Vol 55 No 25 | SIERRA LEONE Freetown under fire on Ebola 19th December 2014 The government’s handling of the epidemic comes in for criticism as cases rise in the Eastern Province On 12 December, President Ernest Bai Koroma issued an edict banning all Christmas celebrations, especially the street festivals and masquerades for which Freetown is famous. On 25 December,...
Vol 50 No 20 | SIERRA LEONE More power for Freetown 8th October 2009 Security has improved but political reforms and economic growth are moving too slowly to win much support for President Bai Koroma's government Two years into his presidency, Ernest Bai Koroma of the All People's Congress (APC) can claim some successes. The Bumbuna hydroelectric dam will soon supply the capital, Freetown,...
Vol 44 No 4 | SIERRA LEONE Model justice, for some 21st February 2003 War crimes trials start this year but the causes of the war still fester Some 20 to 30 people accused of the most heinous crimes in Sierra Leone's brutal civil war are to be tried this year at the Special Court in...
Vol 50 No 15 | LIBERIARWANDASIERRA LEONESUDAN International justice and its pitfalls 24th July 2009 The current array of international tribunals has its roots in the 1990s. With the Cold War over, a spate of atrocious wars broke out in areas that no...
Vol 47 No 8 | SIERRA LEONE Courting disaster 14th April 2006 Arrogance and ineptitude may allow the warlords to get away with murder When Liberia's ex-President Charles Ghankay Taylor finally arrived at the Special Court for Sierra Leone, he joined nine other indicted war criminals, both rebel commanders whom he is...