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 45 No 14 | LIBERIASIERRA LEONE No peace without justice 9th July 2004 Freetown's war crimes court slowly establishes a precedent While the spotlight shines on the trial of Slobodan Milosevic in the Hague and the indictment of Saddam Hussein in Baghdad, the trial of some of those deemed...
Vol 52 No 23 | SIERRA LEONE Ferry fiasco dents Koroma’s standing 18th November 2011 Anti-corruption momentum is slackening as the President gauges a growing political threat from the opposition On taking office in 2007, President Ernest Bai Koroma vowed to run the country as a ‘business venture’. What he did not intend was the state social security...
Vol 53 No 20 | SIERRA LEONE Sam stays on the ticket 5th October 2012 As the official election campaign gets under way, the President decides to keep his beleaguered deputy on the ticket President Ernest Bai Koroma has decided to keep his Vice-President, Samuel Sam-Sumana, on the governing All People’s Congress ticket in the 17 November general elections. Koroma spent most...
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...