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  Sierra Leone   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
The Republic of Sierra Leone is a country in west Africa, on the coast of the Atlantic Ocean.
Much of Sierra Leone's coastline consists of mangrove swamps, with the exception of the peninsula on which the capital city Freetown is located.
Sierra Leone is an extremely poor nation with tremendous inequality in income distribution.
www.mom.org.au /_sierraleone.html   (781 words)

  
 Sierra Leone Bibliography - Compiled by Peter C. Andersen - Sierra Leone Web
Coke, Thomas, "An interesting narrative of a mission, sent to Sierra Leone, in Africa by the Methodists, in 1811, to which is prefixed, an account of the rise, progress, disasters, and present state of that colony: the whole interspersed with a variety of remarkable particulars," Paris and Son [London], 1812.
Sierra Leone Company, "Substance of the reports delivered by the court of directors of the Sierra Leone Company, to the general court of proprietors, to which is prefixed memoirs of Naimbanna, an African prince," printed for Thomas Dobson [Philadelphia], 1799.
Sierra Leone Company, "Substance of the report of the court of directors of the Sierra Leone Company, delivered to the general court of proprietors, on Thursday, the 26th day of February, 1795," printed by James Phillips [London]; printed by Thomas Dobson [Philadelphia], 1795.
www.sierra-leone.org /bibliography.html   (9884 words)

  
 Church Plays Peacemaking Role in Sierra Leone
On December 30, 1997, her district parsonage in Makeni in the Northern Province of Sierra Leone was ravaged and looted.
Sierra Leone's United Methodist bishop Joseph C. Humper described the atrocities committed by the rebels, who routinely cut off people's hands, as some of the worst in modern history.
In July, Johnson plans to return to Sierra Leone, where she is involved in the ministry of Operation Classroom, which provides basic needs such as soap, towels, books, pencils, and blankets.
gbgm-umc.org /africa/sierra-leone/gbgm070600rabm.html   (682 words)

  
 Rebel Action on the Kamakwie Road
The remaining Sierra Leonean refugees are in Liberia (120,000) and The Gambia (4,000).
ECOMOG is yet to be deployed in the northern areas, since it is still trying to rout out the remnants of the junta in Sierra Leone's two major eastern districts, Kono and Kailahun.
President Ahmad Tejan Kabbah of Sierra Leone appealed to the conscience of rebels at a peace forum Wednesday, as reports of a humanitarian disaster in the north of the war-ravaged state reached the capital.
hypertextbook.com /eworld/kamakwie.shtml   (5449 words)

  
 UN Deploys in RUF-Held Territory - Global Policy Forum - UN Security Council
The United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone (UNAMSIL) today began its first deployment into RUF rebel-held territory, in a move, which is seen as a major step forward for the peace process.
The soldiers were sent to Lunsar, approximately 90 kilometres from the capital Freetown in the Northern Province of Sierra Leone.
The deployment of UN peacekeepers into RUF-held territory is among the terms of the Abuja Ceasefire Agreement, signed by the Government of Sierra Leone and the RUF last November.
www.globalpolicy.org /security/issues/sierra/2001/0315trps.htm   (657 words)

  
 ReliefWeb » Document Preview » Sierra Leone Humanitarian Situation Report 06 - 09 Jun 1997   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
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)

  
 allAfrica.com: Sierra Leone [opinion]: Who is Having the Upper Hand in the Race to Elections?   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
He is trying to make some gains into the poverty-stricken Northern Province of Sierra Leone, a traditional strong hold of the All Peoples Congress.
They notably include Mohamed K. Sumah, Yahya Deen Kamara, chairman of the United Council of Imams in Sierra Leone, who shot to fame during APC reign, Issa Catco Kamara, a businessman and influential traditional rulers, Presently Berewa is standing on a vantage financial point.
But what has worried Sierra Leoneans more and more is the persistent rumor that President Ahmad Tejan Kabbah is about to resign Some speculate that it might be in December this year.
allafrica.com /stories/200511090333.html   (1409 words)

