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The key indicator of the success of security system transformation in Sierra Leone has been taken as the conducting of a general election in 2007 without violence. This was the first time a peaceful election had been held since before the war in the 1990s. Even before that elections had been marred by significant violence and intimidation and many people who voted in 2007 had never voted in a peaceful election. This is a significant achievement given the extreme levels of violence experienced by the people of Sierra Leone for a long period of time
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Jackson, P., Albrecht, P. (2011). Conclusions. In: Reconstructing Security after Conflict. New Security Challenges. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230302471_7
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