Sierra Leone leader seeks foreign investment

Sierra Leone leader seeks foreign investment

Wed 30 Jan 2008, 7:18 GMT

By Giles Elgood

LONDON (Reuters) - Sierra Leone is looking for investment from the international community to help it recover from a decade-long civil war, its president said on Tuesday.

Sierra Leone is in a "very terrible situation" after the civil war that ravaged the West African nation from 1991 to 2002, Ernest Bai Koroma said during a visit to London.

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