In the face of tumbling commodity prices the operations of Vasile Frank Timis in Burkina Faso Côte d'Ivoire Liberia Senegal and Sierra Leone have sunk stopped producing or come under the increased scrutiny of regulators around the world. Privat
24th Sep 2015

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 his deputy Vice-President Samuel Sam-Sumana and appoint a successor last March (AC Vol
24th Sep 2015

The operations of entrepreneur Vasile Frank Timis in Senegal have come under scrutiny from the United States Department of Justice Africa Confidential has learned. US federal prosecutors are investigating the deal by Kosmos Energy which is listed on the
10th Sep 2015

Stephen Ellis's love affair with Africa started early in his life. At 18 he went to live in Douala Cameroon to work as a volunteer secondary school teacher. He then went to St. Catherine's College Oxford University and took a degree in modern history
6th Aug 2015

New cases of Ebola are still turning up in Port Loko and Kambia districts over a month after the World Health Organisation declared neighbouring Liberia Ebola-free. A lack of government focus is to blame Freetown political sources say. President Ernest
26th Jun 2015

A full explanation of why Vice-President Samuel Sam-Sumana was summarily removed from office in March has just emerged. President Ernest Bai Koroma feared he was building support for a bid to succeed him as President political sources in Freetown have to
26th Jun 2015

Bow-tied and beaming Akinwumi Adesina seemed to sum up the spirit of Nigeria's revival. His election as President of the African Development Bank in Abidjan on 28 May was a clear victory based on a determined campaign and it was helped by the view that
12th Jun 2015

Outgoing President Donald Kaberuka leaves the African Development Bank in decent shape with a tripled capital base of US$100 billion and disbursements of $6.95 bn. in 2014. Paid-in capital and reserves dropped slightly to $8.67 bn. Under his tenure the
12th Jun 2015

Officials and business leaders are celebrating their successful but costly campaign to outflank regional rival Algeria in the long dispute over Western Sahara. Morocco has also bested Algeria's key allies including African Union Commission Chairwoman Nko
15th May 2015

Long queues of enthusiastic citizens stood patiently in the scorching sun waiting to vote in Sudan's first democratic elections for 18 years. The year was 1986. Fast-forward to 2015 and even the government has had to admit that most people on the electora
1st May 2015