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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Briefing notes about Child Soldiers in Sierra Leone In 1991‚ The Revolutionary United Front (RUF) attacked Sierra Leone in an attempt to obtain diamonds and overthrow Joseph Momoh’s Government. The resulting civil war lasted for 11 years and left over 50‚000(Hara-Kiri‚ 2008‚ 8th fact)‚ including children recruited to fight in the war. 3‚710 had been used as child soldiers with the RUF‚ 2‚026 with the pro-government Civil Defence Forces (CDF)‚ 471 with the Sierra Leone Army and 427 with the Armed
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Children of War; Child Soldiers in Sierra Leone “I still dream about the boy from my village who I killed. I see him in my dreams‚ and he is talking to me‚ saying I killed him for nothing‚ and I am crying” (Sierra Leone Rebels Forcefully Recruit Child Soldiers; 1). These are the words of a sixteen year old demobilized child soldier‚ forced to join an armed rebel group in Sierra Leone. Around the world there are over 250‚000 youth being forced to become child soldiers; they are taught to be cruel
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Sierra Leone Background The Revolutionary United Front of Sierra Leone (RUF/SL) invaded Sierra Leone from Liberia in March 1991. Initially they claimed to be a political movement supporting ‘liberation’ and ‘democracy. Instead the RUF‚ in reality‚ was an insecurely combined organization of mainly rebellious young people that inflicted mortal disaster throughout the country of Sierra Leone. The political revolution message failed to attract popular support‚ the RUF board on a barbarian ten-year
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Capitalism‚ Sierra Leone’s downfall and the reason for the extraordinarily terrible things we do to one another in the chase for the all-mighty dollar. This downfall was the outlined theme throughout the film Blood Diamond. In 1999 Sierra Leone was suffering from a civil war involving the Revolutionary United Front (RUF) and the government. The RUF were a group of African rebels who fought believing they were doing the right thing and setting the people free from the clutches of the corrupt government
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to Graduate Humanities 8 June 2013 Psychological effects on Child Soldiers in Sierra Leone and the Reintegration Process Broad History: The Sierra Leone Civil War began in 1991 and lasted eleven years‚ leaving over 50‚000 people dead. It started when the RUF (Revolutionary United Front) began taking over territories all over the country that were rich in diamonds. It is estimated that 11‚000 child soldiers were recruited and‚ most often‚ forced into joining the RUF. They were
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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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Bitton‚ 1 International Consequences of Sierra Leonese Diamond Trafficking The country of Sierra Leone‚ surrounded in the North by Guinea and in the South East by Liberia‚ acquires its wealth due to its supply of many mineral resources such as diamonds‚ chrome‚ bauxite‚ iron ore‚ and rutile. Sierra Leone has many diamond mines and the qualities of the diamonds are known to be top-quality gem diamonds. Since there is a large demand for diamonds this allows the country to become wealthy. At the
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Sierra Leone is a diverse country which offers many crucial resources. Some of Sierra Leone’s natural resources include: diamonds‚ titanium ore‚ bauxite‚ iron ore‚ gold‚ and chromite. Rice‚ coffee‚ cocoa‚ palm kernels‚ palm oil‚ and peanuts are just some of the agriculture products located in Sierra Leone. Its main imports are machinery and transport equipment‚ foodstuffs‚ and fuel. Its exports are mainly gold and diamonds. Sierra Leone being known for its “blood diamonds” or “conflict diamonds”
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Sierra Leone (Above: The Sierra Leone flag) (Howard‚ James L. Flag of Sierra Leone. Digital image. Flagpedia.net. N.p.‚ n.d. Web. 23 Oct. 2013) Sierra Leone. A small country‚ smaller than South Carolina in the U.S‚ it’s located along the Western side of Africa between Guinea and Liberia and besides the North Atlantic Ocean. Sierra Leone is ran by a president‚ who is both chief of state and of the government. Whoever is elected president; will serve to a maximum of “5-year terms” () The current
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