Security System Transformation In Sierra Leone 19972007 Peter Albrecht by Peter Albrecht, Paul Jackson 0 7400 2754 0, 978 0 7400 2754 9 instant download after payment.

Since independence from Britain in 1961, the ethos of Sierra Leone’s political system has been characterised by centralisation of power and resources in Freetown coupled with a deep dualism between Freetown and the rest of the country. After the rule of the Margai family ended in elections in 1967, the then mayor of Freetown, Siaka Stevens, became Prime Minister. Following a series of military interventions, Stevens assumed full presidential powers in 1968 and effectively held sway until his appointed successor, Major General Joseph Momoh, took over following a one-party referendum in 1985. (Stevens was 80
years old at the time.) This one-party state was marked by further centralisation of resources and power in Freetown and a growing alienation, amongst youth in particular, in the countryside.