Sesay Ibrahim
5th Jul 2018
59/13 | Koroma accused of grand corruption
President Julius Maada Bio is to appoint a judicial commission of inquiry into massive state plunder and fraud during Ernest Bai Koroma's two terms of office after receiving an explosive report from his 12-member transition team our sources in Freetown s
29th Jun 2018
59/12 | Monrovia questions UN record
Shortly before she retired in January former President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf held a ceremony to thank Liberia's international friends for their support through her 12-year rule. She honoured heads of key embassies and multilateral organisations with meda
15th Jun 2018
59/9 | Narrow win constrains Bio
Never one to shy away from flouting convention President Julius Maada Bio has shown that he will not be constrained by a narrow win in the 31 March runoff nor by his lack of a majority in Parliament. On 9 April five days in to his five-year term he is
4th May 2018
59/6 | APC tries to stall election
Few surprises were produced by Sierra Leone's presidential elections on 7 March which saw the ruling All People's Congress presidential candidate Samura Kamara head to a runoff on 27 March against Julius Maada Bio of the Sierra Leone People's Party. Th
23rd Mar 2018
59/6 | Deep sea intrigue
African Petroleum the Norwegian-listed oil company founded by controversial resources magnate Vasile 'Frank' Timis has lodged three separate court cases against the Gambian government after it cancelled licences to drill the A1 and A4 gas fields citing
23rd Mar 2018
59/5 | Flights of fancy
President Ernest Bai Koroma officially launched the Mamamah international airport project and associated 'airport city' for Freetown on 2 March just in time to boost the prospects of the ruling All Peoples Congress in the 7 March national elections. Koro
9th Mar 2018
59/4 | 'Usual suspects' face challenge
To many the scandal surrounding the government's misuse of IMF funds to prime the electoral pump for the benefit of the ruling All People's Congress (APC) typifies the country's parlous state (AC Vol 59 No 3 IMF stops funds over 'election' budget). The
23rd Feb 2018
59/3 | Row with IMF over budget
A confidential despatch by United States diplomats in Freetown has laid bare the cause of strained relations between President Ernest Bai Koroma's government and the International Monetary Fund; the cable also voices what Sierra Leone's international part
9th Feb 2018
59/3 | Drilling down
Sierra Leone's biggest mining company Tonkolili Iron Ore has been accused of complicity in rape assault and the false imprisonment of a protester in a landmark case being heard at the High Court in London (AC Vol 56 No 24 Chinese inherit law suit &
9th Feb 2018