Vol 65 No 20 | SIERRA LEONE Bio rids himself of a turbulent auditor 27th September 2024 Corruption cases are mounting but the President and parliament want to end a decade of independent scrutiny by Auditor-General Lara Taylor-Pearce When Sierra Leone’s parliament returns from recess on 31 October, one of the first orders of business will be to ratify President Julius Maada Bio’s endorsement of the ...
Vol 65 No 18 | SIERRA LEONE Africa Confidential prompts probe of business school scheme 5th September 2024 The Anti-Corruption Commission has opened an investigation into Africa Confidential’s report on the failed campus project as public anger grows Sierra Leone’s Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) announced on 27 August that ‘after a careful review of’ Africa Confidential’s special report on how the Univ... READ FOR FREE
Vol 65 No 17 | NIGERIASIERRA LEONESPECIAL REPORT Freetown’s business school buys $4.5m hole in the bush 22nd August 2024 Sierra Leone University lost US$4.5m of public money to a Nigerian company after red flags were ignored and safeguards overridden. Then, they kept it secret An Africa Confidential Special ReportBy Josef Skrdlik and Andrew WeirRead this Special Report here: READ FOR FREE
Vol 65 No 7 | SIERRA LEONE Court date for mine bosses 28th March 2024 Two former executives and a business consultant from collapsed Sierra Leone iron ore developer London Mining PLC are set to stand trial in London on charges of making corrupt payme...
Vol 65 No 3 | NIGERIASIERRA LEONEECOWAS Anatomy of a failed coup in Freetown 29th January 2024 A band of gunmen hoped to become Africa's newest junta and couldn't muster support, but questions about the role of ex-President Koroma abound Ex-President Ernest Bai Koroma's release for 'medical treatment' in Nigeria and the backroom deal that brought it about has enraged many of President Julius Maada Bio's supporters....
Vol 65 No 2 | SIERRA LEONE Ex-President Koroma faces treason charges as crisis deepens 10th January 2024 The dispute over last year's elections has escalated as the former President prepares for a treason trial Political tensions are mounting in Freetown after the secret plan to allow Sierra Leone's former President, Ernest Bai Koroma to go into exile in Nigeria and drop the treason charg...
DISPATCHES Vol 64 No 25 | SIERRA LEONE Koroma under house arrest as probe continues into coup attempt 12th December 2023 The former president has been questioned again during an investigation into last month's armed clashes in the capital Confusion reigns as the government continues its investigations into the failed coup against President Julius Maada Bio. READ FOR FREE
Vol 64 No 24 | SIERRA LEONE The Pademba putsch 30th November 2023 The main beneficiaries of the failed coup against President Julius Maada Bio's government in the early hours of 26 November seem to be the 1,890 inmates sprung from the Pademba pri...
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 continu...
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 o...