Vol 38 No 21 | SIERRA LEONE Junta versus junta 24th October 1997 Major Johnny Paul Koroma's junta is increasingly personalising what it calls its 'dispute' with General Sani Abacha. In this way, it hopes to divide West African opinion over...
Vol 54 No 6 | SIERRA LEONE Trouble in the hills 15th March 2013 Social tension has twice erupted into violence around African Minerals Limited’s Tonkolili mine. In late 2010, AML caused alarm when it started to build a dam on a...
Vol 37 No 7 | SIERRA LEONE Falling out parade 29th March 1996 Civilians eagerly voted the military out but they ignore the soldiers at their peril Demanding elections and calling the military's bluff in the middle of a civil war was always going to be a high risk strategy. Yet it may have worked,...
Vol 59 No 5 | SIERRA LEONE Flights of fancy 9th March 2018 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...
Vol 64 No 22 | CLIMATE CHANGESPECIAL REPORT Fight over control of loss and damage fund dominates pre-summit talks 31st October 2023 Key questions are whether the World Bank or the UN will control the new fund – and the cost of its loans | Special Report by Tim Concannon The schism between the west and developing economies over compensation for the damage caused by climate change is dominating preparatory talks ahead of the UN COP28 Climate summit... READ FOR FREE