Sierra Leone: Koroma’s ‘masterstrokes’, will they work?

President Ernest Bai Koroma must be hoping that the sacking and the subsequent prosecution of one of his ministers by the country’s anti-corruption body demonstrates quite unequivocally his zero-tolerance stance on graft.
Hopefully, he must be thinking, the sacking of the former minister of health Sheku Tijan Koroma, and Leonard Balogun Koroma – who was a [...]

Written on November 10, 2009 | Posted in Headline | 0

How odd: Old Etonian released from tough term in African prison

Doesn’t it warm your heart to know that poor Simon Mann, the Old Etonian former soldier, feels that his release after ‘five and a half tough years in prison’ is the best Christmas present he’ll have.
Mann, financed by a motley crew of Equatorial Guinean exiles, oil magnates, financiers and the dim son of a former [...]

Written on November 10, 2009 | Posted in Commentary, Latest News | 0