Sierra Leonean Americans
Overview
Sierra Leone is located on what was once called the "Rice Coast" of West Africa. Its 27,699 square miles are bordered by the republics of Guinea to the ...
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Sierra Leone
Republic of Sierra Leone
CAPITAL: Freetown
FLAG: The national flag is a tricolor of green, white, and blue horizontal stripes.
ANTHEM: Begins "High we exalt thee, realm of the free...
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Sierra Leone: Lasting Peace or a Cruel Mirage ?
The Conflict
In January 2002 after a decade of civil war, peace was proclaimed in Sierra Leone and tens of thousands of soldiers disarmed as the country...
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Sierra Leone
Located on the west coast of Africa and bordered by Guinea to the northeast, Liberia to the southeast, and the Atlantic Ocean on the southwest, Sierra Leone is roughly the size of South C...
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Sierra Leone
POPULATION 5,614,743MUSLIM 60 percentAFRICAN TRADITIONAL RELIGION 30 percentCHRISTIAN 10 percent
Country Overview
Introduction
The Republic of Sierra Leone is a small West African co...
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In many places in Africa and Europe land mines are a huge threat. This however is not the case for Sierra Leone. Although Sierra Leone has only recently ended a civil war that had been raging on fo...
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