a. To the rest of the world, Sierra Leone is a third world country that was known for its devastating blood diamonds war. b. To me, it is home where I was born and the rest of my family is from. Imagine learning French at school, speaking English on the streets, speaking your parent’s ethnic language at home and speaking krio with your friends. These are one of the astonishing qualities of the Sierra Leone culture. c. Sierra Leone has many unique features that make it a culturally flavored country
Joseph Momoh was forced to keep the same corrupt government officials from the last administration. Momoh was liked by the Sierra Leaoneans because of his ties to the Army and he made speeches attacking the corruption in the government. The Cabinet members did not like Momoh for those exact reasons. An attempt to overthrow Momoh was staged in 1987 which ended in more than 60 government officials being arrested tried for their crimes. In 1991 Momoh revised the constitution making a multi-party system
The mishandle and corruption of the public funds in Sierra Leone has lead to high unemployment for young adults, a huge increase in basic commodity prices, and an extended amount of insecurity within the sub-region. All those factors contributed to leave Sierra Leone vulnerable to future instability. Even though there has been remarkable reforms since the war that ended in 2002, there are still many problems. Such as poor infrastructure (including roads and energy), low capacity, high death rates
Ebola: the Catalyst for Sierra Leone’s Economic Recession The Ebola virus is one of the recent viruses that have emerged and killed many people in the world; it causes severe internal bleeding, organ failure, and even death if not treated. Its most infamous case was during 2014-2015 when West Africa was decimated by an Ebola outbreak that killed over 10,000 people. Specifically, the outbreak was focused in Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone. This crisis closed down borders, decreased trade, and made
My mission to Sierra Leone Africa started when my pastor invited to go. One morning after morning prayer he asked me to stay after the prayer; “Eduardo, I was thinking to invite you to join the missionary group this summer,” my answer was fast “yes” I said with a smile in my face, in this moment a lot things came to my mind. My first motivation was to travel to a new country and to do missionary work was because I just use, to see when my family had a subscription to a magazine from Misioneros
Sierra Leone is a very small nation in West Africa with a population of 6.205 Million and a Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of $4.892 billion in 2014 according to the World Bank. The country is blessed with abundant of natural resources, fertile soil and good climate, despite all the plenty natural resources; it is still one of the poorest countries in the world. The irony is that, its people are very poor and the country is very rich. The economy is mainly dominated by agriculture and mining. The Gross
realize is the hardships and turmoil that would be faced to ensure success. A prime example of this is seen in the country of Sierra Leone. Quite obvious, a country utilizes their main resources in order to gain status and power amongst the world. For example, some countries contain oil as their resource, while others may produce crops to provide for their country. In Sierra Leone, mines filled with diamonds were found to be the lucrative resource needed to give the country a chance at success. With
In 1787, Sierra Leone was colonized by freed slaves from England. When Britain completely took over the nation, they began to exploit Sierra Leone’s natural and valuable resources, such as minerals and fish. Britain’s discovery had a negative impact on Sierra Leone since they were being deprived of the benefits from their resources. Chinese investment in Sierra Leone is a different form of imperialism than Britain in the past, due to the opposite effects on Sierra Leone’s economy, the contrasting
The Poverty in Sierra Leone In the world today, we are encountered by the different cultures, races, religions, and history of human civilization. A nation where one can get an education, find love, spend time with family, enjoy interests, and whatever their path desires. However, every country in the world is suffering from some type of problem that could be affecting an individual, a family member, a friend, or anyone of some sort. One huge issue we still face in this world is poverty, “a state
The Sierra Club as an Interest Group The Sierra Club is a national organization dedicated to the preservation of the environment. Founded in 1892 in California by conservationist John Muir, the Club is made up of 750,000 people devoted to the exploration, enjoyment, and the protection of the natural environmental. Headquartered in San Francisco, it has numerous state and regional chapters taking part in the fight for protection. According to Janda, an important part of pluralism was that
