59/9 | Narrow win constrains Bio
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
59/6 | APC tries to stall election
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
59/6 | Deep sea intrigue
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
59/5 | Flights of fancy
President Ernest Bai Koroma officially launched the Mamamah international airport project and associated 'airport city' for Freetown on 2 March just in time to boost the prospects of the ruling All Peoples Congress in the 7 March national elections. Koro
9th Mar 2018
59/4 | 'Usual suspects' face challenge
To many the scandal surrounding the government's misuse of IMF funds to prime the electoral pump for the benefit of the ruling All People's Congress (APC) typifies the country's parlous state (AC Vol 59 No 3 IMF stops funds over 'election' budget). The
23rd Feb 2018
59/3 | Row with IMF over budget
A confidential despatch by United States diplomats in Freetown has laid bare the cause of strained relations between President Ernest Bai Koroma's government and the International Monetary Fund; the cable also voices what Sierra Leone's international part
9th Feb 2018
59/3 | Drilling down
Sierra Leone's biggest mining company Tonkolili Iron Ore has been accused of complicity in rape assault and the false imprisonment of a protester in a landmark case being heard at the High Court in London (AC Vol 56 No 24 Chinese inherit law suit &
9th Feb 2018
59/3 | IMF stops funds over 'election' budget
A confidential despatch by United States diplomats in Freetown has laid bare the cause of strained relations between President Ernest Bai Koroma's government and the International Monetary Fund; the cable also voices what Sierra Leone's international part
30th Jan 2018
59/2 | Two steps forward…
Economies across Africa will grow haltingly by about 3% on average in 2018 and 3.5% in 2019 according to the latest World Bank forecasts. And the International Monetary Fund warns that in extreme cases such as Nigeria servicing the debt is consuming mo
25th Jan 2018
58/24 | A homemade disaster
The government now acknowledges that more than 1 000 people were killed in Freetown when a massive chunk of Mount Sugar Loaf long degraded by illegal construction and blasting slid off and buried hundreds of homes on 14 August (AC Vol 58 No 17 Sugar lo
1st Dec 2017