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  Bo, Sierra Leone - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The city of Bo is the administrative center of the Bo District in Sierra Leone.
From 1930 until independence in 1961, it was the capital of the Protectorate of Sierra Leone.
It is known for the English public school-style Bo School, and as a centre for the trading of palm kernels and diamond.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bo,_Sierra_Leone   (385 words)

  
 Background Notes Archive - Africa   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Sierra Leone's second largest recorded export is bauxite, mined in the Sherbro area by a Swiss firm.
Sierra Leone has one of the world's largest deposits of rutile, a titanium ore used as paint pigment and welding rod coatings.
Sierra Leone is a member of the UN and its specialized agencies, the Commonwealth, the Organization of African Unity (OAU), the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), the African Development Bank (AFDB), the Mano River Union (MRU), the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC), and the Non-Aligned Movement.
dosfan.lib.uic.edu /ERC/bgnotes/af/sierraleone9406.html   (2399 words)

  
 Bo - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
UIC classification for the railroad locomotive wheel arrangement known as 0-4-0 in the Whyte notation; a locomotive with two powered axles (and thus four wheels) in which the axles are independently powered (e.g.
Bo Bice, an American singer who took second place on the famous TV show American Idol.
Bo language, a Viet-Muong language spoken in Laos.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bo   (281 words)

  
 CHARLES BRAY's Sierra Leon Journal
Sierra Leone: as you could see in the picture of a child soldier, clutching a gun almost as big as him, has become the enduring image of West Africa's civil conflicts.
Sierra Leone: The United Nations-backed war crimes court for Sierra Leone ruled yesterday that former Liberian president Charles Taylor As you see him in the picture must stand trial on charges of aiding rebels during the West African country's civil war.
Sierra Leone: this history of war-crimes is to continue building the history of Sierra Leone in which I [Charles Bray] wonder if there’s going to be a real justice so there could be peace in most African countries, were most innocence people got killed, raped by rebels.
www.greatestcities.com /users/cbray5003/Africa/Sierra_Leone   (4924 words)

  
 bo tree - Search Results - MSN Encarta
Bo Tree, common name for a fig tree of India, also known as bodhi tree, pipal, or peepul.
Bo (town, Sierra Leone), town, southern Sierra Leone, administrative center of Southern Province.
bo tree, bunya, carob, cedar, cola, cypress, eucalyptus, fir, fir tree, gum tree, holly, juniper, kahikatea, kauri, larch, mahogany, mangrove, monkey...
ca.encarta.msn.com /bo+tree.html   (131 words)

  
 SIERRA LEONE MINING
This development has not been effectively managed, and Sierra Leone is classified as one of the poorest and least developed countries in the world.
Sierra Leone imports 70% of its requirements and suffers from extreme shortages of foreign currency.
Sierra Leone has a population of 4.2 million (1991) growing at a rate of about 2.6 percent per annum.
www.american.edu /TED/LEONE.HTM   (2370 words)

  
 Sierra Leone NICS/RNIS Acticles
Sierra Leone is recovering from a ten- year civil war which ended in 1999.
Whilst the situation of the population of Sierra Leone is improving, refugees from Liberia are still seeking refuge in the country.
Since the end of last year the security situation in Sierra Leone has been relatively calm with signs that rebels were seeking to re-enter the peace process and in November a new cease fire agreement was signed between the government of Sierra Leone and the RUF rebels.
www.unsystem.org /scn/Publications/RNIS/countries/sierraleone_all.htm   (18788 words)

  
 Sierra Leone
The Sierra Leonean police are working to improve the professionalism, capabilities, and training of their modest force, but fall short of American standards in response time, communications, and specialty skills.
Sierra Leone's customs authorities may enforce strict regulations concerning the export of gems and precious minerals, such as diamonds and gold.
Sierra Leone’s judiciary is under-funded and overburdened, and offenders often must endure lengthy pre-trial or pre-hearing delays and detention.
www.travel.state.gov /travel/sierra_leone.html   (3015 words)

