Vol 61 No 21 | SIERRA LEONE Koroma probe risks backlash 14th October 2020 The government hopes a strong stand on corruption will win votes, but the opposition is set on making the cost of prosecutions unacceptably high In what government supporters see as a watershed moment and critics say is a precursor to civil unrest, formal corruption investigations have opened against former President Ernest Bai...
Vol 61 No 19 | SIERRA LEONE Strife hampers Bio's reforms 21st September 2020 The government's reforming zeal on education and administration is far from healing wider social divisions Rowdy partisan battles and a pandemic-weakened economy are slowing the government's efforts to create jobs and invest in education and public health. Promoting national reconciliation after two decades...
Vol 61 No 16 | SIERRA LEONE Polls boss row 6th August 2020 Two years after bitterly disputed and tight presidential elections, political leaders have divided along party lines over the appointment of the National Electoral Commission's (NEC) new head.
Vol 61 No 4 | SIERRA LEONE Spoiling for a fight 20th February 2020 The President wants to shake up governance of the mining sector, but the companies are pushing back President Julius Maada Bio put firms operating in the countrys mining sector on notice when he outlined a reform programme at the annual Mining Indaba in Cape Town...