Sierra Leone

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A former British colony with strong political and military ties to London, Sierra Leone has had its share of authoritarian regimes and democratic governments.  Currently, Sierra Leone has a democratically elected government with an executive president elected for a five-year term.  He serves as both chief of state and head of government.

Sierra Leone is still recovering from a brutal decade-long civil war that formally ended in 2002.  After the war, a U.N. peacekeeping force was...

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