  
 Encyklopedia :: encyclopedia : Sierra Leone   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Sierra Leone na północy graniczy z Gwineą, a na południowym wschodzie z Liberią.
Sierra Leone jest republiką w której obowiązuje system wielopartyjny, a władzę wykonawczą sprawuje wybierany co 5 lat prezydent.
Sierra Leone podzielone jest na 3 prowincje: północną, południową i wschodnią oraz na jedno terytorium - zachodnie.
www.encyklopedia.cc /Sierra_Leone   (662 words)

  
 Bo - Biocrawler   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Bo is the UIC classification for the railroad locomotive wheel arrangement known as 0-4-0 in the Whyte notation; a locomotive with two powered axles (and thus four wheels) in which the axles are independently powered (e.g.
Bo is a common Scandinavian forename (male) meaning "to live or stay"
You can find it there under the keyword Bo (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bo)The list of previous authors is available here: version history (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Boandaction=history).
www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Bo   (223 words)

  
 CMS. Church Mission Society - Sierra Leone   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Now, CMS and the Church in Sierra Leone are celebrating their 200-year partnership in spreading the gospel.
CMS is committed to working alongside the Church in Sierra Leone to rebuild communities that were devastated by war.
The Bo Schools project, which CMS supports and helped to set-up, is forging a new link between schools in Britain and those in Sierra Leone to ensure the education of the next generation, which may finally have the chance to make Sierra Leone the leading light of Africa.
www.cms-uk.org /sierraleone.htm   (255 words)

  
 Peace Carnival in Bo, Sierra Leone | GlobalGiving   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Most youth fought in Sierra Leone’s 10-year war and still retain the behavior and culture of violence and aggression associated with the war.
This project will organize the Bo Peace Carnival organized by a committee comprised of community representatives from youth associations, the Police, the Army, and other groups, helping these key actors learn to work together towards a common goal.
Bo’s youth are committed to a positive event for peace, and we are committed to supporting their efforts
www.globalgiving.com /pr/300/proj295a.html   (303 words)

  
 THE CRISIS IN SIERRA LEONE: THE HEART OF THE MATTER
A Liberian mother of two, who sought refuge in Sierra Leone at the start of the Liberian war in 1990, returning home in 1997, narrated her ordeal.
Sierra Leone stepped on Taylor's toes when that country refused him assistance to fight his war in Liberia.
Moreover, ECOMOG's Headquarters is stationed in Sierra Leone and it was from there that it's jet bombers took off to blast Taylor's numerous arsenals in "Greater Liberia" during the Octopus war.
www.theperspective.org /sierraleone.html   (1440 words)

  
 Annual Report January - June 2000 - Page 2 - BSL
The First Discount House Sierra Leone Limited was granted a provisional license under Section 2 (1) of the Banking Amendment Act of 1978 to start discount house business in Sierra Leone effective 14th February 2000.
Approval was also granted to Rokel Commercial Bank, First Merchant Bank and Sierra Leone Commercial Bank to increase their branch network in Freetown and the provincial towns.
Sierra Leone Commercial Bank and First Merchant Bank opened a branch each in west end and east end of Freetown respectively.
www.bankofsierraleone-centralbank.org /annual_report_2000_p2.html   (761 words)

  
 Charles Margai charged to court in Bo Town, Sierra Leone.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Margai however disclosed that he was to have appeared today at the Magistrate Court in Bo to answer to the two count charges, but that he has been informed by the Police Commissioner in Bo that the sitting Magistrate has travelled out of the Bo jurisdiction and that he would be contacted upon his return.
Margai stated, his arrest was a deliberate ploy by the SLPP to derail the hard-earned peace in Sierra Leone.
Charles Margai were yesterday arrested by the police in Bo in connection with the Friday incident.
news.sl /drwebsite/publish/printer_2005968.shtml   (375 words)

