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	AllRefer.com - Freetown, Africa (African Political Geography) - Encyclopedia
		519,500), capital of Sierra Leone, W Sierra Leone, a port on the Atlantic Ocean.
		Located on the Sierra Leone peninsula, Freetown is the nation's administrative, communications, and economic center, as well as its main port.
		Freetown was used by the British as the base for creating (1808) the Sierra Leone Crown Colony, and from 1808 to 1874 it served as the capital of British West Africa.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/F/Freetown.html (381 words)

	Sierra Leone
		The Sierra Leone 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 alleged offenders must often endure lengthy pre-trial or pre-hearing delays and detention.
	travel.state.gov /travel/sierra_leone.html (2861 words)

	sierra_leone
		In addition, Sierra Leone boast Old Fourahbay College which was the first university in West Africa that was modeled after western teachings and most of the future African leaders of the Pan-African Movement of the 20th century received their formal education at this university.
		Sierra Leone is located in West Africa with Guinea as its neighbor on the north and east, Liberia as its neighbor to the south and the Atlantic Ocean on its west.
		Sierra Leone has a surface land area of 72,325 kilometers with marshy coastal areas that rise to a plateau in the north and east and the highest elevation point of Mount Durukonko at 11,948 meters.
	www.africa-ata.org /sierra_leone.htm (2383 words)

	Sierra Leone - Wikitravel (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-05)
		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 is recovering from several years of a brutal civil war which killed and maimed many thousands.
		Sierra Leone was for many years on the list of countries to avoid (as published by the UK's Foreign and Commonwealth Office (http://www.fco.gov.uk/)).
	wikitravel.org /en/Sierra_Leone (1079 words)

	An MBendi Profile: Sierra Leone - Overview (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-05)
		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.
	mbendi.co.za /cyslcy.htm (520 words)

	ips/conflict-watch/Sierra Leone (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-05)
		In an attempt to avert an escalation in the conflict, Sierra Leone's ousted President Tejan Kabbah appealed to the Kamajor not to march.
		On Thursday, 81 Sierra Leone nationals who had fled Freetown because of fears of a renewed Nigerian offensive died when their overcrowded bus plunged into a ravine near the town of Makeni.
		Sierra Leone's Ambassador to the United Nations, James Jonah told a news briefing in New York on Monday 9 June that the coup leaders would have stepped down in exchange for payment under a US-UK brokered agreement, but the agreement was rejected by the RUF.
	www.ips.org /critical/watch/sleone.htm (1827 words)

	SIERRA LEONE, Landmine Monitor Report 2000
		Sierra Leone did not participate in the First Meeting of States Parties in Maputo and it has not attended the intersessional meetings of the treaty in Geneva, but both the Minister of Foreign Affairs and government officials interviewed by Landmine Monitor stated the government’s unflinching support for the treaty.
		Sierra Leone is not a party to the Convention on Conventional Weapons, and is not a member of the Conference on Disarmament.
		Sierra Leone is not known to produce or export antipersonnel mines.
	www.icbl.org /lm/2000/sierra_leone.html (2298 words)

	Liberia evacuations continue (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-05)
		LUNGI, Sierra Leone (AFPN) -- Three HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopters from the 56th Rescue Squadron at Naval Air Station Keflavik, Iceland, carry evacuees from the U.S. Embassy in Liberia on July 23.
		It has been in Sierra Leone since July 13 providing personnel recovery and emergency evacuation for the Humanitarian Assistance Survey Team in Liberia.
		Mohamed C. Kamara, Sierra Leone police constable, was among the crowd.
	www.af.mil /news/story_print.asp?storyID=123005320 (858 words)

	Africa - "Killer" Bills and Decrees
		Taylor's forces entered Sierra Leone at Bormalu in the eastern Kailahun district on March 23, 1991, with the support of mercenaries from Burkina Faso, and implanted a nascent RUF insurgency.
		Sierra Leone's border with Liberia was largely undefended, and the Republic of Sierra Leone Military Force (RSLMF) was under-equipped and inadequately trained for combat with Taylor's experienced, heavily armed National Patriotic Front of Liberia (NPFL) guerrillas and their allies.
		Sierra Leone, under the APC, was primarily a patrimonial state in which the ruling party distributed jobs, cheap rice, and educational opportunities in return for political support.
	www.ilhr.org /ilhr/reports/killerbills/apc.html (1349 words)

