What caused the current crisis in Sierra Leone?
Between 1991 and 2002, Sierra Leone was engaged in a violent civil war that displaced two million people, killed more than 50,000 and fostered widespread human rights abuses.
Following the end of the war, Sierra Leone began to make great strides in reconstruction and peacebuilding. However, the arrival of the Ebola epidemic in March 2014 strained resources and worsened long-standing economic and social challenges. The disease claimed nearly 4,000 lives in Sierra Leone.
More recently, the COVID-19 pandemic and the global fallout from the war in Ukraine have contributed to social and economic issues in Sierra Leone. Unemployment rates and inflation continue to rise alongside the cost of living, while significant spikes in the prices of fuel and commodities have contributed to civil unrest in Sierra Leone’s capital, Freetown. Gender-based violence and barriers to women’s and children’s rights also persist in the country.
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Publish date : 2016-06-27 18:22:06
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