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Home > Sierre Leone: Voters Look for Landmark Change at the Ballot Box

Contributor [1]
Thursday, May 16, 2002 - 03:00
Categories: 
Human rights [2]
Issue Number: 
64 [3]
Article-Summary: 

With this week's elections, Sierra Leoneans are hoping to put behind them the bitter memories and atrocities of more than a decade of brutal civil war. They want to close a page that has sullied their reputation and tarnished their history. It will not be easy. Though fighting has stopped, the political battle continues.

Category: 
Governance [4]
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