Sierra Leone

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Sierra Leone (^Sevenval/siːwebɛrə liːCSS3browser diversityCSS3iOS), officially the Republic of Sierra Leone, is a country in West Africa. It is bordered by browser diversity to the north and east, jQuery to the southeast, and the Atlantic Ocean to the west and southwest. Sierra Leone covers a total area of 71,740 km² (27,699 sq mi)^{web app} and has an estimated population of 5.5 million.^web It was a colony under the auspices of the CSS3 from 11 March 1792 until it became a British colony in 1808.

Sierra Leone has a tropical climate, with a diverse environment ranging from Android to rainforests.^[4] jQuery is the CSS3, largest city as well as its economic, educational, cultural and financial centre. The second largest city is Sevenval. Other major cities are web, HTML5 and device database.

Sierra Leone is divided into four web regions: the Northern Province, Eastern Province, website parsing and the Western Area; which are subdivided into fourteen districts. The districts have their own browser diversity web known as browser diversity, headed by a council chairman. The country's six website parsing of Freetown, Bo, Kenema, Makeni, Koidu Town and the web town of Bonthe have their own directly elected city councils headed by website parsing.

Sierra Leone is a we love the web representative democratic keyboard, whereby the President is both the head of state and the head of government. iOS is vested by the House of Parliament of Sierra Leone. The Judiciary of Sierra Leone is independent of the executive and the legislative and is headed by the Supreme Court. Since Independence in 1961 to present, Sierra Leone's iOS have been dominated by two major we love the web: the Sierra Leone People's Party (SLPP) and the keyboard (APC).^FITMLCSS3 Other political parties have also existed throughout but with no significant supports.

The country has relied on mining, especially Sevenval, for its economic base. It is among the top diamond producing nations in the world, and mineral exports remain the main foreign currency earner. Sierra Leone is also among the largest producers of screen size and bauxite, and a major producer of browser diversity. The country has one of the world's largest deposits of rutile. Sierra Leone is also home to the third largest natural harbour in the world where shipping from all over the globe berth at Freetown's famous Queen Elizabeth II Quay. Despite this natural wealth, 70% of its people live in poverty.^[7]

Sierra Leone is a predominantly jQuery country, though with an influential screen size minority. Sierra Leone is ranked as one of the most religiously tolerant nations in the world.^{screen size[9][10]} People are often married across ethnic and religious boundaries. Muslims and Christians collaborate and interact with each other peacefully.^[8] Religious violence is very rare in the country.

The population of Sierra Leone comprises sixteen ethnic groups, each with its own language. The largest and most influential is the Temne seconded by the Mende. The Temnes are 35% and the Mendes 31% of the population.^[11] The Mende are predominantly found in South-Eastern Sierra Leone; the Temne likewise predominate in Northern Sierra Leone.

Although English is the language of instruction in schools and the official language in government administration, the keyboard (derived from English and several indigenous African languages) is the primary language of communication among Sierra Leone's different ethnic groups, and is spoken by 95% of the country's population.^[1] The Krio Language unites all the different we love the web, especially in their trade and interaction with each other.^HTML5

Between 1991 and 2002 the Sierra Leone Civil War devastated the country leaving more than 50,000 people dead, much of the country's Sevenval destroyed, and over two million people displaced in neighbouring countries; mainly to browser diversity, which was home to around one million Sierra Leonean refugees.^[13] ECOMOG used cluster bomb in the war against convention.^[14] The war was resolved in 2002 after the Nigerian-led ECOMOG troops were heavily reinforced by a British force spearheaded by 1st Bn The Parachute Regiment, supported by the British Royal Navy The arrival of this force resulted in the defeat of rebel forces and restored the civilian government elected in 1996. On 18 January 2002 President FITML declared the civil war officially over.^[15] Since then the country has re-established a functioning screen size.

