Frosticles

Lilian Barson-Frost

27 / Female

Freetown, Sierra Leone

About Frosticles

Budding Member | Member since 7th Jan 07

Citizenship: Australia
Previous Name (ie Maiden): Frost
Marital Status: Single
Occupation: Student

Activity : photos (18) forum (8) guide (0) blog (11) diary (0) trips (0)

Latest Blog Entry

Upcoming elections in Sierra Leone

Posted by Frosticles | 8th August 2007

As most of you know, Sierra Leone is going to the polls this weekend, August 11th (HOW RUDE IS THAT ON MY BIRTHDAY?!), for the second time since the decade-long civil war - it is the first election that will not be supervised by the United Nations or by international forces. So far, there have only been a few fairly minor incidences and most were upcountry. Most people are being cautious, but are not overly worried about any major resurgence of violence in the country. If there is any trouble, it is likely to be upline, in the provinces, where people's living conditions are worse, they are less educated and they have a lot more spare time on their hands to make trouble. Many people just want trouble to create instability, so they can loot. Hopefully, it will all go well without any problems.

In the mean time, security in our compound is beefed up and we have a huge supply of water and food and BEER/WINE, just IN CASE anything should happen and we end up cooped up for days. I can't

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