	Sierra Leone News Archives - October 2001 - Sierra Leone Web
		In a statement circulated issued on Wednesday, the NCDHR invited Sierra Leoneans living in the diaspora to submit suggestions "on any aspect of the proposed conference, which might improve its conduct and contribute to the process of peace and development" in their country.
		In Sierra Leone, the focus will be on providing for the basic needs of some 80,000 former refugees who have not yet been able to return to their homes.
		The Sierra Leone government has rejected suggestions by RUF spokesman Gibril Massaquoi that further progress in the disarmament process would be linked to the government providing offices for the RUF, and to the lifting of a United Nations international travel ban on RUF leaders.
	www.sierra-leone.org /slnews1001.html (9152 words)

	CNN.com - Coax Africa to peace, says Blair - February 9, 2002
		LUNGI, Sierra Leone -- British Prime Minister Tony Blair used a quickfire visit to British troops in Sierra Leone to insist that war-ravaged Africa can be coaxed onto the path of peace.
		As he made his way along the West African coast to Sierra Leone, signs that rebels in neighbouring Liberia were closing on the capital Monrovia highlighted the problems of the conflict-ridden region.
		Sierra Leone's war was declared over last month after the disarmament of over 47,000 rebel and government militiamen.
	archives.cnn.com /2002/WORLD/africa/02/09/sierra.blair (456 words)

	USAFE News Story (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-05)
		European Command is currently in Sierra Leone to provide personnel recovery and emergency evacuation capability for the Humanitarian Assistance Survey team already in Liberia.
		SIERRA LEONE, Africa (USAFENS) -- Maintainers from the 85th Maintenance Squadron, Naval Air Station Keflavik, Iceland, have a huge responsibility to keep mission critical helicopters ready to fly at a moment’s notice in Sierra Leone, Africa.
		Preston said Sierra Leone is a nice place to visit, but he probably wouldn’t have come here if the Air Force hadn’t sent him.
	www.usafe.af.mil /news/news03/uns03541.htm (733 words)

	Sierra Leone
		Sierra Leone is a constitutional republic with a directly elected President and a unicameral legislature.
		Sierra Leone was invited by the Community of Democracies' (CD) Convening Group to attend the November 2002 second CD Ministerial Meeting in Seoul, Republic of Korea, as an observer.
		In July the U.N. Special Court for Sierra Leone, whose role is to try those who "bear the greatest responsibility for the commission of crimes against humanity, war crimes, and serious violations of international humanitarian law," began operations and was given 3 years to complete its mandate.
	www.state.gov /g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2002/18225.htm (8806 words)

	International Medical Corps \| Sierra Leone (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-05)
		The war's legacy nonetheless continues to haunt Sierra Leone's 4.5 million residents, nearly half of whom were displaced from their homes by ongoing violence.
		Sierra Leone's nine years of violence left few untouched, including hundreds of young children and women who were brutally assaulted, kidnapped and/or sexually enslaved during the conflict.
		Since Sierra Leone suffers from a severe lack of surgeons trained in such anatomical repair procedures, IMC sent a national doctor and nurse to an intensive training course at the renowned Evangel Fistula Centre in Nigeria.
	www.imcworldwide.org /loc_sierraLeone.shtml (605 words)

	Sierra Leone
		Sierra Leone is a constitutional republic with a directly elected president and a unicameral legislature; however, due to continuing civil conflict, the democratically elected government did not control the whole country effectively at any time during the year.
		Sierra Leone is an extremely poor country, with a market-based economy and a per capita income of less than $150 per year.
		The Constitution provides for the right of citizens to change their government, and the 1996 elections won by Ahmed Tejan Kabbah and his Sierra Leone People's Party were the first free and fair multiparty elections in the country in 30 years.
	www.state.gov /g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2000/af/index.cfm?docid=755 (7907 words)