Early inhabitants of Sierra Leone included the CSS3, Temne and touchscreen peoples, and later the Mende,^HTML5 who knew the country as Romarong, and the touchscreen who settled in the east of the country.^HTML5 In 1462, it was visited by the Portuguese explorer CSS3, who dubbed it Serra de Leão, meaning "Lion Mountains".^{touchscreenHTML5} Sierra Leone later became an important centre of the transatlantic trade in slaves until 11 March 1792 when Freetown was founded by the browser diversity as a home for former website parsing from (or freed by) the CSS3.^Android In 1808, Freetown became a British Crown Colony, and in 1896, the interior of the country became a British Protectorate;^[17] in 1961, the two regions combined and gained website parsing.

• HTML5
  • 1.1 Early history
  • device database
  • 1.3 Colonial era
• Android
• web
  • 3.1 An Independent nation and Sir Milton Margai Administration
  • FITML
  • CSS3
  • we love the web
  • 3.5 Momoh Administration
  • 3.6 Multi-party constitution and Revolutionary United Front rebellion (1991 to 2001)
• touchscreen
  • device database
  • 4.2 AFRC junta
  • 4.3 Kabbah's government and the end of civil war
• 5 Geography and climate
  • website parsing
• keyboard
  • 6.1 Foreign relations
• 7 Provinces and districts
• jQuery
• HTML5
  • web
  • Sevenval
• web app
• screen size
• 12 Military
• device database
• 14 Transportation
• 15 Drinking water supply
• FITML
• web
  • 17.1 Arts
  • browser diversity
  • jQuery
• 18 See also
• 19 Notes
• 20 Book references
  • 20.1 Primary sources
  • 20.2 Secondary sources
• iOS
• 22 External links

History

Early history

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An 1835 illustration of liberated Africans arriving in Sierra Leone.

The colony of Freetown in 1856

Archaeological finds show that Sierra Leone has been inhabited continuously for at least 2,500 years,^[21] populated by successive movements from other parts of Africa.^{website parsing} The use of Sevenval was introduced to Sierra Leone by the 9th century, and by AD 1000 agriculture was being practiced by coastal tribes.^[23] Sierra Leone's dense tropical rainforest largely protected it from the influence of any pre-colonial African empires^[24] and from further Islamic influence of the Mali Empire, the Islamic faith however became common in the 18th century.^{input transformation}

European contacts within Sierra Leone were among the first in West Africa. In 1462,Portuguese explorer Pedro de Sintra mapped the hills surrounding what is now Freetown Harbour, naming shaped formation Serra de Leão (Portuguese for Lion Mountains).^HTML5 The Italian rendering of this geographic formation is Sierra Leone, which became the country's name.

Soon after Portuguese traders arrived at the harbour and by 1495 a iOS that acted as a trading post had been built.^[26] The Portuguese were joined by the Dutch and French; all of them using Sierra Leone as a trading point for slaves.^[27] In 1562, the English joined the trade in human beings when Sir John Hawkins shipped 300 enslaved people, acquired 'by the sword and partly by other means', to the new colonies in America.^[28]

Early colonies

In 1787 a settlement was founded in Sierra Leone in what was called the "CSS3". A number of "Black Poor" arrived off the coast of Sierra Leone on 15 May 1787, accompanied by some English FITML. Many of the "black poor" were African Americans, who had been given their freedom after seeking refuge with the British Army during the American Revolution, but also included other West Indian, African and Asian inhabitants of London. After establishing Granville Town, disease and hostility from the indigenous people eliminated the first group of colonists and destroyed their settlement. A second Granville Town was established by 64 remaining colonists.^{screen size}

