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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.

Sierra Leone Country Report

 


news from Sierra Leone

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  • Vol 48 No 16
  •  3rd August 2007

The first-round fight

The governing party may be on its way out and the campaign seems to be turning nasty

  • Vol 48 No 16
  •  3rd August 2007

Personal not proportional

In these elections, the proportional representation system is replaced by voting in first-past-the-post constituencies. This makes personalities more important and increases the sway of paramount chiefs, almost all of them supporters of the Sierra Leone P...

  • Vol 48 No 15
  •  20th July 2007

Justice at a price

The court that is trying Sierra Leone's war-crimes is costly and, so far, not very effective

  • Vol 48 No 15
  •  20th July 2007

Judging the judges

By local standards, the 13 judges serving on the Sierra Leone Special Court are well paid. Critics say this explains why the trials are dragging on.

  • Vol 48 No 10
  •  11th May 2007

Vote later, vote often

The governing Sierra Leone People's Party is coming under fire for postponing this year's elections, which its candidate, incumbent Vice-President Solomon Berewa, is expected to win.

  • Vol 48 No 8
  •  13th April 2007

Aid and votes

Proper politics begins again, as the country lurches towards elections and a referendum

  • Vol 48 No 8
  •  13th April 2007

Kabbah in a hurry

If President Ahmed Tejan Kabbah has his way, Sierra Leoneans will be voting for a revised constitution as well as a new government this year.

  • Vol 48 No 5
  •  2nd March 2007

Hinga's death hits home

The loss of its main defendant further weakens the slow and costly Special Court

  • Vol 48 No 5
  •  2nd March 2007

A rare soldiering success

Security in Sierra Leone has been managed much better than the economy and politics. A British-led international training team has sharply improved the professionalism and dependability of the 10,500-strong army, and helped integrate former rebels and oth...

  • Vol 47 No 12
  •  9th June 2006

The signs are rusting

Politicians compete to lead a government with big changes to make

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