Sierra Leone’s Minister for Defence and National Security opened a five-day ‘Moral Foundations for Democracy’ training programme for 30 members of the Police, the Armed Forces and Civil Society in November, run by Hope – Sierra Leone (H-SL), a local non-government organization affiliated to Initiatives of Change International. It was one of a series of similar programmes during November and December 2007.

I am sure those readers unfamiliar with life in the Army might wonder what the above title is about. ‘Olive Green’ is the color of the uniform worn by the Indian Army.