{"id":17675,"date":"2023-05-19T17:51:18","date_gmt":"2023-05-19T17:51:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/why-sierra-leoneans-are-suffering"},"modified":"2023-05-19T18:04:33","modified_gmt":"2023-05-19T18:04:33","slug":"why-sierra-leoneans-are-suffering","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/why-sierra-leoneans-are-suffering","title":{"rendered":"Why Sierra Leoneans Are Suffering"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Sorie Abubakar<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Sierra-Leone. <\/strong><\/span>President Julius Maada Bio has apportioned blame on Russia\u2019s war in Ukraine as the cause of the \u201csuffering\u201d and \u201chardship\u201d in Sierra Leone. He made this revelation in his recent interview with AFP less than two months before the presidential elections.<\/p>\n<p><a name=\"aswift_2_host\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sierra Leone is currently ranked the <a href=\"https:\/\/sierraloaded.sl\/news\/sierra-leone-poorest-country\/\">second poorest country in the world<\/a> with a Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per capita of $472. The country has also been hit hard by higher prices of food and basic goods. A protest over the rising cost of living in August 2022 left at least 27 civilians and six police officers dead.<\/p>\n<p>Bio, who is seeking re-election for a five-years second term in office has promised to make food self-sufficiency his primary focus if re-elected. Undoubtely, musch work needs to be done with about <a href=\"https:\/\/sierraloaded.sl\/news\/sierra-leonean-hungry-research\/\">81 percent of homes in Sierra Leone being unable to meet their \u2018basic food and nutrition needs.\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Speaking in an interview on Wednesday, Bio said the war had wreaked havoc in his country and other places while appealing for an immediate end.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are all suffering as a result of the war in Ukraine&#8230; For the sake of humanity, for what is happening, let\u2019s end the war,\u201d he said in Freetown.<\/p>\n<p>He also mentioned that without crisis such as the pandemic and war in Ukraine, Sierra Leone would not be facing raging inflation, supply shortages and a sharp drop in its currency\u2019s value against the dollar.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have a vested interest in seeing to it that war comes to an end as quickly as possible&#8230; especially as a country that has gone through war before \u2014 but also (because of) the impact on us,\u201d Bio said.<\/p>\n<p><b>sierraloaded.sl<\/b><\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\">Sierra-Leone<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sorie Abubakar Africa-Press &#8211; Sierra-Leone. President Julius Maada Bio has apportioned blame on Russia\u2019s war in Ukraine as the cause of the \u201csuffering\u201d and \u201chardship\u201d in Sierra Leone. He made this revelation in his recent interview with AFP less than two months before the presidential elections. 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