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  Sierra Leone - LoveToKnow 1911   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
SIERRA LEONE, a British colony and protectorate on the west coast of Africa.
North of it are the Sierra Leone and Scarcies estuaries; to the south is Yawry Bay.
Sierra Leone is inhabited by various negro tribes, the chief being the Timni, the Sulima, the Susu and the Mendi.
www.1911encyclopedia.org /S/SI/SIERRA_LEONE.htm   (4384 words)

  
 Sierra Leone   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
In 1808 Sierra Leone became a Crown Colony which it remained until halfway through 20th century when the process of de-colonisation was This culminated in independence on April 27 1961.
Sierra Leone is also the worst for childbirth having the highest Maternal Mortality Ratio or risk of maternal death of any country.
The MMR of Leone according to a report from the Health Organization in the year 2000 is 000 maternal deaths per live 100 000 The extremely high MMR is principally due severe obstetric situations such as hemorrhage obstructed ectoptic gestation abortion and puerperal sepsis.
www.freeglossary.com /Sierra_Leone   (1235 words)

  
 Summit Communications - Sierra Leone
Summit Communications: In late June, the conference on Disarmament, Demobilization, Reintegration and Stability in Africa was held here in Sierra Leone, a clear sign of the international community's confidence in your return to peace and stability.
Sierra Leone has been particularly successful and is held up by some people as a model for emulation in terms of the DDR process.
The confidence they have in Sierra Leone now; the fact that security is being sustained and that there is peace assures that we've the proper environment for investment.
www.summitreports.com /sierraleone2006/interview15.htm   (3063 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)

  
 Sierra Leone - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Sierra Leone, officially the Republic of Sierra Leone, is a country in West Africa.
Sierra Leone is divided into three provinces and one area, and subdivided into 14 districts.
Sierra Leone is the worst nation in the world for childbirth, having the highest Maternal Mortality Ratio (MMR), or risk of maternal death, of any country.
www.knowledgehunter.info /wiki/Sierra_Leone   (1701 words)

  
 Sierra Leone (09/06)
Sierra Leone is a republic with an executive president and a multi-party system of government with a 124-seat Parliament (112 elected members and 12 paramount chiefs).
The incumbent Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP) has a strong advantage going into these elections and maintains its traditional support in the south and east of the country; however, population increases in the northern part of the country and in the Western Area (where Freetown is located), may benefit the opposition All People’s Congress (APC).
Sierra Leone is a member of the UN and its specialized agencies, the Commonwealth, the African Union (AU), 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 (NAM).
www.state.gov /r/pa/ei/bgn/5475.htm   (4427 words)

  
 Summit Communications - Sierra Leone
Summit Communications: In late June, the Conference on Disarmament, Demobilization, Reintegration and Stability in Africa was held in Freetown, a sign that of the international community's confidence in your country's return to peace and stability.
Sierra Leone's DDR success is considered to be a model for emulation.
Back in the seventies, Sierra Leone became what the UN calls a Least-Developed Countries and is now one of 36 such countries in the world in Africa, Asia, the Middle East and Latin America.
www.summitreports.com /sierraleone2006/interview11.htm   (3428 words)

  
 Sierra Leone
In 1808, Sierra Leone became a British Crown Colony, which it remained until halfway through the 20th century, when the process of de-colonisation was commenced.
Although there has been a significant amount of news coverage of the war in Sierra Leone, a comprehensive review of the conflict based on extensive field research—using a methodology known as Conflict Mapping—is available here.
Sierra Leone is the worst nation for childbirth in the world, having the highest Maternal Mortality Ratio, or risk of maternal death, of any country.
creekin.net /n165-sierra-leone.html   (866 words)

  
 Sierra Leone News Archives - August 2002 - Sierra Leone Web
Sierra Leone's former rebels have renewed their appeal to the United Nations to lift a travel ban on former AFRC junta members and allow them to travel outside the country to build their political party, the Agence France-Presse reported.
Leone is linked to progress in achieving a number of benchmarks aimed at reinforcing the recently restored peace in the country, Ambassador Oluyemi Adeniji told diplomats in Freetown on Wednesday.
Sierra Leone is one of 13 West African countries which will benefit from a new $3.2 million satellite communications system designed to link ECOWAS member states around the clock to the organisation's headquarters in Abuja, the Voice of America reported on Friday.
www.sierra-leone.org /slnews0802.html   (10364 words)

  
 Sierra Leone travel guide - Wikitravel
Sierra Leone is located on the West Coast of Africa between 7 and 10 degrees N, and longitudes 10.5 and 13 degrees W. The Republic of Guinea is to the north and northeast; Liberia is to the east and southeast, and the Atlantic Ocean on the west and south.
Sierra Leone has the 3rd largest natural harbour in the world and is looking forward to the arrival of cruise ships.
Sierra Leone was for many years on the list of countries to avoid (as published by the UK's Foreign and Commonwealth Office).
wikitravel.org /en/Sierra_Leone   (1228 words)