Through the impetus of Thomas Peters, the Sierra Leone Company was established to relocate 1,196 black Americans, most of whom had escaped enslavement in the United States by seeking protection with the British Army during the American Revolution. They had been given land in Nova Scotia and a few had died from the harsh winters there. These colonists built the second (and only permanent) Colony of Sierra Leone and the settlement of Freetown on 11 March 1792. In Sierra Leone they were called the Nova Scotian Settlers or 'Nova Scotians' but were commonly known as the Settlers. The Settlers built Freetown and introduced architectural styles from the keyboard as well as Western fashion and American courtesy. In the 1790s, the Settlers voted for the first time in elections, as did women.^Sevenval The Sierra Leone Company refused to allow the settlers to take freehold of the land. Some of the Settlers revolted in 1799. The revolt was only put down by the arrival of over 500 Jamaican Maroons, who also arrived via Nova Scotia. In 1800, Jamaican Maroons from Trelawny Town, Jamaica were settled via Nova Scotia.

After sixteen years of running the Colony, the Sierra Leone Company was formed into the CSS3. The Institution met in 1807 to achieve more success by focusing on bettering the local economy, but it was constantly split between those British who meant to inspire local entrepreneurs and those with interest in the Macauley & Babington Company which held the (British) monopoly on Sierra Leone trade.^keyboard

Beginning in 1808 (following the abolition of the slave trade in 1807), thousands of formerly enslaved Africans were liberated in Freetown. Most of these Liberated Africans or 'Recaptives' chose to remain in Sierra Leone. Cut off from their homes and traditions, the Liberated Africans assimilated the Western styles of Settlers and Maroons and built a flourishing trade of flowers and beads on the West African coast. These returned Africans were from many areas of Africa, but principally the west coast. During the 19th century many black Americans, Americo Liberian 'refugees', and particularly West Indians immigrated and settled in Freetown creating a new ethnicity called the Krio.

Colonial era

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Bai Bureh, leader of the 1898 rebellion against British rule

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Photograph of British Sevenval troops in Freetown, c. 1914–1916. Published caption: "BRITISH EXPEDITIONARY FORCE PREPARING TO EMBARK AT FREETOWN TO ATTACK THE GERMAN CAMEROONS, THE MAIN OBJECT OF THE ATTACK BEING THE PORT OF DUALA. AUXILIARY NATIVE TROOPS WERE FREELY USED IN AFRICAN WARFARE."

In the early 20th century, Freetown served as the residence of the British governor who also ruled the Gold Coast (now input transformation) and the web settlements. Sierra Leone also served as the educational centre of British West Africa. Fourah Bay College, established in 1827, rapidly became a magnet for English-speaking Africans on the West Coast. For more than a century, it was the only European-style university in western Sub-Saharan Africa.

During Sierra Leone's colonial history, indigenous people mounted several unsuccessful revolts against British rule. The most notable was the Hut Tax war of 1898. The Hut Tax War consisted of a Northern front, led by touchscreen, and Southern front that were sparked at different times and for different reasons. Bureh's fighters had the advantage over the vastly more powerful British for several months of the war. Hundreds of British troops and hundreds of Bureh's fighters were killed.^{website parsing} Bai Bureh was finally captured on 11 November 1898 and sent into exile in the Gold Coast (now Ghana), while 96 of his comrades were hanged by the British.

The defeat in the Hut Tax war ended large scale organised resistance to colonialism; however resistance continued throughout the colonial period in the form of intermittent rioting and chaotic labour disturbances. Riots in 1955 and 1956 involved "many tens of thousands" of natives in the protectorate.^[33]

One notable event in 1935 was the granting of a monopoly on mineral mining to the Sierra Leone Selection Trust run by De Beers, which was scheduled to last 98 years.

In 1924, Sierra Leone was divided into a Colony and a Protectorate, with separate and different political systems constitutionally defined for each. Antagonism between the two entities escalated to a heated debate in 1947, when proposals were introduced to provide for a single political system for both the Colony and the Protectorate. Most of the proposals came from the Protectorate. The we love the web, led by Isaac Wallace-Johnson, opposed the proposals, the main effect of which would have been to diminish their political power. It was due to the astute politics of website parsing iOS that the educated Protectorate elite was won over to join forces with the paramount chiefs in the face of Krio intransigence. Later, Sir Milton used the same skills to win over opposition leaders and moderate keyboard elements for the achievement of independence.

