65/7 | Court date for mine bosses
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 payments to Sierra Leonean government officials. The case has been brought by Br
28th Mar 2024
65/5 | Ecowas buckles as it goes for regional unity
Playing on their popular support on West Africa's streets amid growing dissent the Sahel's putschist regimes have exposed the weakness of the leaders of the Economic Community of West African States (Ecowas). Fighting to dissuade the juntas in Burkina Fa
28th Feb 2024
65/3 | Anatomy of a failed coup in Freetown
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. Controversy still rages over the ex-president's complicity in the attempte
29th Jan 2024
65/2 | Ex-President Koroma faces treason charges as crisis deepens
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 charges against him was scuppered by Foreign Minister Timothy Kabba and senior f
10th Jan 2024
64/21 | Travel bans and training
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 (AC Vol 64 No 18 President Bio taps Trump ally as securit
19th Oct 2023
64/18 | Post-elections sanctions mark setback to US ties
The decision by the United States' State Department to impose sanctions against those it believes were responsible for rigging and intimidation in June's disputed elections which saw President Julius Maada Bio re-elected for a second term marks another
5th Sep 2023
64/18 | President Bio taps Trump ally as security worries grow
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 of Sierra Leone and a lobbyist for the government. It's unclear how Torres w
31st Aug 2023
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27th Jul 2023
64/15 | Bio wanted more brio
As Julius Maada Bio reshapes his government in the wake of the disputed results of the 24 June election giving him a second term his new team is dealing with the fall-out: both the deepening confrontation with the opposition All People's Congress (APC)
20th Jul 2023
64/14 | Election observers cry foul as Maada Bio starts second term
Deadly attacks on the main opposition party arrests of opposition supporters and claims of 'statistical inconsistencies' in the voter tabulation overshadowed the presidential elections on 25 June which saw President Julius Maada Bio sworn in on 27 June
4th Jul 2023
