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Sierra Leone Has the Makings of ‘Another Rwanda’

Sierra Leone Has the Makings of ‘Another Rwanda’
A soldier with the Sierra Leonean military police greets and man along an empty road in Freetown on Nov. 26, 2023. A military armory in Sierra Leone's capital Freetown came under attack on Sunday, the government said, as it imposed an immediate national curfew. Saidu Bah/AFP via Getty Images
Gregory Copley
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Sierra Leone was, by mid-December, increasingly in the grip of a slow-moving but violent coup d’état by President Julius Maada Bio as he attempted to create a one-party state following the shambles of the failed presidential election on June 24.

Gregory Copley
Gregory Copley
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Gregory Copley is president of the Washington-based International Strategic Studies Association and editor-in-chief of the “Defense & Foreign Affairs” series of publications. Born in Australia, Copley is an entrepreneur, writer, government adviser, defense publication editor, and Member of the Order of Australia. His latest and 37th book is “The Noble State: Governance Options in an Ignoble Era.”
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