63/3 | Another domino falls to the military
The military takeover in Ouagadougou the third in West Africa in a year is a challenge to neighbouring governments especially Niger and the region's wider security strategy. In different ways jihadist insurgents linked to Al Qaida and Da'ish (Islamic
26th Jan 2022
63/1 | Bashing the book-keeper
The charges of impunity favouritism corruption and subverting the constitution that President Julius Maada Bio now faces uncomfortably resemble those he flung at his predecessor President Ernest Bai Koroma during his presidency. Maada Bio suspended t
7th Jan 2022
62/21 | Beijing uses its economic leverage
African diplomats are becoming exasperated by China's demands for diplomatic support on every issue from Covid-19's origins to the human rights of the Uighurs in Xinjiang province whether it's in the World Health Organization the UN Human Rights Council
20th Oct 2021
62/18 | Sidelined legionnaire grabs the reins
A decade after being sworn into office by judges in vermilion and ermine President Alpha Condé of Guinea became the prisoner of an elite military unit that stormed the presidential palace in the small hours of 5 September. A remarkable image framed his f
9th Sep 2021
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21st May 2021
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21st May 2021
62/11 | War crimes trial divides justice-seekers
Echoes of the horrific civil wars of Sierra Leone and Liberia on the cusp of the 21st century still sound through the world even as far as the Finnish city of Tampere two hours' drive from the capital Helsinki. In a move which has divided human rights
21st May 2021
62/5 | The money-sharing puzzle
United States Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen stalled a G20 plan for the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to issue hundreds of millions of dollars in Special Drawing Rights (SDR) which can be traded for hard currency when she introduced demands for gr
4th Mar 2021
61/22 | Condé shrugs off poll doubts
Whether his win with 59.49% of the votes in the 18 October elections was credible or not matters little to President Alpha Condé and his governing team. On 24 October the Commission Électorale Nationale Indépendante (CENI) announced Condé's victor
30th Oct 2020
61/21 | Koroma probe risks backlash
In what government supporters see as a watershed moment and critics say is a precursor to civil unrest formal corruption investigations have opened against former President Ernest Bai Koroma. He is now immured in his home in the All People's Congress str
14th Oct 2020