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[Perspective] Reconciliation in Sierra Leone

ScienceNOW - Fetched: May 12th, 2016, 5:00pm UTC

Since the end of World War II, there have been 259 armed conflicts in 159 locations (1). Sierra Leone's civil war began 25 years ago, at a time when roughly 25% of all countries worldwide were experiencing civil war (2). How can individuals and groups recover from such violent conflicts? On page 787 of this issue, Cilliers et al. (3) provide rigorous evidence on the efficacy of one postwar reconciliation strategy that was implemented in 100 communities in Sierra Leone (4). Authors: Katherine Casey, Rachel Glennerster

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