SIERRA LEONE IS THE SECOND MOST PEACEFUL COUNTRY IN WEST AFRICA
Sierra Leone, the second most peaceful country in West Africa in 2015, has overtaken Ghana to become the most peaceful country in the sub-region, as measured by the Global Peace Index of the Institute for Economics and Peace – an international think tank based in Australia.
Both Ghana and Sierra Leone are in the second quintile of the most peaceful countries around the world but Ghana was ranked 46th of 162 countries in 2015, while Sierra Leone was ranked 50th.
From fifth in Africa in 2015, Ghana has been leapfrogged by Sierra Leone and is now the sixth most peaceful country on the continent and the second in West Africa.Globally, Ghana is ranked 44th out of 163 countries assessed by the Institute for Economics and Peace, in the 2016 Peace Index.