	Sierra Leone Background (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-05)
		Sierra Leone is located on the west coast of Africa north of Liberia and south of Guinea.
		Sierra Leone is in the GMT time zone.
		Sierra Leone is attractive as a tourist destination due to the beaches on the south side, national parks and nature reserves, however poor infrastructure and facilities make these destinations inaccessible.
	www.army.mod.uk /aroundtheworld/sierra_leone/background.htm (1311 words)

	USAID Transition Initiatives: Sierra Leone Field Report (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-05)
		Negotiations between the international NGO community in Sierra Leone and the Government of Sierra Leone through the Ministry of Development to modify the new NGO policy to reflect donor requirements on purchasing, taxation, and management of grants appear deadlocked.
		Although the Sierra Leone Association of Non-Governmental Organization (SLANGO) is yet to make its position known, UNDP is of the opinion that there is tremendous goodwill on both sides to resolve the impasse as soon as possible.
		The Government of Sierra Leone (GOSL) resumed the legal export of diamonds in October, following a recommendation by the UN Sanctions Committee on September 29 that an exemption be granted under paragraph five of UN Resolution 1306 (2000), which imposed sanctions on the import of diamonds of Sierra Leone origin, not duly certified.
	www.usaid.gov /our_work/cross-cutting_programs/transition_initiatives/country/sleone/rpt1000.html (2388 words)

	Sierra Leone
		European contacts with Sierra Leone were among the earliest in west Africa, and Sierra Leone was one of the first west African British colonies.
		The colonial history of Sierra Leone was not placid.
		Sir Milton's Sierra Leone Peoples Party (SLPP) led the country to independence and the first general elections under universal adult franchise in May, 1962.
	www.uiowa.edu /~africart/toc/countries/Sierra_Leone.html (359 words)

	U.N. Troops Brace to Defend Capital of Sierra Leone
		Sierra Leone Profile, from the U.S. State Department.
		The lightly armed soldiers, who came to Sierra Leone to help the United Nations carry out a peace agreement signed last July between the government and the Revolutionary United Front, are not configured or equipped for conventional combat.
		President Charles Taylor of Liberia, who is close to the Sierra Leone rebel leader, Foday Sankoh, has been asked to win the peacekeepers' freedom, but so far has won only the release of a Russian helicopter crew and two passengers.
	partners.nytimes.com /library/world/africa/051100sierra-leone-un.html (1563 words)

	VirtualTourist.com - Lariumboy's Homepage
		I'm currently living in Lungi, Sierra Leone teaching in a vocational school Mathematics and English to ex-combatants and other displaced youth who were affected by the 10 yr.
		Wildlife in Sierra Leone consists of chameleons, snakes, lizards, monkeys and a variety of sea creatures.
		Sierra Leoneans call their food "chop" and going to one of the local markets is a must to get the right ingredients.
	members.virtualtourist.com /m/75e5a (372 words)

	Sierra Leone on the Internet
		Sierra Leone is introducing the Internet in its educational institutions in the year 2002.
		Sierra Leone "civil society membership organisation dedicated to the promotion of transparency, accountability and integrity in government." Has a list of local officials, their party affiliation and positions.
		Was the primary export earner for Sierra Leone before the civil conflict of the 1990s providing about 50% of the total foreign exchange earnings of the government.
	www-sul.stanford.edu /depts/ssrg/africa/sierra.html (3432 words)

	UNHCR - Sierra Leone: reintegration projects for Guinea returnees (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-05)
		In Lungi, some 30 km north of Freetown, UNHCR is assisting close to 10,000 former refugees who returned by foot or bus from conflict zones along the Guinean border.
		Returnees are being hosted in eight villages of the Lokomassama chiefdom in the Lungi Peninsula of Sierra Leone, where UNHCR will open an office to establish a stronger presence.
		UNHCR is awaiting approval from the Sierra Leone government to start construction of a transit camp from which returnees could be similarly assisted to resettle in the local communities.
	www.unhcr.ch /cgi-bin/texis/vtx/home/opendoc.htm?tbl=NEWS&id=3ae6b8270&page=news (536 words)

