Founded as a home for freed slaves in 1787 and independent from Britain in 1961, Sierra Leone endured a brutal civil war from 1991 to 2002, marked by child soldiers and diamond-fueled atrocities. It has held peaceful elections since. President Julius Maada Bio has focused on free schooling and in 2024 banned child marriage.
Its current leader’s position on the ten Caucus dimensions.
A retired brigadier who briefly led a 1996 junta and now serves as elected president, known for free primary and secondary schooling and a 2024 ban on child marriage.
Julius Maada Bio sits in the left-authoritarian part of the Caucus economy and liberty compass: slightly state-led and leaning authoritarian. The clearest positions are leaning religious on religion, leaning authoritarian on liberty and authority and leaning institutional on institutions.
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