  
 Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone is a constitutional republic with a directly elected president and a unicameral legislature; President Tejan Kabbah was elected in 1996.
Sierra Leone is an extremely poor country with a market-based economy; per capita earnings for the population of approximately 4.5 million are less than $150 (300,000 Leones) per year.
Leone, where they became internally displaced because it was still not safe for them to return to their original homes.
www.state.gov /g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2001/af/8402.htm   (9803 words)

  
 Regional > Africa > Sierra Leone
Good deal of Sierra Leone's coastline consists of mangrove swamps, with a exception of the peninsula on which the capital city Freetown is placed.
A rest of Sierra Leone is mostly tableland (astir 300 m above sea level) covered by forests, sustaining mountains in the east of the united states (greatest point Loma Mansa, 1,948 m).
Sierra Leone is the worst united states for childbirth in a world, getting the greatest Maternal Mortality Ratio, or chance of maternal death, of any country.
africa-sierra-leone.generalanswers.org   (1172 words)

  
 Sierra Leone Info - Bored Net - Boredom   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Sierra Leone Info - Bored Net - Boredom
Europeans used the land as a source for slaves, but in 1787, the now capital Freetown was established as city for former slaves living in London.
Much of Sierra Leone's coastline consists of mangrove swamps, with the exception of the peninsula on which the capital city Freetown is located.
www.borednet.com /e/n/encyclopedia/s/si/sierra_leone.html   (710 words)

  
 Sierra Leone
Visitors to Sierra Leone are required to show International Certificates of Vaccination (yellow card) upon arrival at the airport with a record of vaccination against yellow fever.
The Sierra Leonean police are working to improve their professionalism and capabilities, but fall short of American standards in response time, communications, and specialty skills.
Sierra Leone’s judiciary is under-funded and overburdened, and offenders often must endure lengthy pre-trial or pre-hearing delays and detention.
travel.state.gov /travel/cis_pa_tw/cis/cis_1016.html   (2969 words)

  
 An MBendi Profile: An MBendi Country Profile for Sierra Leone including economic and travel overviews and directories ...
Sierra Leone is an independent republic which lies on the on the bulge of Africa and forms part of the West African Region.
Sierra Leone is emerging from a protracted civil war and is showing signs of a successful transition.
Sierra Leone’s manufacturing sector continues to develop and consists mainly of the processing of raw materials and of light manufacturing for the domestic market.
www.mbendi.co.za /land/af/sl/p0005.htm   (670 words)

  
 Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone is a constitutional republic with a directly elected president and a unicameral legislature.
During the year Guinean forces continued to occupy the Yenga area in the eastern part of the country, contravening an agreement between the presidents of Guinea and Sierra Leone acknowledging that the town of Yenga was part of Sierra Leone.
With the assistance of the donor community, the NEC dismissed all staff that had been seconded from other ministries, hired and trained new staff, formed a committee to review and streamline electoral legislation, and prepared for a nationwide electoral district boundary demarcation in preparation for the presidential and parliamentary elections scheduled for 2007.
www.peacewomen.org /resources/Sierra_Leone/humanrightsreport.html   (10135 words)

  
 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.
www.infoplease.com /ipa/A0107959.html   (1018 words)

  
 Sierra Leone - Atlapedia Online   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
It is bound by Guinea to the north and northeast, Liberia to the southeast and the Atlantic Ocean to the south and southwest.
(4.) The Sierra Leone Peninsula which is a mountainous area with a strip of flat land at the foothill of the mountains.
John Bangura unsuccessfully attempted to overthrow the government and in Apr. 1971 Sierra Leone became a republic with Stevens as President.
www.atlapedia.com /online/countries/sierrale.htm   (1256 words)

  
 wfn.org | UMNS# 350-Poor infrastructure stymies communications in Sierra Leone
The United Methodist Church's legislative assembly approved the initiative to develop communications capabilities in the denomination's regional units in Africa, Asia and Europe.
The Foundation for United Methodist Communications is raising funds to establish conference communication centers in Africa.
Beatrice Fofanah, the national women's coordinator for the Sierra Leone Conference, described the ideal communications center as a place containing all the proper equipment - computers, cameras, fax machines, telephones, Internet - in working order and with a trained staff to run the office.
www.wfn.org /2006/06/msg00176.html   (804 words)

