African Studies
Utafiti: Journal of African Perspectives
Call for Papers: Utafiti is inviting you to submit your manuscript – any topic in the humanities - for consideration in the next issues.
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Preparations started to take place ahead of the March 2018 elections. These included registration of voters, a visit by an ecowas delegation and, most importantly, the selection of presidential candidates by the various political parties. The two main parties nominated their candidates in November. Economically, the country continued to perform reasonably well, with a gdp growth figure of around 5.5%. Two exceptionally large diamonds were discovered, both in the Kono district. In August, Freetown was struck by a natural disaster, when the side of one of its hills collapsed following relentless rains, and as a many as 500 people were killed in the mudslide. Deforestation and the uncontrolled construction of dwellings were to blame.