Vol 54 No 10 | SIERRA LEONE Testimony on Bah 10th May 2013 Transcripts from the Special Court on Sierra Leone’s trial of Charles McArthur Ghankay Taylor contain copious evidence about the central role of Ibrahima Bah in diamond trading and...
Vol 48 No 10 | NIGERIA Giant steps 11th May 2007 Mallam Nasir el-Rufai's student friends called him 'Giant'; he stands some five foot seven inches tall. These days he is more commonly known as 'Bulldozer', because of his...
Vol 44 No 22 | LIBERIASIERRA LEONE Taylor's shadow 7th November 2003 There is a new government but no real peace and far too few peacekeepers Renewed fighting in Liberia's north-east Nimba County rings alarm bells across the region. Fingers are pointing at ousted President Charles Ghankay Taylor, now exiled in south-eastern Nigeria, who...
Vol 52 No 20 | NIGERIA The loot looted 7th October 2011 Suspicion has been growing in Nigeria that some of the billions recovered from corrupt public officials may have been stolen again. A human rights group, the Socio-Economic Rights...
Vol 61 No 17 | NIGERIA All power to the governors 27th August 2020 Watching the confusion and rivalries in Abuja, the states are trying to take control of resources and security Timipre Sylva's meeting with Nyesom Wike at the governor's mansion in Port Harcourt on 23 August bore all the signs of an old friends' reunion. Both are political...
