Decades of strife have torn apart Sierra Leone, and its infrastructure is poorly developed. Even its cities lack basic sanitation, roads, and communications. Though rich in diamonds and other minerals, that wealth has only benefitted a tiny elite. Now, following the coup, chaos is the rule in Sierra Leone. Work has stopped.
Stores are closed.
And looters rule the streets pillaging from stores and homes. A lot of people have lost everything. The rebels went into their houses. They took everything. They took the clothes out of their wardrobes.