  
 University of Nebraska-Lincoln - Scarlets Web - 9/19/02
Communication Studies Professor Cecil Blake was surprised when he received a call from the Republic of Sierra Leone's President Ahmad Tejan Kabbah in late April 2001, asking him to take on a government cabinet post as Minister of Information and Broadcasting for the west African nation.
He arrived in Sierra Leone in May 2001, and the war between the government and the Revolutionary United Front had not been declared ended.
The state media in Sierra Leone are the only ones with access to the entire country; independent media are located primarily in the capital and have limited reach.
www.unl.edu /scarlet/v12n22/v12n22features.html   (3773 words)

  
 Sierra Leone - Gurupedia
The written history of Sierra Leone begins in 1462, when
Sierra Leone is also the worst country for
The extremely high MMR is principally due to severe obstetric situations such as hemorrhage, obstructed labor, ectoptic gestation, abortion, and puerperal sepsis.
www.gurupedia.com /s/si/sierra_leone.htm   (790 words)

  
 Top20SierraLeone.com - Your Top20 Guide to Sierra Leone!
The Republic of Sierra Leone is a country in West Africa.
The name Sierra Leone was adapted from the Spanish version: Sierra León, and in turn, from the Portuguese Serra-Leão [or Serra Leoa] which stands for "lioness mountains." It was an important centre of the Transatlantic Slave Trade.
The written history of Sierra Leone began in 1462, when Portuguese explorers first landed and named the country "Lion Mountains".
www.top20sierraleone.com   (1308 words)

  
 Sierra Leone
It is Sierra Leone's fervent hope that over the course of our meeting, this Assembly will produce concrete results, which shall herald a definitive global consensus aimed at resolving this alarming issue currently threatening international peace and security.
President, the first cases of HIV/AIDS in Sierra Leone were reported in 1987, diagnosed in the Southern (Bo) and Eastern (Kenema) provinces.
Community and Civil society Initiatives: will support community - based initiatives proposed by civil society organizations and other groups for HIV/AIDS prevention, as well as care and support of people living~with HIV/AIDS and their dependents.
www.un.org /ga/aids/statements/docs/sierraE.html   (1527 words)

  
 sierra leone culture information -- sierra leone culture   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Sierra Leone means "mountains of the lions." Some say...
Map of Sierra Leone Tourism Tribal culture, bird-watching, diamond mines, beaches and game reserves have been among the foremost attractions of Sierra Leone.
My time in Sierra Leone was an extremely intense period of learning and taking in a culture that couldn't be more different to our own and trying to make a difference for God's glory in that Country...
www.syphculture.info /sierraleoneculture   (866 words)

  
 Sierra Leone: News & Information: President: State House: Ahmad Tejan Kabbah:   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
As a further demonstration of the friendly ties between China and Sierra Leone, the Chinese Government donated 20 million RMB, the equivalent of 2.5 million dollars to Sierra Leone for projects to be agreed upon by both countries.
This year's celebration organized by the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security in collaboration with FAO was held in Kono, Eastern Sierra Leone; where farmers from all regions of the country converged to exhibit their farm products as manifestation of how much food is produced in the country, qualitatively and quantitatively.
As a boost to the Sierra Leone Government's post-war reconstruction and rehabilitation efforts the Government of Libya through the Leader of the Great Jamahiriya, Col. Muammar Gadaffi has donated equipment and buses to the Government of Sierra Leone.
www.statehouse-sl.org   (1774 words)

  
 An MBendi Profile: An MBendi Industry (Sector) Profile for Sierra Leone: Mining including economic overview and ...
An MBendi Profile: An MBendi Industry (Sector) Profile for Sierra Leone: Mining including economic overview and directories of companies, personalities, industry sectors, projects, facilities, news and events.
With more than 70% of the country underlain by Archaean terrane, Sierre Leone hold enormous exploration potential.
Sierra Leone has gold and bauxite potential, with several companies carrying out exploration prior to the war.
www.mbendi.co.za /indy/ming/mingsl.htm   (240 words)

  
 Yale University Library
INCORE Country Guide: Sierra Leone - annotated guide to Internet sources including news sources, newsgroups, reports, and NGOs as well as the texts of treaties and peace agreements.
IRIN Sierra Leone Archive - humanitarian issues covered by the Integrated Regional Information Network.
Ethnologue: Sierra Leone - list of languages and dialects.
www.library.yale.edu /african/sierraleone.html   (424 words)

  
 Welcome to Sierra Leone
Current issues: On 25 May 1997, the democratically-elected government of President Ahmad Tejan KABBAH was overthrown by disgruntled army personnel under the command of Major Johnny Paul KOROMA; President KABBAH fled to exile in Guinea.
The Economic Community of West African States Cease-Fire Monitoring Group (ECOMOG) forces, led by a strong Nigerian contingent, undertook the suppression of the rebellion.
They were initially unsuccessful, but, by October 1997, they forced the rebels to agree to a cease-fire and to a plan to return the government to democratic control by 22 April 1998.
www.middleeastnews.com /SierraLeone.html   (1035 words)

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