Sierra Leone: reforms by Bio administration elevate political risk

Summary: Policy reforms enacted by the government of recently elected President Julius Maado Bio are elevating political risk levels. The Sierra Leone government risks undermining their bid to not only attract but retain mining and minerals investment due its nascent prosecution of maladministration and corruption deeds allegedly committed by its predecessor the All People’s Congress party.  Analysis The recently elected government of President Julius Maado Bio in Sierra Leone is adopting an approach to governance July 6 that risks compromising policy and ethnopolitical stability. Bio’s efforts are not immediately destabilizing, but toward the medium term can jeopardize the already scarce …

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