Blood Diamonds & Sierra Leone It is common to hear about war, terror, death and poverty, it is common knowledge to know their meanings, but what right does one have to say they know the reality of the words if they have never experienced it themselves, what does it really means to see the death of someone in a war; to know the terror of not knowing if you are to live to see another sunrise? Most do not know and are ignorant of the fact situations like this happens all around us; happening now even
A reason why Sierra Leone is probably more corrupt that any other diamond evident country is that Sierra Leone has an unstable government, and things such as law enforcement, poor leaders and poor overall structure of government has made this the weak nation it is today. The way this country has resided in diamonds to quickly fix poverty, caused the laws of the nation to suffer from it. However, in a country such as America, we tend to have strict laws regarding everyone from government officials
Free”, is the national anthem of a rich and diverse country named Sierra Leone (“Sierra Leone”, 2013). Many believe that the names of capital cities or specific emblems always have a meaning behind them, and that is the case for this country in particular. Although the country as a whole has suffered detrimental set backs in their economics system due to civil war, violence, and enclave production; there still exists a strong Sierra Leonean people and culture full of hope for a brighter future. Portuguese
Humanitarian Assistance and Sierra Leone Introduction When a country fails to provide the basic needs of survival for its people, the international community is faced with the issue of intervention. However, there exists no clearly defined doctrine to guide governments or humanitarian organizations in these matters. Some people believe that the protection of sovereignty is more important than the possible benefits of intervention, preferring that governments focus on domestic concerns. Opposing
The Sierra Club Foundation. He later went on to establish, among many others, the Friends of Earth (FOE) in 1969 and the Earth Island Institute in 1982. It was his dream to preserve the environment, not only for his descendants but for future generations. This dream was inspired by the work of John Muir (1838-1914), an environmentalist and Scottish-born American naturalist who was the founder of The Sierra Club (not to be confused with The Sierra Club Foundation) in 1862. The Sierra Club
Sierra Leone was built as a colony for freed slaves of the British Empire. London’s black poor, Jamaican Maroons, and black Nova Scotians were all sent to Sierra Leone in an attempt to establish it as a place for the black ex-slaves to be freed from British rule. However, poverty and racism still prospered in Sierra Leone. Even though the reason for the foundation of Sierra Leone was based on the reconciliation between white philanthropist and the black poor, the colony still reinforced racial disparities
Sierra Leone which is officially the Republic of Sierra Leone, is a country in West Africa with population of 5.9 million. Freetown is the capital, largest city, and its economic and political center. In 1808, Freetown becomes a British colony. Sierra Leone gain its independence in 1961 after more than 150 years of British colonial rule. Sierra Leone becomes a republican 1-party state on 1978, with the All People's Congress (APC) as the sole party. (http://en.wikipedia.org, 2014). But in 1991 Civil
the population suffers from a lack of basic human needs. Sierra Leone is a nation on the West Coast of Africa that was unable to develop in the past as a result of British occupation, bad governance, corruption, and civil war. Today, it faces new challenges as it tries to develop in a highly integrated market economy that is dominated by the Western powers. In the 1980’s, development efforts made by Bretton Woods institutions within Sierra Leone focused on short-term stability of the economy based
Sierra Leone Sierra Leone, located on the west coast of the African continent is a young nation, having acquired independence in 1961 recently emerged from a decade long civil war in 2002 (BBC, 2015). The nation is bordered by Guinea, Liberia, and the Atlantic Ocean, a tropical climate harboring diverse rainforests. Sierra Leone’s largest city, Freetown, also the nation’s capital and political and economic center is populated by approximately 700,000 inhabitants, over the estimated national population
This research paper will take a close look at the Sierra Leone civil war, the “blood diamonds” that funded the rebels, and how they effected the environment and its inhabitants. Compounding difficulties erupted in Sierra Leone in March 1991 when conflict in neighboring country Liberia fell across borderlines. (Fyfe, 2013) Joseph Momoh responded by deploying troops to the border region to repel the National Patriotic Front of Liberia (NPFL). Sierra Leone’s army would also come under attack by the Revolutionary