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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According to United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs and United Nations Development Programme (2007) the civil war in Sierra Leone was … [A] decade-long …marked by widespread human rights abuses‚ the collapse of the central government‚ and destruction of public capacity to provide any services or protection for its people. [The war displaced] more than two million people…widespread of sexual violence [with a record of] more than 1‚800 victims of sexual violence…[as] 55 per cent
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REGULATION AND PRACTICES COURSE: BSC (HONS) FINANCIAL SERVICES (YEAR 4) ASSIGNMENT: DISCUSS THE EVOLUTION OF BANKING IN SIERRA LEONE NAME: MOHAMED KHALIL KOROMA REG: 4606 NAME OF LECTURER: MR N’JAI CONTENT 1. Introduction 2.1 Adam Smith and Modern Banking 2. Overview of Sierra Leone banking 3. Our Perception of Banking in Sierra Leone 4. Conclusion INTRODUCTION Mankind has always been seeking security and protection. This need has led him to
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Effect of Imperialism in Sierra Leone In 1787‚ British humanitarian founded the "Province of Freedom" which later became Freetown‚ a British crown colony in 1808 and the principal base for the suppression of the slave trade. Throughout the 19th century‚ the colony steadily grew through various treaties of friendship from the local chiefs. After the British abolished their slave trade the new colony was used as cornerstone from which the abolishment could be enforced (Gascoigne‚ Bamber). By 1855
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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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tag for many of these materials‚ the Sierra Club and National Geographic Society eventually published less expensive versions that appealed to a wider‚ less affluent and younger audience. This was also an opportunity to expand their base‚ particularly to the youth movement and counterculture. Purchase of their books‚ calendars‚ posters and visually appealing magazines provided Americans a way to passively show support for conservation reform. Both the Sierra Club and National Geographic Society’s
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www.emeraldinsight.com/0007-070X.htm BFJ 106‚3 CASE STUDY 228 Online branding: the case of McDonald’s Jennifer Rowley School for Business and Regional Development‚ University of Wales‚ Bangor‚ UK Keywords Internet‚ Corporate branding‚ Customer relations‚ Marketing communication Abstract This article explores the approaches to the delivery of brand messages through a Web site‚ taking one of the leading brands‚ McDonald’s‚ as a case study. The role of brands and branding in the new economy
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Case: America Online. Inc. 1. Prior to 1995‚ why was America Online (AOL) so successful in the commercial online industry relative to its competitors CompuServe and Prodigy? • AOL was able to gain more market share because of rapid advertisement expansion • The company agressively marketed its online service using both independent marketing efforts‚ such as direct mail packets with AOL software disks; television and print advertising; co-marketing efforts with computer magazine publishers‚ also
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Abstract Online shopping growth faster with the advancement of technologies. There are a lot of research that study about the factor and barrier that avoid someone to shop online. However‚ this study aim to explore the perception of perceived risk and experiences of online shopping among undergraduates by using a qualitative method. This study is using the theory of planned behavior‚ which used to measure the perception of consumer after identified the perceived risk in online shopping. Introduction
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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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