  
 Sierra Leone Peoples Party reacts to Bo incident: Sierra Leone News
It was almost a holiday in Bo town as young and old men, women and children turned out in their numbers to welcome the SLPP leader and presidential nominee.
Solomon E. Berewa is elected President of the Republic of Sierra Leone in the forth coming elections of 2007." The next on the list of his visit was the Party’s Secretariat where he met with members of the party from through district to the regional level and launched two support groups viz Somob and Bondayilla.
A Profile of Mohamed A. Jalloh in Sierra Leone
news.sl /drwebsite/publish/article_20051001.shtml   (1331 words)

  
 Sierra Leone bishop applauds ouster of military junta   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Sierra Leone bishop applauds ouster of military junta
A Nigerian-led regional peacekeeping force, known as Ecomog, pushed the junta from the capital of Freetown on Feb. 13.
Sierra Leone's first democratically elected president, Ahmad Tejan Kabbah, had only served a year before being overthrown by the junta, led by Lt. Col.
gbgm-umc.org /africa/sierra-leone/sierra2.html   (350 words)

  
 Sierra Visions Inc: Brain Gain Project
Sierra Visions is an advocate for providing training, career development guidance and/or job placements for at-risk or working children and adults in rural and urban areas in Sierra Leone.
Sierra Visions - in collaboration with AccessPoint Africa, and The African Network - will deliver the 2nd session of the Brain Gain Project in August/September 2006, in Bo Sierra Leone.
Furthermore, Sierra Visions hopes to continue to give students the opportunity to sustain their newly-acquired skills and retrain others; and provide permanent job-placement and career advice to students as openings occur within our organization and the Sierra Leone work force.
www.sierravisions.org /BrainGain.php   (552 words)

  
 Email Directory, J to L - Sierra Leone Web
Sierra Leone: Lalahun, Kailahun District, Bo and Freetown
Sierra Leone: Mapele Chiefdom, Pujehun District; Bo and Freetown
Sierra Leone: Kaiyema, Sandor Chiefdom, Kono District and Freetown
www.sierra-leone.org /emailj-l.html   (7871 words)

  
 HSS - HSS - Newsroom: HSS in the News Rozbruch Sierra Leone   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
ABC News, 20/20, aired March 24, 2006— In Sierra Leone, where children were kidnapped, stoked with drugs, and placed on the front lines of battle to draw enemy fire, Lansana was lucky.
As a young boy of 5 or 6, after chasing a soccer ball into the bush, he was bitten by a snake.
An uncle abandoned Lansana at a hospital in Bo, Sierra Leone.
www.hss.edu /newsroom/HSS-in-the-News-Rozbruch-Sierra-Leone   (361 words)

  
 Sierra Leone - Destination West Africa
However, the gradual withdrawal of most UN Mission in Sierra Leone (UNAMSIL) peacekeepers in 2004 and early 2005, deteriorating political and economic conditions in Guinea, and the tenuous security situation in neighboring Liberia may present challenges to the continuation of Sierra Leone's stability.
Diamonds were central to the conflict in Sierra Leone, and that a highly criminalized war economy had developed a momentum of its own.
FLA is a Sierra Leone carrier with direct flights between Freetown and London Gatwick.
www.nationsonline.org /oneworld/sierra_leone.htm   (880 words)

  
 Islamic World.Net: Countries
Sierra Leone: Violations of the Peace Accord - background information and news from Human Rights Watch.
Sierra Leone Internet Services - information and news on Sierra Leone from local and foreign sources, forums and message boards, and more.
Sierra Leone Community - by Sierra Leoneans for Sierra Leoneans.
islamic-world.net /countries/sierraleone.htm   (500 words)

  
 Home   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
The CRC is a ministry of the Sierra Leone Annual Conference under the direction of Bishop Joseph Humper.
The poverty of Sierra Leone is intense and the CRC stands as an island of hope in the midst of a great deal of despair.
I am truly overwhelmed by all that the UMC in Sierra Leone has been able to accomplish with the funds we send each month and the contents of the container.
www.gbgm-umc.org /sierraleone   (1244 words)

