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Vol 57 No 4

Published 19th February 2016


Sierra Leone

Stuck at the airport

President Ernest Bai Koroma is planning to take out a massive Chinese loan to build an airport despite promising the International Monetary Fund he would not, we hear. Africa Confidential has also learned that a Chinese feasibility study for the project has been criticised for 'technical inconsistencies and weaknesses' and the entire plan needs to be 'reconsidered'.

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