Sierra Leone: Can Elections Change Prospects?

As Sierra Leone approaches November presidential, parliamentary and local council elections, it is often depicted as a country unrecognizable from a quarter of a century ago. But legacies of identity politics, violence, corruption and inequality have been - and will continue to be - harder to overcome, writes Sareta Ashraph for Think Africa Press.

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