REFERENCES • Annual Report 2015 of the National Electoral Commission (NEC) of Sierra Leone • Annual Report of the Human Rights Commission of Sierra Leone , the State of Human Rights in Sierra Leone 2013 • Annual Report of the Human Rights Commission of Sierra Leone , the State of Human Rights in Sierra Leone 2015 • African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) Country Review • Report No.15 of the Republic of Sierra Leone, January 2012 • Independent Evaluation of Budget Support to Sierra Leone 2002-2015 Final Report ,Volume One 2015 • Maiden Report of the Sierra Leone International Benchmarks System ( SLIBS) , Volume 1, November 2016 • Report of the Constitutional Review Committee, Republic of Sierra Leone 2016 PICTURE CREDITS: APRM Secretariat. THESE SUCCESSES WERE HOWEVER CHALLENGED BY A NUMBER OF ISSUES INCLUDING DIFFICULTIES PRESENTED BY THE EBOLA EPIDEMIC, SHRINKING INTERNATIONAL IRON ORE PRICES, STEPPING UP GOVERNANCE AND APRM AWARENESS BUILDING , PREPARATIONS FOR 2018 ELECTIONS AND REGULAR AND ADEQUATE BUDGETARY SUPPORT TO THE APRM PROCESS APRM Sierra Leone | Annual Progress Report 47