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| | Sierra Leone - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | Sierra Leone became a one-party state in the early 1970s. | | | The Sierra Leonean parliament is unicameral, with 124 seats. | | | The extremely high MMR is principally due to severe obstetric situations such as hemorrhage, obstructed labor, ectoptic gestation, abortion, and puerperal sepsis. |
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| | Sierra Leone - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Sierra Leone |
| | Kabbah, of the Sierra Leone People's Party (SLPP), was returned to power in May elections with a high voter turnout. | | | Rebel leader Foday Sankoh was taken to a Freetown court on 4 March 2002 and charged with murder. | | | The rebels were demanding his removal from power and the release of their captured leader, Foday Sankoh, who had been sentenced to death for treason. |
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| | Sierra Leone gained commercial importance during the heyday of the rice plantation industry in the American colonies of South Carolina and Georgia. | | | Sierra Leone recently held a successful presidential and parliament election campaign with Dr. Alhaji Ahmed Tejan Kabbah elected as President for another six year term and the ruling Sierra Leone People's Party (SLPP) gaining a ajority in parliament as well. | | | Sierra Leone was also the first African country to resettle former American slaves. |
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| | Sierra Leone (09/05) |
| | Sierra Leone is a republic with an executive president and a multi-party system of government. | | | During the 1700s there was a thriving trade bringing slaves from Sierra Leone to the plantations of South Carolina and Georgia where their rice-farming skills made them particularly valuable. | | | In 2000 the Government of Sierra Leone promulgated the Anti-Corruption Act to combat corruption, which is endemic. |
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| | Special Court for Sierra Leone - Global Policy Forum - International Justice |
| | Eke Ahmed Halloway, Sierra Leone's Justice Minister, speaks of his vision to achieve justice and reconciliation in the war-ravaged country. | | | The President of Sierra Leone presided over the first public hearings of the Commission tasked with investigating the horrors of the country's 10-year civil war. | | | Proponents of the court, however, remain positive that “Sierra Leone’s judicial experiment” will serve as a role model for future hybrid courts. |
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| | Sierra Leone: News & Information: President: State House: Ahmad Tejan Kabbah: |
| | Fifty-one Judges from the United Kingdom who were on a two-day visit to Sierra Leone paid a courtesy call on President Kabbah at his Hill Station office in Freetown. | | | The town was alive in a festive mood as dozens of the sons of the soil of Fakunya Chiefdom, Ministers, guests and government functionaries were all there to witness the official opening of the newly constructed Government Secondary School by His Excellency, the President, Alhaji Dr. Ahmad Tejan Kabbah. | | | The 51 Judges who are mostly concerned with immigration issues in the United Kingdom are on a familiarization tour to West Africa where most of their clients originate from.The President, Alhaji Dr. Ahmad Tejan Kabbah, while welcoming them, gave a brief historical background of Sierra Leone as a British Crown Colony. |
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| | Sierra Leone: Amnesty International's Human Rights Concerns |
| | Sierra Leone: Government urged to implement the recommendations of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) | | | Sierra Leone: Ending impunity and achieving justice - Amnesty International's message to the National Victims Commemoration Conference | | | The administration of justice remains severely compromised by inadequate training, resources, and infrastructure as well as the prevalence of corruption throughout the system. |
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| | Sierra Leone on the Internet |
| | Has the "Legacy" of the Special Court for Sierra Leone. | | | Political party whose leader is Ahmad Tejan Kabbah, President of Sierra Leone. | | | Chiefs of State & Cabinet Members - Sierra Leone |
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| | United Nations Development Programme Sierra Leone |
| | The Executive Representative of the Secretary General for the United Nations Integrated Office in Sierra Leone UNIOSIL, and UNDP Resident Representative, Mr. | | | The United Nations Security Council has approved Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s appointment of Victor Angelo as his Executive Representative and Head of Mission for the United Nations Integrated Office in Sierra Leone (UNIOSIL). | | | UN Security Council confirms appointment of head of peace consolidation in Sierra Leone |
