Vol 41 No 24 | SIERRA LEONE Bringing back the British 8th December 2000 Critically dependent on UN and British military support, President Kabbah's government is facing growing civilian opposition Desperation and nostalgia help explain why more than 5,000 Sierra Leoneans crowded in to the National Stadium in Freetown on 23 November to show their support for British...
Vol 49 No 3 | SIERRA LEONE Bring in the money 1st February 2008 The President's trip to London produced some useful aid and gave him a chance to encourage investors Links to the former colonial power serve Sierra Leone well. On a trip this week to meet British Prime Minister Gordon Brown and the Prince of Wales, the...
Vol 38 No 12 | SIERRA LEONE Koroma's coup 6th June 1997 It was easy, inept and very bloody. The coup has shattered the hope raised by the brief return of peace and democracy Major Johnny Paul Koroma's 25 May coup d'état (the third change of regime by force in five years) was the most bloody and destructive in Sierra Leone's history....
Vol 55 No 12 | SIERRA LEONE Koroma sacks top aide 13th June 2014 President Ernest Bai Koroma sacked his chief of staff Richard Konteh for alleged corruption over mining and timber deals on 9 June. The dismissal casts a cloud over...
Vol 37 No 19 | SIERRA LEONE Less funds for guns 20th September 1996 As the security situation appears to worsen, a row has blown up over government payments to South African-owned Executive Outcomes. A leaked letter from the International Monetary Fund...