Ex-President Ernest Bai Koroma's release for 'medical treatment' in Nigeria and the backroom deal that brought it about has enraged many of President Julius Maada Bio's supporters...
His presence is a strong embarrassment to President Bola Tinubu as much as his absence is to President Julius Maada Bio...
Vol 65 No 2 |
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Opposing the plan for Koroma's exile on 2 January the SLPP officials leaked a letter from Omar Alieu Touray the President of the Economic Commission for West Africa (Ecowas) detailing the relocation arrangements which had been kept confidential by Sierra Leone's President Julius Maada Bio and regional leaders including Senegal's Macky Sall Ghana's Nana Addo Akufo-Addo...
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Vol 64 No 25 |
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Confusion reigns as the government continues its investigations into the failed coup against President Julius Maada Bio...
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Vol 64 No 24 |
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The main beneficiaries of the failed coup against President Julius Maada Bio's government in the early hours of 26 November seem to be the 1 890 inmates sprung from the Pademba prison in central Freetown...
Vol 64 No 21 |
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The unusual part-lobbying part-security pact between recently re-elected President Julius Maada Bio and former Green Beret and United States defence consultant Jerry Torres continues to take shape (AC Vol 64 No 18 President Bio taps Trump ally as security worries grow)...
Vol 64 No 18 |
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United States defence consultant Jerry Torres has struck an agreement with Julius Maada Bio that he says will make him National Security Advisor to the newly re-elected President of Sierra Leone and a lobbyist for the government...
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Vol 64 No 18 |
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The decision by the United States' State Department to impose sanctions against those it believes were responsible for rigging and intimidation in June's disputed elections which saw President Julius Maada Bio re-elected for a second term marks another setback for the government (Dispatches 14/7/23 Election observers cry foul as Maada Bio starts second term)...
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Vol 64 No 15 |
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As Julius Maada Bio reshapes his government in the wake of the disputed results of the 24 June election giving him a second term his new team is dealing with the fall-out: both the deepening confrontation with the opposition All People's Congress (APC) which refuses to recognise Bio's legitimacy and those western countries calling for an independent assessment of the voting...
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Vol 64 No 14 |
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Deadly attacks on the main opposition party arrests of opposition supporters and claims of 'statistical inconsistencies' in the voter tabulation overshadowed the presidential elections on 25 June which saw President Julius Maada Bio sworn in on 27 June for a second term...
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Vol 63 No 5 |
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One faction sees a charismatic and outgoing complement to her husband President Julius Maada Bio's low-key manner; others say she has too much power and can command her husband to hire and fire whom she likes...
Wuyata Bernadette Songa became head of the 'JMB [Julius Maada Bio] Women' which for most of the last six years overshadowed the SLPP Women's Wing...