Vol 41 No 12 | SIERRA LEONE Kabbah, the survivor 9th June 2000 Sankoh's absence - even if temporary - boosts Kabbah but the soldiers manoevre The arrest and detention on 19 May of Corporal Foday Sankoh, leader of the Revolutionary United Front, strengthened President Ahmad Tejan Kabbah's weak and too conciliatory government. Kabbah...
Vol 50 No 23 | SIERRA LEONE President Koroma pledges 'We no go tire' 20th November 2009 The country wants investment and, with a little help from his friend Tony Blair, President Koroma embarks upon a fund-raising mission in Britain In the run-up to a fund-raising conference in London on 18 November, President Ernest Bai Koroma was pushing legal and business reforms, and making an example of corrupt...
Vol 64 No 24 | SIERRA LEONE The Pademba putsch 30th November 2023 The main beneficiaries of the failed coup against President Julius Maada Bio's government in the early hours of 26 November seem to be the 1,890 inmates sprung from...
Vol 42 No 13 | SIERRA LEONE Minimal contracts 29th June 2001 Ukrainian businessman Leonid Minin, named by Africa Confidential and the United Nations sanctions committee as a leading arms supplier to the Revolutionary United Front, was rearrested by Italian...
Vol 64 No 21 | SIERRA LEONE Travel bans and training 19th October 2023 The unusual part-lobbying part-security pact between recently re-elected President Julius Maada Bio and former Green Beret and United States defence consultant Jerry Torres continues to take shape. Washington...