ABSTRACT
This chapter examines the more homogenous state of Sierra Leone. It is once more demonstrated that even in a more homogenous neo-patrimonial state, there is no established framework for security. Securitization of threats as suggested by the Copenhagen School of security analysis can be either ad hoc or institutionalised; more often, it is ad hoc. What accounts for this is lack of an institutionalised security architecture is a product of the blurred line between the personal security interests of a leader and the general security interests of the state. The processes of the securitization of threats are therefore defined by what the patron leaders perceive and construct as threats to their regime’s security and business interests.
