West African country Sierra Leone. In the late 1600s‚ Sierra Leone was the first place to ever house‚ sell‚ and trade transatlantic slaves (Edsall‚ Healey‚ and O’Donnell). Nearly a decade later in 1787‚ “British abolitionists and philanthropists establish[ed] a settlement in Freetown‚ for repatriated and rescued slaves”(“Sierra Leone Country Profile”). The British had control of Sierra Leone until April 27th‚ 1961‚ when Sierra Leone was finally declared independent (“Sierra Leone Country Profile”)
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international division of a multinational corporation to determine whether or not the company should build a manufacturing plant in Sierra Leone in order to produce consumer goods. My research will be based on a variety of social‚ economic‚ and political factors. The first factors based on my research that will be discussed are the social factors that take place in Sierra Leone. As a result of high population growth and a deadly civil war that ended in the year 2002‚ poverty still remains widespread
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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 Forces
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INTRODUCTION The act of the National Revenue Authority came into being on 13 September 2002. The National Revenue Authority has a mandate to administer and collect all taxes‚ revenues and all penalties as stated in the NRA act. The purpose of the National Revenue Authority is to serve as a central body for the collection and assessment of national revenue. The implementation procedures and policies by the National Revenue Authority will ensure that revenues are collected efficiently by enforcing
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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 “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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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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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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Intro 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
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