Vol 38 No 19 | LIBERIASIERRA LEONE Taylor's stitches 26th September 1997 Under President Charles Taylor, Liberia has quickly showed symptoms of instability. On 19 July, the day after voting, 'armed robbers' killed Christine Davis, a leading election worker for...
Vol 59 No 6 | SIERRA LEONE APC tries to stall election 23rd March 2018 After desperate politicians exploited ethnic allegiances, the ruling party is trying to stop the presidential runoff going ahead 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...
Vol 53 No 19 | SIERRA LEONE Profits derailed 21st September 2012 Frank Timis’s Tonkolili iron-ore project has problems running its trains on time – and even on the line, Africa Confidential has learned. In early September, his firm, African...
Vol 53 No 10 | SIERRA LEONE Champagne for the candidates 11th May 2012 Both Koroma and Bio try to shrug off accusations of chicanery and greed as they prepare for an epic presidential struggle When the Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP) chose Julius Maada Bio to compete against President Ernest Bai Koroma last year, the pro-government media reckoned the November 2012 polls...
Vol 65 No 17 | NIGERIASIERRA LEONESPECIAL REPORT Freetown’s business school buys $4.5m hole in the bush 22nd August 2024 Sierra Leone University lost US$4.5m of public money to a Nigerian company after red flags were ignored and safeguards overridden. Then, they kept it secret An Africa Confidential Special Report By Josef Skrdlik and Andrew Weir READ FOR FREE