Vol 59 No 18 | SIERRA LEONE A bridge too far 14th September 2018 After trashing ex-President Ernest Bai Koroma's plan to build a new US$300 million airport as a 'sham', President Julius Maada Bio has pledged another Chinese-financed project set to...
Vol 48 No 16 | SIERRA LEONE Personal not proportional 3rd August 2007 In these elections, the proportional representation system is replaced by voting in first-past-the-post constituencies. This makes personalities more important and increases the sway of paramount chiefs, almost all...
Vol 65 No 23 | GAMBIARUSSIASPECIAL REPORT Russian sanctions-busters find a Gambian haven 14th November 2024 A US-sanctioned Russian illegally imported US$29 million worth of diesel to The Gambia, sold it there, and sent the money to the UAE, but the authorities seem uninterested An Africa Confidential Special Report By Mustapha K Darboe and Andrew Weir READ FOR FREE
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 61 No 19 | SIERRA LEONE Strife hampers Bio's reforms 21st September 2020 The government's reforming zeal on education and administration is far from healing wider social divisions Rowdy partisan battles and a pandemic-weakened economy are slowing the government's efforts to create jobs and invest in education and public health. Promoting national reconciliation after two decades...