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| | Sierra Leone News - Media Monitoring Service by EIN News |
| | Sierra Leone [opinion]: Fourah Bay College Students' Union Keeps Its Distance From the Cruel Death of Hassan Harry Yansaneh | | | Sierra Leone: 'RUF Operated Free Schools, Hospitals in Kailahun' Witness Testifies | | | Sierra Leone [opinion]: Over Public Order Act: Sierra Leone is Still Tied to Britain's Apron String |
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| | Sierra Leone: A Call for Justice (2001) |
| | Sierra Leone: Justice and the Special Court (November 1, 2000) | | | Sierra Leone: Expedited UN Criminal Tribunal Urged (May 19) | | | Sierra Leone: Justice Imperative (Letter to Kofi Annan, August 16, 2000) |
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| | A significant number of American prospective adoptive parents have found that Sierra Leonean children offered for adoption are not orphans under U.S. immigration law, which has ultimately resulted in denials of U.S. immigrant visas for children they adopt in Sierra Leonean courts. | | | Failure to comply with relevant legislation can lead to serious criminal penalties. | | | Persons violating Sierra Leonean law, even unknowingly, may be expelled, arrested or imprisoned. |
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| | African Studies Center Sierra Leone Page |
| | On 27th March, 1963, the Bank of Sierra Leone Act became law and the Bank began operation on 4th August, 1964, the day Sierra Leone changed to the decimal system of currency. | | | Njala University College (NUC) was founded by an Act of Parliament in 1964 with responsibility for training and research in Agriculture and Education | | | In-depth reports about human rights abuses during the civil war in Sierra Leone. |
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| | Sierra Leone Web |
| | The Laws Project: A new work in progress to put the laws of Sierra Leone on the internet. | | | Includes the Constitution and the text of a number of laws (a work in progress), as well as information on the Government of Sierra Leone. | | | Photographs of Sierra Leone reflecting Sierra Leone in peace, in war, and in history. |
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| | CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Sierra Leone |
| | This vicariate, which after Bishop Barron's departure in 1845 was completely entrusted to these fathers, was divided in 1858, and a special vicariate comprising Sierra Leone, Liberia, and French Guinea was confided to Bishop Bresillac, founder of the African Fathers of Lyons. | | | John A. O'Gorman of the American province of the congregation was named vicar Apostolic, and consecrated at Philadelphia. | | | The Liberian mission was undertaken by Fathers Lorber and Bourzeix, C.S.Sp., in 1884, but because of opposition they withdrew in 1888 and confined their efforts to Sierra Leone. |
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| | afrol News - Sierra Leone |
| | A judicial inquest found that the attack contributed to Mr Yansaneh's death from kidney failure more than two months later. | | | » 186 year old court refurbished in Sierra Leone | | | » Sierra Leone court asks for greater UN support |
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| | The protection of children and the quest for truth and justice in Sierra Leone. | | | Nevertheless, a multiparty presidential election proceeded in 1996, and People's Party candidate Ahmad Tejan Kabbah won with 59.4% of the vote, becoming Sierra Leone's first democratically elected president. | | | Sierra Leone became an independent nation on April 27, 1961. |
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| | The Sierra Leone Notebook |
| | Sierra Leone became a republic in 1971 with Siaka Stevens as the first president. | | | I (Paul Vreugdenhil) first went to Sierra Leone with my parents and two sisters when I was 4 years old and lived there between the years 1965 and 1976. | | | I spent most of those years living in Gbendembu when I wasn't in school in Kabala. |
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| | BBC NEWS World Africa Country profiles Country profile: Sierra Leone |
| | He returned in 1992 and was elected president in the 1996 multi-party poll. | | | Media freedom in Sierra Leone has its limits; media rights monitors have reported that high-level corruption is a taboo subject, with the authorities using libel laws and the courts to target errant journalists. | | | He began his career in public service in 1959, first as a district commissioner for the British colonial government and then as a civil servant after independence. |
