Vol 57 No 19 | SIERRA LEONE Death of a front-runner 23rd September 2016 The weak opposition is unable to take advantage of deepening rifts in the increasingly unpopular ruling party The sudden death in a London hospital of businessman and politician Gibril Santigie Moseray Fadika on 7 August has cast some light on the intrigues surrounding the battle...
Vol 43 No 11 | SIERRA LEONE Cabinet making 31st May 2002 President Ahmad Tejan Kabbah has kept his supporters close about him in a new 22-member cabinet that shuffles posts but makes no real changes. Past efforts to include...
Vol 39 No 25 | SIERRA LEONE Rebel terror 18th December 1998 The Revolutionary United Front rebels and the remnants of the deposed military junta are bringing their terror campaign towards Freetown again. They are now striking along a 200...
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 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...