  
 Panapress Official Website   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Freetown, Sierra Leone (PANA) - Sierra Leone's Attorney General and Justice Minister Frederick Carew has declared null and void, the conclusion of an inquest into the death of journalist Harry Yansanneh, on grounds that the investigation panel did not follow the law.
Freetown, Sierra Leone (PANA) - Responsibility for the protection of the Sierra Leone's UN Special Court was formally transferred Monday from a Nigerian contingent to their Mongolian counterparts from the UN Mission in Liberia (UNMIL).
Freetown, Sierra Leone (PANA) - The Government of Sierra Leone and the United Nations Friday signed a Status of Mission Agreement for the installation of the UN Integrated Mission in Sierra Leone (UNIOSIL) in early January 2006.
www.panapress.com /paysindexlat.asp?codepays=eng044&page=50   (411 words)

  
 Charity - Overseas Aid for the Kids of Sierra Leone, Bo (OAKS)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Sierra Leone is today a nation of orphans, amputees and war widows.
Life for Sierra Leone's many orphaned and abandoned children is desperate and lonely.
Sierra Leone, its people, and its children are entirely dependent upon the good will and generosity of the international community.
www.oaks-sl.org   (297 words)

  
 Peacebuilding in Sierra Leone
There was a young field officer from Bo (Sierra Leone’s second city) who was particularly committed to the peacebuilding work.
In August 2004 I was invited to return to Sierra Leone to help assess the benefits of the RTC training to SLRCS and the communities they serve.
The work continues in Sierra Leone and meanwhile other West African countries such as Liberia and Nigeria are seeing what they can learn from the Sierra Leone experience that may be useful in their own countries.
www.c-r.org /ccts/ccts26/sierra-leone.htm   (1438 words)

  
 Conflict resolution, prevention, and transformation: Search for Common Ground
Youth Performance Center and Recording Studio in Bo Search for Common Ground-Sierra Leone is teaming up with Steady Bongo in an effort to identify and develop youth musical talent, to promote youth creativity, and to provide young people a positive alternative to a return to violence in Bo, Sierra Leone.
Steady Bongo is a popular Sierra Leonean musician who has collaborated with SFCG-SL on numerous occasions in the past, including embarking upon a nation wide peace tour in 2001 to rebel towns.
Steady has been and continues to be an important voice for peace and social reconstruction in Sierra Leone.
www.sfcg.org /programmes/sierra/sierra_youth.html   (516 words)

  
 bo - Search Results - MSN Encarta
Jackson, Bo, born in 1962, American professional athlete, noted for playing both professional baseball and professional football in the same year...
Bo Juyi (772-846), Chinese poet and government official.
He held various posts, starting in the palace library and rising to become a provincial...
ca.encarta.msn.com /bo.html   (123 words)

  
 FS CryptoCorner: Human Baboon Terrorises Civilians in Bo [Sierra Leone]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Freetown - There is currently an atmosphere of fear and panic in villages in some parts of the Bo districts as a result of the appearance of a human baboon.
The human baboon is said to be a man who masks himself using the skin of a baboon and has very sharp claws made of iron, which he uses to grab civilians.
Reports from around Tinkoko seven miles from Bo say that the human baboon has been running after women and children who go especially in search of wood in the nearby forests.
www.100megsfree4.com /farshores/c_baboon.htm   (197 words)

  
 Bo
Head of Amputee delegation from Southern Province, Mussa Vandi, at Bo seminar, December 2002, with RUF and CDF representatives.
Historic RUF and CDF meeting in Bo In the town of Bo an event was held on December 12-13th, bringing together for the first time both members of the RUF and the CDF in a two-day peace and reconciliation seminar.
Present were a senior military delegation from the UN mission in Sierra Leone stationed in Bo Town, Minister of Internal Affairs and National Security Chief Samuel Hinga Norman, the Regent Chief of Kakua Chiefdom Bo, the press, and distinguished citizens.
www.hopesierraleone.org /bo.html   (99 words)

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