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| | Sierra Leone News |
| | The family priest of convicted Bali nine drug smuggler Scott Rush says he is relieved the Brisbane man will not appeal against the life sentence he was given last month. | | | State in perfect sisterhood united, Born of truth; mighty thou shalt ever be. | | | MAKENI, Northern Province, Sierra Leone, 6 March 2006 - In the impoverished town of Makeni, in northern Sierra Leone, teenagers recently engaged in a lively discussion with UNICEF Representative for Sierra... |
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| | Andy Gray won his only England cap against Poland in 1991 | | | Sierra Leone's footballing fortunes were ravaged during the decade-long civil war, which ended in 2002. | | | Slafa's bid to appoint Gray, who won his only England cap in 1991, as the new coach is part of a wider plan to lead the national team to Ghana 2008. |
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| | allAfrica.com: Sierra Leone |
| | Over Public Order Act: Sierra Leone is Still Tied to Britain's Apron String | | | TF1-113 testifying as Prosecution witness in the seventh session of the Revolutionary United Front (RUF) trial at the Special Court, Friday revealed Issa Hassan Sesay had child bodyguards while in the jungle during the war but denied knowing any of their names. | | | I am appealing to all PMDC members and sympathizers not to react to John Leigh's diatribe. |
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| | Home U.S. Embassy Freetown, Sierra Leone |
| | This site is managed by the U.S. Department of State. | | | Ambassador Hull gave a speech to mark the event followed by a response by Sierra Leone’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation. | | | The US Embassy in Freetown celebrated National Day on February 17, 2006 at a reception held at the Ambassador’s residence. |
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| | United Nations - OCHA IRIN Africa News |
| | SIERRA LEONE: Civilian war casualties urge government to provide reparations | | | SIERRA LEONE: Female circumcision is a vote winner | | | FREETOWN, 1 Feb 2006 (IRIN) - The former militia leader revered by many Sierra Leoneans as having fought off the country’s dreaded rebels has appeared before a judge on war crimes charges, telling the UN-backed Special Court his militia answered to President Ahmad Tejan Kabbah. |
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| | Ambassador of Sierra Leone to the United States | | | We are hopeful and optimistic that this tragic war is finally coming to an end and that Sierra Leoneans may enjoy a more peaceful and prosperous tomorrow. | | | Sierra Leone is proud of our cultural and historial ties with the United States and our strong US-Sierra Leone partnership. |
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| | Index of Economic Freedom 2004 - Countries |
| | The civil war between the government and rebel forces led to the collapse of the financial system, but the recent peace and elections have led to its revival. | | | According to the Economist Intelligence Unit, “Official trade figures have been unreliable in recent years, as a result of the civil war.&; | | | Political stability will be assisted by the continuing British military presence and by the establishment of a South African—style Truth and Reconciliation Commission, which will hear testimony from hundreds of combatants and victims of the civil war and will operate in conjunction with a Special Court for War Crimes. |
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| | Sierra Leone - Wikitravel |
| | Sierra Leone was for many years on the list of countries to avoid (as published by the UK's Foreign and Commonwealth Office). | | | Sierra Leone is recovering from several years of a brutal civil war which killed and maimed many thousands. | | | The service was mostly destroyed during the war but is slowly being reinstated. |
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| | Sierra Leone - Global Issues |
| | At the beginning of May 2001, the U.N. security council went further by imposing sanctions on neighboring Liberia for supporting the RUF. | | | Sierra Leone has seen serious and grotesque human rights violations since 1991 when the civil war erupted. | | | However, their role expanded to include helping the Sierra Leonean government, even helping in capturing rebel leaders. |
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| | Sierra Leone Travel Information Lonely Planet Destination Guide |
