- Vol 48 No 18
- 7th September 2007
Praised for their peaceful and credible conduct at first, the elections turned violent when rivals clashed a week before the presidential runoff on 8 September.
- Vol 48 No 17
- 24th August 2007
Reforms and the inflow of money have helped the ruling party
more than the people
- Vol 48 No 17
- 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 between the two front-runners next month. None of the candidates won the 55% of the vote nec...
- Vol 48 No 17
- 24th August 2007
Horse-trading aside, front running presidential candidate Ernest Bai Koroma and the People's Movement for Democratic Change's (PMDC) Charles Margai say their alliance will produce an inclusive government offering ministerial jobs to Sierra Leone People's ...
- Vol 48 No 16
- 3rd August 2007
The governing party may be on its way out and the campaign seems to be turning nasty
- Vol 48 No 16
- 3rd August 2007
In these elections, the proportional representation system is replaced by voting in first-past-the-post constituencies. This makes personalities more important and increases the sway of paramount chiefs, almost all of them supporters of the Sierra Leone P...
- Vol 48 No 15
- 20th July 2007
The court that is trying Sierra Leone's war-crimes is costly
and, so far, not very effective
- Vol 48 No 15
- 20th July 2007
By local standards, the 13 judges serving on the Sierra Leone Special Court are well paid. Critics say this explains why the trials are dragging on.
- Vol 48 No 10
- 11th May 2007
The governing Sierra Leone People's Party is coming under fire for postponing this year's elections, which its candidate, incumbent Vice-President Solomon Berewa, is expected to win.
- Vol 48 No 8
- 13th April 2007
Proper politics begins again, as the country lurches towards
elections and a referendum