Information on the youth wing of the Sierra Leone People's Party (SLPP), the Krio caucus and their reaction to the February 1996 elections could not be found among the sources consulted by the Research Directorate.

This Response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the Research Directorate within time constraints. This Response is not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular claim to refugee status or asylum. Please find below the list of additional sources consulted in researching this Information Request.

Sources Consulted

IRB Databases

Lexis/Nexis

World News Connection

Internet sites including:

Africa Confidential

Africa South of the Sahara

AllAfrica

Amnesty International

BBC

Human Rights Watch

Human Rights Watch - World Report 2001

INCORE guide to Internet sources on conflict and ethnicity in Sierra Leone

International Crisis Group (ICG)

National Unity Party of Sierra Leone

ReliefWeb

Sierra Leone People's Party (SLPP) Website

Sierra Leone Web

University of Durham - International Boundaries Research Unit

University of Pennsylvania - AfricanStudies Center