The elections being held in Sierra Leone today come at a pivotal moment for this West African nation that came to the world’s attention a decade ago because of the bloody conflict over “blood diamonds”—do they stick with an incumbent who has brought modest improvements to the desperately poor nation, particularly in the area of [...]
Sierra Leone Economy Growing Rapidly, But Healthcare Still Lags
August 3, 2012 | Posted by
Freetown — Ten years since the end of Sierra Leone’s civil war (1991-2002), the country’s image is being transformed both at home and abroad. No longer the site of brutal exploitative conflict, it is now one of the fastest growing economies in the world and a nation recognised by the UN as an “evolving model [...]