  
 UN Chronicle: Sierra Leone - includes related article on refugees - military intervention by Economic Community of West ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
On 10 February, expressing deep concern over the humanitarian situation and the plight of the civilian population, the Council called for an immediate end to the fighting in Sierra Leone and stressed the need for disarmament and demobilization of all fighting factions as necessary to any eventual settlement.
In his 6 February report, he asked the Council to consider sending as many as ten military staff to Sierra Leone, but stopped short of recommending the establishment of a UN peacekeeping operation in the country, saying that such a force would be premature.
On 17 February, UNHCR met with representatives of the exiled Sierra Leonean Government of President Kabbah in Conakry to discuss plans for repatriation.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1309/is_1_35/ai_54259247   (646 words)

  
 Sierra Leone
Assessments carried out at the end of July in the northern province and in the districts of Kenema, Pujehun, Bo and Kailahun confirmed a general shortage of drugs and adequate nursing care.
The onset of the rainy season has led to a sharp increase in the number of cases of malaria, diarrhoea and pneumonia.
The Northern province of Sierra Leone has poor immunisation coverage, attributable to the difficulties of maintaining an effective cold chain [DHA 04/08/97, 01/09/97].
www.unsystem.org /scn/Publications/RNIS/rnis21/sierraleone.html   (457 words)

  
 Sierra Leone - DHA: 02-08.Sep.97
SIERRA LEONE HUMANITARIAN SITUATION REPORT Period covered: 02-08 September 1997 This report has been prepared by the office of the United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator for Sierra Leone in Conakry, Guinea SECURITY 1a).
The mission met representatives from UN Agencies from Sierra Leone and Guinea, the diplomatic community, NGOs and representatives from President Kabbahs Government.
ADRA/CAW have completed their five day mission to the Northern province during which they established child protection committees in Port Loko, Kambia, Lunsar and Makeni to be chaired by the Catholic church.
iys.cidi.org /humanitarian/hsr/97b/0044.html   (1468 words)

  
 Ethnologue report for Sierra Leone
Along the coast from the Guinea border to the Sierra Leone River.
Communities in Freetown, on the Peninsula, on the Banana Islands, York Island, in Bonthe, by de-tribalized Sierra Leoneans and as the lingua franca throughout the country.
Northern Province, west of Sewa River to Little Scarcie.
www.ethnologue.com /show_country.asp?name=Sierra+Leone   (644 words)

  
 Christian Community Church Mission, Sierra Leone   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Sierra Leone remains stable and peaceful by the grace of God, a continues opportunity for the spread of the gospel through out the land.
For Church Planting – The mission is to embark on planting churches in Makini, northern Sierra Leone.
His sight is virtually being lost and the doctors in Sierra Leone cannot help him.
www.wmha.pair.com /news.htm   (2286 words)

  
 Human rights education and training - Sierra Leone
A series of human rights awareness’ raising campaigns were organized in several regions of Sierra Leone.
It also organized a one-day workshop in the Northern Province of Sierra Leone which addressed issues on domestic violence and its causes and consequences.
In Sierra Leone, University of Sierra Leoneorganized a one-day workshop aiming at mainstreaming human rights education into peace and conflict studies curriculum.
www.ohchr.org /english/issues/education/training/countries/sl.htm   (611 words)

  
 Prosthetics Outreach Foundation - Sierra Leone
We have formed a partnership with the Sierra Leonean government and a local amputee advocacy group to establish a physical rehabilitation center in Makeni, the capital of Sierra Leone's Northern Province.
A devastating civil war gripped Sierra Leone throughout the 1990s and into the turn of the century.
POF is working with the government of Sierra Leone and the Single Leg Amputee Sports Club (SLASC), a local amputee advocacy group, to help ease the suffering of amputees in northern Sierra Leone.
www.pofsea.org /sierraleone.htm   (360 words)