| | Sierra Leone is beginning the long road back from a bloody 10-year civil war that finally ended in 2002. | | | Although on the rapid return to stability, Sierra Leone remains a country emerging from a brutal 10-year conflict and decades of corruption and political upheaval. | | | Drug and gem smuggling remain a problem and large numbers of refugees have entered the country from Liberia in the wake of that country's ongoing civil strife. |
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| | Africa Guide - Sierra Leone Travel |
| | This area was called Sierra Leone (the Lion Mountains) by the Portuguese explorer Pedro de Cintra in 1462. | | | Sierra Leone is situated on the west coast of Africa. | | | The Sierra Leone Peninsula in the extreme west which is most mountainous, rising to about 2,900ft. |
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| | Music of Sierra Leone - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Sierra Leonean palm wine music is known as maringa, and it was first popularized by Ebenezer Calender and His Maringar Band, who used styles that came from freed slaves from the Caribbean, especially Trinidadian calypso. | | | Gumbe (goombay), a genre more closely associated with the music of Guinea-Bissau, has also had a long presence in the form of milo-jazz. | | | Calendar eventually moved towards socially and spiritually aware lyrics, while also penning some of the most oft-played songs in Sierra Leonean music in the 1950s and 60s [1]. |
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| | Sierra Leone and the IMF -- Page 1 of 3 |
| | Jose Pedro de Morais Junior Minister of Finance of Angola, Given on the Occasion of the International Monetary and Financial Committee (IMFC) Meeting, September 21, 2003 | | | This Letter of Intent of the government of Sierra Leone describes the policies that Sierra Leone intends to implement in the context of its request for financial support from the IMF. | | | On behalf of: Angola, Burundi, Botswana, The State of Eritrea, The Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, The Gambia, Kenya, Liberia, Lesotho, Republic of Mozambique, Malawi, Namibia, Nigeria, Sudan, Sierra Leone, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe. |
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| | washingtonpost.com: Sierra Leone |
| | Sierra Leone Court May Offer Model for War Crimes Cases: Hybrid Tribunal, With Limited Lifespan, Focuses on Higher-Ups | | | Salving Deep Wounds, Sierra Leoneans Vote: Many Maimed in War Cast Their Ballots | | | Rights Group Assails U.S. Anti-Terror Measures: Efforts Called Counterproductive; Avoidance of 'Victor's Justice' in Iraq Urged |
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| | A Creole society was born from this, which collected in Free Town. | | | TAMICORP B.V. In 2000, a 10 year devastating civil war finally stopped and brought peace to Sierra Leone. | | | As one of the few countries in West Africa, the Sierra Leone Government seriously started to end corruption and bribery, especially at Lungui International Airport. |
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| | WTO Sierra Leone - Member information |
| | Sierra Leone has been a member of WTO since 23 July 1995. | | | This page gathers key information on Sierra Leone's participation in the WTO. | | | Provides consolidated texts: click “predefined reports” and select “All sectors in each country”, then double-click Sierra Leone. |
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| | Sierra Leone High Commission - London |
| | 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. |
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| | CIA - The World Factbook -- Sierra Leone |
| | The government is slowly reestablishing its authority after the 1991 to 2002 civil war that resulted in tens of thousands of deaths and the displacement of more than 2 million people (about one-third of the population).. | | | All People's Congress or APC [Ben KANU]; Peace and Liberation Party or PLP [Darlington MORRISON, interim chairman]; Sierra Leone People's Party or SLPP [Sama BANYA]; numerous others | | | The last UN peacekeepers withdrew in December 2005, leaving full responsibility for security with domestic forces, but a new civilian UN office remains to support the government. |
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| | In a news report on Sierra Leone I saw today there was a brief image the flag of the UN Special Court for Sierra Leone. | | | The national flag defaced with a golden representation of the national coat of arms in the middle of the white stripe. | | | I saw the naval flag four years ago flying on Sierra Leonean gunboats in Freetown. |
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| | BBC NEWS In Depth Sierra Leone |
