59/3 | IMF stops funds over 'election' 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
30th Jan 2018
59/2 | Two steps forward…
Economies across Africa will grow haltingly by about 3% on average in 2018 and 3.5% in 2019 according to the latest World Bank forecasts. And the International Monetary Fund warns that in extreme cases such as Nigeria servicing the debt is consuming mo
25th Jan 2018
58/24 | A homemade disaster
The government now acknowledges that more than 1 000 people were killed in Freetown when a massive chunk of Mount Sugar Loaf long degraded by illegal construction and blasting slid off and buried hundreds of homes on 14 August (AC Vol 58 No 17 Sugar lo
1st Dec 2017
58/22 | One man, one vote
After much delay President Ernest Bai Koroma has finally found a candidate he favours to take the nomination of the All Peoples Congress for the 2018 presidential election. In mid-October he named Samura Kamara his Foreign Minister. Koroma's two preside
3rd Nov 2017
58/21 | Weah sprints towards an open goal
Such is the commanding lead built up by George Weah the star footballer turned politician in the first round of presidential elections on 10 October that his nearest rival Vice-President Joseph Nyumah Boakai will struggle to bring together enough vote
20th Oct 2017
58/18 | Pretty vacant presidency
Although the election to find a successor for President Ernest Bai Koroma takes place on 7 March next year the country's two leading parties are yet to select their candidates. Many blame Koroma for the inertia. He is chairman and leader of the governing
8th Sep 2017
58/17 | Sugar loaf sell-out
Freetown politicians Western embassies and property speculators face some tough questions about responsibility for the Mount Sugar Loaf landslide on 14 August in which more than 500 died and another 600 are missing. Over 10 000 people have been forced f
25th Aug 2017
58/17 | Diallo buried with his secrets
One of the custodians of ex-President Blaise Compaoré's deepest and most dangerous secrets is no more. Salif Diallo a consummate political operator who reinvented himself for the post-Compaoré age died unexpectedly at the age on 60 on 19 August in Paris
25th Aug 2017
58/15 | Khartoum comes to Kensington
A supporter of Sudan's President Omer Hassan Ahmed el Beshir in London has angered survivors of the Grenfell Tower fire. The 14 June blaze claimed at least 80 lives including people from Egypt Ethiopia Sierra Leone and Sudan. Ibrahim Ali el Nur a foun
21st Jul 2017
58/13 | Friends in African places
Israel is working harder on improving relations in Africa than at any time since its 1970s' diplomatic push which was designed to isolate its Arab enemies. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's charm offensive began after December's United Nations Security
23rd Jun 2017