  
 USAID Sierra Leone/Transition Initiatives:Infrastructure Openings Celebrated in Kabala   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Women clapped and sang, and long lines of school children in uniforms had formed on either side of the road singing songs and waving signs of welcome as the cars entered their village.
As Sierra Leone now transitions from war to peace, USAID continues to help Sierra Leoneans rebuild their lives and their communities, and to help ex-combatants successfully reintegrate into their own societies.
USAID is now focusing its work on the Northern and Eastern Provinces, those whose infrastructure was almost completely destroyed during the war.
www.usaid.gov /sl/sl_reintegration/news/030718_infrastructure   (756 words)

  
 UNAMSIL
Freetown - The United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone (UNAMSIL) yesterday began deploying peacekeepers to the key Revolutionary United Front (RUF) held towns of Makeni and Magburaka in the Northern Province of Sierra Leone-- the latest move in its ongoing efforts to re-establish its presence throughout the country.
The arrival of the UN peacekeepers was warmly received by the civilian population and by the RUF.
Ghana Battalion 3, meanwhile, conducted a long-range patrol to Kailahun in the Eastern Province, yesterday.
www.un.org /Depts/dpko/unamsil/DB/pr180401.htm   (340 words)

  
 Northern Province, Sierra Leone Map & Placename Index   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Local Map of Kabala, Northern Province, Sierra Leone
Local Map of Port Loko, Northern Province, Sierra Leone
Local Map of Yana, Northern Province, Sierra Leone
www.multimap.com /index/SL8.htm   (1779 words)

  
 Map of Barimbe, Northern Province, Sierra Leone Sierra Leone | Multimap.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Map of Barimbe, Northern Province, Sierra Leone Sierra Leone
Map of Barimbe, Northern Province, Sierra Leone Sierra Leone
These locations are nearest as the crow flies, but may not be nearest by road.
www.multimap.com /wi/108891.htm   (76 words)

  
 Batas People   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Whatever the reason, the Banta Themne established themselves in the northern province of Sierra Leone, bringing with them their traditional African beliefs as well as their Islamic faith.
The paramount Chief was living in Freetown for a time, because ten years of civil war in Sierra Leone had driven him from his home in the village of Kamasundu.
The hands are free to adjust your lappa (cloth tied around the waist), tend to your baby, cook or clean, and our women have great posture as a result.
www.wagateway.org /batas.htm   (282 words)

  
 Nigeria-Connection: Tatiana Taboh and Brother Abraham
I am writing you in absolute confidence primarily to seek your assistance to transfer our cash of twenty one million eight hundred thousand dollars ($21,800,000) now in the custody of a BANK here in Abidjan to your private account pending our arrival to your country.
My late father, chief Joseph Alfred Taboh, a native of mende district in the Northern province of Sierra Leone, was the general Manager of Sierra Leone mining co-operation (S.L.M.C.) Freetown.
During the war in my country, and following the indiscriminate looting of public and Government properties by the rebel forces, the sierra Leone mining coop.
www.nigeria-connection.de /taboh_tatiana.html   (521 words)

  
 NASIOC - Sierra Leone Scam E-mail
I came across this and I could have sworn there was a thread about scammers from Nigeria and stuff like that.
Northern province of Sierra Leone, was the General Manager of Sierra Leone
the Sierra Leone mining coop was one of the target looted and it was destroyed.
forums.nasioc.com /forums/showthread.php?t=654357   (941 words)

  
 sheku's Home Page
I am a native of Sierra Leone, the country of the Lion Mountain.
I was born in the year of our Lord, One Thousand, Nine Hundred and Seventy Eight, on the fifth of April.
My place of birth is Sanda, Portloko district of the northern province of Sierra Leone.
friendpages.com /p/pages/cover.cgi?pageid=jallohsco   (241 words)

