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    Sierra Leone’s Election, Proving the Nation’s Resilience

    by  • November 23, 2012 • Africa, Peace and Security • 

    Sierra Leone polling station on Election Day, Nov. 17, 2012

    Sierra Leone re-elected Ernest Bai Koroma president against eight other candidates in a calm, orderly vote held on Nov. 17 with results announced Nov. 23, after ballots were counted. The election marks an important step for the country to continue its healing after suffering an 11-year civil war. Koroma, who garnered 58.7 percent of the vote, is [...]

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    Judging Charles Taylor

    by  • April 24, 2012 • BOOKS • 3 Comments

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    Charles Taylor, the former Liberian president, displayed a talent for troublemaking from a young age. Convicted on April 26 by a United Nations-backed tribunal for numerous counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity, Taylor appears to have kept up his bad behavior for most of his 64 years. As a boy in rural Liberia, [...]

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