Guinea / United States / Afghanistan / Liberia / United Kingdom / Sierra Leone / /
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USD / SLL / /
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Commonwealth Day / /
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Page 3 II / /
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SIERRA LEONE / Sierra Leone Leones / /
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Charles Taylor / Emmett Ross / Walter Nicol / Kabbah / Foday Sankoh / /
deputy minister / President / Secretary General / special adviser and legal officer / hard-pressed president / procurement officer / U.S. official / Chairman / crusading head / Way Forward / representative / IFES official / leader / /
AFRICA Briefing Freetown/Brussels, 19 December 2001 SIERRA LEONE: RIPE FOR ELECTIONS? INTRODUCTION The news is mostly good from Sierra Leone where