  
 Scam?   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
I am writing you in absolute confidence primarily to seek your assistance to transfer our cash of Nine Million five hundred thousand United States Dollars($9.5,000,000.00) now in the custody of a BANK here in Abidjan to your privateaccount pending our arrival to your country.
SOURCE OF THE MONEY My late father, chief Vincent Fofana, a native of mende district in the Northern province of Sierra Leone, was the general Manager of Sierra Leone mining co-operation (S.L.M.C.) Freetown.
During the war in my country, and following the indiscriminate looting of public and Government properties by the rebel forces, the sierra Leone mining co-op was one of the targets looted and destroyed.
biodello.dhs.org /scam   (526 words)

  
 UNAMSIL
The United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone (UNAMSIL) today began its first deployment into Revolutionary United Front (RUF)-held territory since the crisis of May 2000.
An advance party of peacekeepers arrived this morning in Lunsar, a town approximately 100 kilometers from Freetown in the Northern Province of Sierra Leone, to initiate preparations for the full deployment of Nigerian Battalion (NIBATT-7) later in the week.
The deployment of UNAMSIL peacekeepers into RUF-held territory is among the terms of the Abuja Ceasefire Agreement, signed by the Government of Sierra Leone and the RUF in November last year.
www.un.org /Depts/dpko/unamsil/DB/pr140301b.htm   (206 words)

  
 ASSISTANCE
Dear Sir/Madam, My name is Mr.John Coleman and my sister Miss Juliet Coleman; we are both children of late Chief Paul Coleman from Sierra Leone.
My late father Chief Paul Coleman a native of Mende District in the Northern Province of Sierra Leone was the General Manager of Sierra Leone Mining co-operation (S.L.M.C.) Freetown.
According to my father, this money was the income accrued from Mining Co-operations over draft and minor sales.
www.mail-archive.com /sql.el@bsiag.com/msg07644.html   (247 words)

  
 <post> YOU SHOULD READ THIS.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Dear friend, I am Mrs.Mary Bright wife to the late Paul Bright >from Sierra Leone.
I am writing you in absolute confidence prmarily to seek your assistance to transfer our cash of($12,500.000.00) now in the custody of a private Security trust firm in Europe.
My Husband had already made arrangement for I and my two children to be evacuate to South Africa, with the CERTIFICATE OF DEPOSIT he made with a security firm in Europe through the aid of U.N evacuation team.
www.o-o.lt /post/2004-October/002432.html   (366 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
I am writing you in absolute confidence primarily to seek your assistance to transfer my cash of Fifteen million five hundred dollars ($15,500,000) now in the custody of a security trust company here in Abidjan to your private account pending my arrival to your country.
SOURCE OF THE MONEY My late father, CHIEF ALFRED MATHIEU, a native of mende district in the Northern province of Sierra Leone, was the general Manager of Sierra Leone mining co-operation (S.L.M.C.) Freetown.
My father deposited the box in a private Securityand finance Company here Ivory Coast for the safe custody until after the war when he will join us.
www.audiogrid.com /scams/mathieu.txt   (587 words)

  
 Find in a Library: Christ and West Africa Africanization in the northern province of Sierra Leone
Find in a Library: Christ and West Africa Africanization in the northern province of Sierra Leone
Christ and West Africa Africanization in the northern province of Sierra Leone
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worldcatlibraries.org /wcpa/ow/876688b78a62f81ea19afeb4da09e526.html   (67 words)

  
 Bangura, Zainab Hawa - Sierra Leonean activist and politician   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Bangura, Zainab Hawa - Sierra Leonean activist and politician
Founder and Chair - Women Organized for a Morally Enlightened Nation (W.O.M.E.N.; Sierra Leone) (1995 - 1996)
Born as Zainab Sesay on 18th December 1959 in Yonibana Chiefdom, Tonkolili District, Northern Province (Sierra Leone), the rise of Zainab Bangura is proof that...
people.africadatabase.org /en/person/5921.html   (323 words)

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