	Lungi Airport Hotel - Accommodation in Sierra Leone, Northern Province (Sierra Leone), Lungi, Lungi
		Accommodation in Sierra Leone, Northern Province (Sierra Leone), Lungi, Lungi
		Lungi Airport Hotel is the ideal place to stay when you arrive in Sierra Leone and is located a mere 2-minutes drive from Freetown International Airport.
		Lungi Airport Hotel has 44 fully air-conditioned rooms in a 2 floor building surrounded by a tropical garden.
	www.naturallyafrica.org /country/sierra-leone/co/stayco.php?business_id=359 (350 words)

	ReliefWeb » Document Preview » Sierra Leone Humanitarian Situation Report 06 - 09 Jun 1997 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-05)
		Most of those originated from the Northern province of Sierra leone and people had only been arriving from the Western area since the coup.
		Although the Sierra Leonean authorities recently declared the borders to be open, Guinean authorities have threatened to deny entry to more evacuation boats from Freetown citing concerns about internal security.
		As GTZ, MSF-H and the Sierra Leone Red Cross all have a presence in Kambia, it was deemed that human resources were sufficient.
	www.reliefweb.int /w/rwb.nsf/s/4236BC587F880CADC12564B400406093 (1454 words)

	ReliefWeb » Document Preview » Sierra Leone arms burning ceremony gets under way
		LUNGI, Sierra Leone, Jan 18 (AFP) - A ceremony to mark the end of disarmament and a brutal ten-year civil war in Sierra Leone got under way here on Friday, with both government and rebel leaders present.
		At the ceremony, attended by both President Ahmed Tejan Kabbah and the transitional head of the Revolutionary United Front (RUF) rebels, Issa Sesay, a pile of around 3,000 weapons collected in the year-long, UN-backed disarmament programme that ended January 12 was to be symbolically burnt on a huge bonfire.
		The UN's special representative to Sierra Leone, Oluyemi Adenidji, called for reconstruction and rehabilitation in the west African country.
	www.reliefweb.int /rw/rwb.nsf/AllDocsByUNID/c1349496bbaf7692c1256b450056f0d1 (431 words)

	USAID Transition Initiatives: Sierra Leone Report (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-05)
		Technical assistance to the Government of Sierra Leone for development of a new diamond policy and operations, to enable effective control and monitoring of "conflict" diamonds.
		Meanwhile, the UNICEF Representative in Sierra Leone, JoAnna Van Gerpen, welcomed the UN Security Council determination that would make it 'extremely unlikely' for child ex-combatants to be prosecuted by the proposed Special Court for Sierra Leone.
		As the crisis deepens, the Government of Sierra Leone, in collaboration with the World Food Program, UNHCR and UNICEF, are implementing a two-track approach to deal with the problem.
	www.usaid.gov /hum_response/oti/country/sleone/rpt0101.html (2507 words)

	Sierra Leone High Commission - London
		Sierra Leone's donor partners are to meet in London on the 29th and 30th November, 2005 to discuss the country's Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRPS), Foreign Minister, Alhaji Momodu Koroma confrimed yesterday.
		The High Commission is in the process of registering all Sierra Leone Nationals resident in the United Kingdom.
		It would therefore be appreciated if all Sierra Leone nationals could visit the High Commission for registration or download the registration form and return it to the High Commission.
	www.slhc-uk.org.uk (131 words)

	Sierra Leone: President: PRESIDENT KABBAH AT MILITARY HIV/AIDS CONCERT
		Steady Bongo is a popular local musical artist, who has been working in collaboration with the Sierra Leone military and the United States Embassy in Freetown, as part of a nationwide series of concerts designed to increase awareness among servicemen and women about the threat of HIV/AIDS.
		The Kenyan Battalion won the first prize, while various other prizes were won by the Republic of Sierra Leone Armed Forces as well as other groups and individuals.
		Never in the history of Sierra Leone has the military been used as a role model to conduct an exercise of nationwide interest and significance.
	www.statehouse-sl.org /pres-kabs-hiv-september29.html (724 words)

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