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Sierra Leone
Population: 5.8 mn.
GDP: 1.9 bn.
Debt: 0.4 bn.
Overview:

Massive iron ore exports are due to begin but state revenues will be small as companies negotiated low tax rates. President Ernest Bai Koroma faces a difficult re-election fight against the SLPP's Julius Maada Bio in November.

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  • Vol 50 No 20
  •  8th October 2009

A renewed army, an old-style police

Britain has spent millions helping to create Sierra Leone's security apparatus from scratch. The army and police protected the elections in 2007 and triumphed over smugglers in July 2008, when 700 kilogrammes of cocaine were intercepted at Lungi airport a...

  • Vol 50 No 20
  •  8th October 2009

A family business

Oppositionists lambast Ernest Bai Koroma's government for favouring the north-west region in its appointments, specifically the President's own Limba people and their Temne and Krio allies.

  • Vol 50 No 15
  •  24th July 2009

International justice and its pitfalls

The current array of international tribunals has its roots in the 1990s. With the Cold War over, a spate of atrocious wars broke out in areas that no longer fell under the control or influence of one or another superpower. The 1994 genocide in Rwanda expo...

  • Vol 50 No 9
  •  1st May 2009

Ernest's election

After seeing off his rivals in the APC, President Koroma has to find some employment for the restless youth

  • Vol 50 No 6
  •  20th March 2009

Paying off grudges

Riots and old resentments bring fighting back to Freetown

  • Vol 50 No 5
  •  6th March 2009

See you in the court

Some kind of justice has been done but the Special Court has not set a good precedent for international justice

  • Vol 50 No 5
  •  6th March 2009

Shake-up in Freetown

President Ernest Bai Koroma has finally shaken up his government, before a vote to determine if he will continue to lead the All People's Congress (APC). In all, nine of 20 posts were changed on 27 February, including four sackings. Several side-steps for...

  • Vol 50 No 4
  •  20th February 2009

Peace and the looming crisis

The government in Freetown has to tackle growing financial pressures as it struggles to create jobs and to improve health and education services.

  • Vol 50 No 4
  •  20th February 2009

Rich resources, little investment

Sierra Leone's rumour mill is dependably strong and outrageous, but the case of African Minerals is impressive even without its wrapping of gossip. The Chairman of the company, listed on London's Alternative Investment Market (AIM) and formerly known as S...

  • Vol 49 No 14
  •  4th July 2008

Slow turnaround

Slow progress on the economy and against corruption is rubbing the sheen off last year's free elections

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