SIERRA LEONE: COUNTRY RISK RATING SET TO WORSEN IN 2023 AS MULTIPLE CRISES FESTER

   Tue, 07 February 2023

Towards the June 2023 elections, the government faces a twin crisis of socio-economic grievances due to persistently high inflation and weak growth, as well as a crisis of political trust in the ruling party’s ability to contest this year’s general elections fairly. A repeat of the 2022 violent unrest is highly probable in coming months, even while authorities resort to political oppression and higher spending on the military to curb unrest. Pangea-Risk forecasts that Sierra Leone will see one of the worst deteriorations in country risk ratings in Africa this year.

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