The Civil War in Sierra Leone I. Introduction Between 1991 and 2002‚ Sierra Leone was heavily damaged by a tremendously violent civil war. This civil war erupted because of the mounting dissatisfaction of the people‚ especially the youth that were engrossed by the rebellious Revolutionary United Front (RUF)‚ towards the politics of the country that was set apart by its corruption‚ negligence and electoral violence. It took the lives of over 50‚000 individuals‚ displaced over two million inhabitants
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Chucha de tu madre! Que bestia!¨ Louis grumbled under his breath as he watched the men on red scooters visiting all the small shopkeepers. ¨Chulqueros! ¨ He spat into the gutter. ¨Todo el pueblo anda chiro; ¨ - meaning of course that everyone’s pockets held lint‚ or dust‚ or assorted garbage‚ but none of them held any money. They can’t get credit cards‚ and banks won’t lend them the small amounts that they needed to keep their business running‚ so they look for one of the countless street shysters
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Blood Diamonds in Sierra Leone Throughout the decades there has been many hard times‚ conflicts over disagreement‚ fighting and competition. There has been a huge clash over the use of diamonds and in fact how they are produced‚ and where they were originated. There has always been a major demand for diamonds for noticeable reasons. Diamonds are big business - the retail trade is worth over $30bn annually. It is proved that Diamonds are one of the world’s most precious gems. Diamonds are beautiful
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Position paper on the colonization of Sierra Leone European colonization of Sierra Leone had an overall negative impact on the state of the country‚ both economically and culturally. The first Europeans to discover the land of Sierra Leone were the Portuguese. This contact with the two nations happened in 1462 and was known to be one of the first contacts between Europeans and West Africa. Before the Portuguese discovered this land‚ Sierra Leone had a number of politically independent groups. Various
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An experience that forever changed my life is when I first heard the mantra that would become one I live by. Sierra Boggess is an amazingly talented‚ kind and inspirational Broadway actress she has originated the role of Airel in The Little Mermaid‚ and is all that I ever wanted to be as a person‚ beautiful‚ hilarious‚ positive and other qualities that I admire.She has a mantra‚ that is "You are enough‚ You are so enough‚ its unbelievable how enough you are." The first time I heard that it was as
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Sierra Leone “Blood Diamond” Conflict Many of the world’s major conflicts arise from the want or need for resources‚ but the extent to which these resources are responsible for such conflicts‚ tends to be misunderstood. Conflicts may arise with first a dispute on who gets control over what resources‚ but followed by other factors adding up to contribute to the said conflict‚ including‚ corrupt leaders‚ religion‚ debt ect. When this is the case‚ it becomes confusing on what aspects are
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After the civil war‚ which ended in 2002‚ Sierra Leone has been plagued with malnutrition‚ poverty and hunger‚ which further threatened peace and security in the region for many years. In a report by the UNDP Development Index (2007)‚ about 70 percent of Sierra Leone’s population in 2004 was below the poverty line with 52 percent living on less than US$1 per day. 24 percent of the population could not afford minimum daily calorific requirements. In 2008‚ Sierra Leone was faced with the issue of rising
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of the other party and to understand their way of behavior and attitude‚ belief‚ values‚ etc. For the purpose of this assignment China would be the country chosen in fulfillment of this assignment as their culture of doing business and my country Sierra Leone has lots of differences. The People Republic of China: According to Ghauri and Fang (1999) article on China business negotiation process‚ they highlighted three dimensions of country’s business culture as follows; 1) first to understand the
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DIAMOND AND GOLD MINING PROJECT IN SIERRA LEONE [pic] 9.25 CT DIAMOND FROM SIERRA LEONE CONTENTS 1. GENERAL 2. INITIAL REQUIREMENTS GENERAL For the last 2 years our company has been closely following the Sierra Leanean diamond “Industry” if we can call it that. Sierra Leone is a small country in West Africa mainly known because of the bloody and vicious civill war which ended about 3 years ago. I have visited this country a few times – each time for a period
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and their religion using anthropological concepts related to religion. What is their prediction for the world? What kind of evidence are they using to support their prediction? The Kogi are a descendant tribe from the Tairona culture‚ in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta in Colombia. They live in a mountain range that literally has its own ecosystem. To them it is a smaller version of the whole world where every climate is possible. They are an isolated tribe that feel it is their job to keep
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