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WILLIAM GUMEDE | Sierra Leone is on a slippery slope — the buck stops with its government

The West African country needs a government of national unity that includes the opposition or it risks another civil war

The violent unrest over food shortages and high food and fuel prices which has led to more than 30 deaths in Sierra Leone threatens to reignite the deadly civil war. It comes as a direct result of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, which is disproportionately raising these costs and causing shortages across Africa. ..

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