Sierra Leone after elections: politics as usual?

It argues that a number of concerns remain could threaten long-term peace prospects: the many questions about the fairness of the electoral process and the level of fraud and coercion that shrouded it, the dangerous divisions between the army and President Kabbah's ruling Sierra Leone People's Party (SLPP), and the remaining ethnic tensions.

The report concludes that the election will only be significant if accompanied by fundamental reforms that begin to change Sierra Leone's political landscape, including changes to the level of governmental and societal corruption and the promotion of reconciliation among combatants and civilians.