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Sierra Leone's revenue problems are likely to mount

Content type:: Expert Briefings
Location:: SIERRA LEONE
Keywords associated with this article:: Geographic: Sierra Leone AF IMF-World Bank

Topical: economy industry international relations politics social corruption emergency finance fiscal government health labour mining opposition party protest reform unions election foreign investment investment poverty
ISSN:: 2633-304X
Citation:: Oxford Analytica (2020), "Sierra Leone's revenue problems are likely to mount", Expert Briefings.
https://doi.org/10.1108/OXAN-DB253563

Wednesday, July 1, 2020

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Yet President Julius Maada Bio’s administration still needs further contributions to fund its COVID-19 response plan. Meanwhile, tensions between the ruling Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP) and main opposition All People’s Congress (APC) have escalated, with two former APC ministers currently on trial.

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Diversions of health resources to combating COVID-19 will likely see a spike in deaths from treatable diseases.
The conviction of either or both indicted former APC ministers could add to declining trust in a more politicised judiciary.
Efforts to amend the 1965 Public Order Act, which criminalises libel, are likely to stall for now.

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