Vol 56 No 19 | SIERRA LEONE Court rescues Koroma 24th September 2015 Five months after being asked to rule on the President’s summary sacking of his Vice-President, judges have dismayed many by endorsing it In a decision mourned in Freetown's legal and political circles alike, the Supreme Court has ruled that President Ernest Bai Koroma did indeed have the power to sack...
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 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...
Vol 64 No 18 | SIERRA LEONE President Bio taps Trump ally as security worries grow 31st August 2023 Government hires US lobbyists after election dispute escalates and senior military officers are arrested United States defence consultant Jerry Torres has struck an agreement with Julius Maada Bio that he says will make him National Security Advisor to the newly re-elected President...
Vol 54 No 6 | SIERRA LEONE Unhealthy finances 15th March 2013 The Anti-Corruption Commission charged 29 officials, most of them in connection with over US$1 million from the Global Alliance for Vaccinations and Immunisations that went missing in the...