF)...
Vol 39 No 11 | SIERRA LEONEBRITAIN Private armies, public relations 29th May 1998 Awkward questions are being asked about private security companies' growing power Underlying the political storm in London about the ‘Arms to Sierra Leone’ affair (AC Vol 39 No 10) is a central question about the privatisation of British foreign...
Vol 39 No 11 | SIERRA LEONEBRITAIN Buckingham's gate 29th May 1998 Less well known but critical to Buckingham's African empire are his extensive interests in Namibia, where he's had close connections with influential politicians since the early 1990s and...