| | The kidnap of 11 British soldiers in Sierra Leone by a renegade militia raised questions about the UK's role in its former colony. | | | Jeremy Vine tells the story of two young victims of the war he met in Freetown. | | | UK paratroopers who rescued six soldiers held captive in Sierra Leone are heading home as the freed troops face a tough debriefing. |
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| | IEARN Sierra Leone |
| | iEARN Sierra Leone serves and rehabilitates youths who have suffered from war and war's effects. | | | IEARN Sierra Leone is a registered Non Governmental Organisation under the Youth Education and Sports Ministry as a 501(C)3 tax-exempt not-for-profit organisation. | | | Since its inception, iEARN SL has offered possibilities for over 850 war affected youth and school going children to participate in global issues and has given them a powerful forum for letting their voices be heard beyond the confines of Sierra Leone. |
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| | Commonwealth & Comparative Politics: Reconstructing Sierra Leone.@ HighBeam Research |
| | To do so, three indicators of reconstruction are examined, namely youth alienation, state corruption and national reconciliation. | | | Sierra Leone's ten-year civil conflict ended in 2001 and was followed by a substantial reconstruction project. | | | Commonwealth & Comparative Politics: Reconstructing Sierra Leone.@ HighBeam Research |
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| | Ethnologue report for Sierra Leone |
| | 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. | | | [See also SIL publications on the languages of Sierra Leone.] | | | Krio and Jamaican Creole, and Krio and Sea Islands Creole may have some interintelligibility. |
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| | Friends of Sierra Leone |
| | Friends of Sierra Leone is a non-profit organization founded in 1991 by a small group of returned Peace Corps Volunteers, soon joined by their Sierra Leonean friends and other volunteers who had served in Sierra Leone. | | | However, both the NPCA and Friends of Sierra Leone are independent of the | | | For Sierra Leoneans It's Hide or Return (Wash Post) |
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| | USAID/Sierra Leone/Transition Initiatives: Main Page |
| | Helping establish peace, security, and stability in Sierra Leone by supporting the national reintegration and reconciliation process. | | | A civil society initiative in the “Kissi” Chiefdoms of Sierra Leone, Guinea and Liberia is working on reconciliation, and addressing cross-border issues. | | | A new USAID-funded program will award scholarships to 3,000 grade school girls in some of the most disadvantaged areas of Sierra Leone. |
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| | Sierra Leone Live |
| | This is a comprehensive database of Sierra Leone related Businesses, in and out of Sierra Leone... | | | As a member of Sierra Leone Live, you will have access to participate in all channels, including Message Boards, Classifieds, Events Calendar and many more. | | | Search for your friends and family from Sierra Leone... |
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| | Sierra Leone News, on the Sierra Leone Web |
| | New features are being added, such as the Laws of Sierra Leone Online and, from the beginning of January 2006, the "Photo of the Day" on the home (index) page. | | | After more than seven years of reporting and publishing news on Sierra Leone, the news page of the Sierra Leone Web was discontinued as of 10 September 2003, due to a job conflict in Freetown. | | | The Sierra Leone Web has not been discontinued - only the news section. |
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| | Sierra Leone current local time from WorldTimeServer.com |
| | This site specializes in keeping up with local laws and declarations that affect time zone rules and daylight saving time adjustments, so you can always depend on our accuracy. | | | A comprehensive list of other locations in addition to Sierra Leone is also available which you can view current time by country name or by city name. | | | You can even create a list of your favorite locations where you have business or personal interests. |
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| | UNAMSIL: United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone |
| | It was succeeded by a new mission—the United Nations Integrated Office for Sierra Leone (UNIOSIL)—established by the Security Council to help consolidate peace in the country. | | | UNAMSIL successfully completed its mandate in December 2005. | | | UN Council told of remarkable turnaround in Sierra Leone |
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