
Sierra Leone is shaking off its post-war reputation for brutality and seeking to recapture its reputation as a booming tourist destination for Europeans looking for a small stretch of tropical paradise.
That makes it all the harder to understand why ten journalists were violently assaulted recently by security operatives and supporters of the opposition people's party (SLPP) in Bo in the south of the country.
Continue reading... More trouble in paradise as Sierra Leone tries to shake off its troubled past.

