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| | Sierra Leone: History, Geography, Government, and Culture — Infoplease.com |
 | | Sierra Leone, on the Atlantic Ocean in West Africa, is half the size of Illinois. |
 | | The Portuguese were the first Europeans to explore the land and gave Sierra Leone its name, which means “lion mountains.” Freetown, on the coast, was ceded to English settlers in 1787 as a home for fls discharged from the British armed forces and also for runaway slaves who had found asylum in London. |
 | | He is accused of abetting the violent rebel group in Sierra Leone's civil war that was responsible for atrocities which included hacking off the limbs of civilians, sexual slavery, conscripting child soldiers, and even cannibalism. |
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