President Julius Maada Bio's cabinet on 6 July approved a wide-ranging probe focusing on 'unexplained wealth' allegedly accumulated by former President Ernest Bai Koroma and his officials. It came two days after the release of a damning transition report
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5th Jul 2018

President Julius Maada Bio is to appoint a judicial commission of inquiry into massive state plunder and fraud during Ernest Bai Koroma's two terms of office after receiving an explosive report from his 12-member transition team our sources in Freetown s
29th Jun 2018

Shortly before she retired in January former President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf held a ceremony to thank Liberia's international friends for their support through her 12-year rule. She honoured heads of key embassies and multilateral organisations with meda
15th Jun 2018

Never one to shy away from flouting convention President Julius Maada Bio has shown that he will not be constrained by a narrow win in the 31 March runoff nor by his lack of a majority in Parliament. On 9 April five days in to his five-year term he is
4th May 2018

Few surprises were produced by Sierra Leone's presidential elections on 7 March which saw the ruling All People's Congress presidential candidate Samura Kamara head to a runoff on 27 March against Julius Maada Bio of the Sierra Leone People's Party. Th
23rd Mar 2018

African Petroleum the Norwegian-listed oil company founded by controversial resources magnate Vasile 'Frank' Timis has lodged three separate court cases against the Gambian government after it cancelled licences to drill the A1 and A4 gas fields citing
23rd Mar 2018