Madres de Plaza de Mayo is a social movement that emerged in Argentina military dictatorship between 1976 and 1983 also known as (La Guerra Sucia) Dirty War. Madres de Plaza de Mayo started in Buenos Aires when after their children were suddenly kidnapped by the government military who never admitted of this crime. Madres de Plaza Mayo is an example of new movement formed mostly by women‚ who struggle fight for human rights abuses. Majority of Las Madres were housewives that had to step into the
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In Sierra Leone‚ there are many different languages‚ but only several are commonly used. Krio‚ which is an English based Creole‚ is the first language of 10% of the population‚ but it is spoken and understood by approximately 90% of the population. English‚ while the country’s official language‚ is limited to the approximately 48% of Sierra Leoneans that are literate. Another language is Mende‚ the lingua franca and main language of the southern portion of the country‚ spoken by approximately 30%
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well is Sierra Leone Performing Economically Compared to the Netherlands? Table of content • Introduction • Size of the country and employment/ unemployment • The main industries and their sizes • Import and export • Natural recourses • Currency( money) and exchange rate • Inflation rate • GDP • Economic growth • Conclusion Economical Difference Between Sierra Leone and Netherlands This project is about the economical difference of the Netherlands compared to Sierra Leone. Sierra Leone and
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Diamonds has played an important role in jewelry industry for years‚ its sparkle and glow made it girl’s best friend. However‚ due to the high prices of all diamonds‚ illegal traders around the world buy illegal diamonds to fund terrorism‚ violence mainly in Africa‚ and to buy weapons to threaten the government and people in African regions. Blood diamonds or converted diamonds is a term used for a diamond mined in a war zone and sold to finance war on the mined country‚ and to buy weapons. This
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September 10 2014 As of September 2014‚ a total of 4507 confirmed and probable cases of Ebola virus disease (EVD)‚ as well as 2296 deaths from the virus‚ had been reported from five countries in West Africa — Guinea‚ Liberia‚ Nigeria‚ Senegal‚ and Sierra Leone. In terms of reported morbidity and mortality‚ the current epidemic of EVD is far larger than all previous epidemics combined. The true numbers of cases and deaths are certainly higher. There are numerous reports of symptomatic persons evading
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Chinese Immigration and the Building of the Railroad Long ago‚ people needed to get across the country. They didn’t have cars and plains‚ so they used trains. Before the trains‚ they had wagon trails‚ which were slow to use. In the 1800’s‚ workers in the USA started building a train from Nebraska to the west while California built a railroad toward the east. The work building the railroad was hard. Since not enough men in the area wanted this hard construction work‚ the railroad companies
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many things that I would have never gotten the chance to do if I would have stayed in Sierra Leone. This makes me wonder‚ how different my life would have been. Think about how your life was when you were ten years old. For the majority of kids‚ the most important thing they had to worry about was if they did all their homework that night or if they would start in a basketball or soccer game. For me‚ in Sierra Leone in the late 90’s‚ it was whether I could survive another hour of the atrocities that
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life in the country of Sierra Leone” Due to the high population growth in Sierra Leone‚ poverty remains widespread throughout the entire country. According to the human development index‚ Sierra Leone is one of the poorest countries in the world‚ which is why the diamond trade is such a large issue. Sierra Leone is among the largest producers of diamonds‚ thus being one of their largest sources of income. Large quantities of high quality diamonds have been mined from Sierra Leone since the mid 1930s
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Dannie Roettger POL/215 December 4‚ 2012 John Derie Elements that Influence State Government The special interest group we are going to look at is the Sierra Club. The sierra club is a body of volunteers that come together to fight for the environment. This interest group has offices in every state in the union. As we look at the Sierra Club in whole we will describe what this organization stands for and try to define its relationship two each of the political parties and lastly we will look
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The movie is in Sierra Leone in 1999 where ruthless rebel forces called the Revolutionary United Front (RUF) are terrorizing the country and its people. It begins in a small Solomon Vandy’s village is attacked by rebel forces and his family is put in danger. RUF slaughter many of the village people‚ and because killing isn’t enough‚ there are scenes where villager’s hands are cut off to prevent them from voting in elections. Solomon is separated from his family becomes a slave‚ forced to work in
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