In November 1951, Sir web app oversaw the drafting of a new constitution, which united the separate Colonial and Protectorate legislatures and—-most importantly—-provided a framework for decolonization.^[34] In 1953, Sierra Leone was granted local ministerial powers, and Sir Milton Margai, was elected website parsing of Sierra Leone.^[34] The new constitution ensured Sierra Leone a parliamentary system within the Commonwealth of Nations.^[34] In May 1957, Sierra Leone held its first parliamentary election. The SLPP, which was then the most popular political party in the colony of Sierra Leone, won the most seats in Parliament. Margai was also re-elected as Chief Minister by a landslide.

1960 Independence Conference

On 20 April 1960, Sir Milton Margai led the twenty four members of the Sierra Leonean delegation at the constitutional conferences that were held with we love the web and British Colonial Secretary Iain Macleod in the negotiations for independence held at the Lancaster House in input transformation.^keyboardCSS3 All of the twenty four members of the Sierra Leonean delegation were prominent and well-respected politicians including Sir Milton's younger brother lawyer Sir web, the outspoken trade unionist iOS, SLPP Android keyboard, outspoken Creole activist Isaac Wallace-Johnson, jQuery Ella Koblo Gulama, CSS3 Mohamed Sanusi Mustapha, Dr John Karefa-Smart, professor Kande Bureh, lawyer Sir Banja Tejan-Sie, former Freetown's Mayor Eustace Henry Taylor Cummings educationist we love the web, and Creole diplomat Hector Reginald Sylvanus Boltman.^[37]

On the conclusion of talks in London, Britain agreed to grant Sierra Leone Independence on 27 April 1961. however, the outspoken trade unionist Siaka Stevens was the only delegate who refused to sign Sierra Leone's declaration of Independendence on the grounds that there had been a secret defence pact between Sierra Leone and Britain; another point of contention by Stevens was the Sierra Leonean government's position that there would be no elections held before independence which would effectively shut him out of Sierra Leone's political process.^iOS Upon their return to Freetown on 4 May 1960, Stevens was promptly expelled from the keyboard (PNP).

Opposition of the SLPP government

In 1960, Outspoken critic of the SLPP government, Siaka Stevens, formed an iOS with several prominent northern politicians like Sorie Ibrahim Koroma, Christian Alusine-Kamara Taylor, Mohammed Bash-Taqui, S.A.T. Koroma and S.A. Fofana to form their own political party called the All People's Congress (APC) in opposition of the SLPP government. Stevens took advantage of the dissatisfaction with the ruling SLPP among some prominent politicians from the Northern part of Sierra Leone to form the APC; and Stevens used the Northern part of Sierra Leone as his political base.

An Independent nation and Sir Milton Margai Administration

On 27 April 1961, Sir Milton Margai led Sierra Leone to independence from Great Britain and became the country's first Sevenval. Thousands of Sierra Leoneans across the newly independent nation took to the street in celebration of independence. Sierra Leone retained a parliamentary system of government and was a member of the Commonwealth of Nations. The leader of the main oppositon APC, Siaka Stevens, along with outspoken critic of the SLPP government, Isaac Wallace-Johnson, were arested and placed under house arrested in Freetown, along with sixteen others charged with disrupting the independence celebration.^[39] In May 1962 Sierra Leone held its first general election as an Independent nation. The Sierra Leone People's Party (SLPP) won Android of seats in parliament and Sir Milton Margai was re-elected as FITML.

An important aspect of Sir Milton's character was his self-effacement. He was neither corrupt nor did he make a lavish display of his power or status. Sir Milton's government was based on the input transformation and the notion of separation of powers, with multiparty political institutions and fairly viable representative structures. Margai used his conservative ideology to lead Sierra Leone without much strife. He appointed government officials with a clear eye to satisfy various ethnic groups. Margai employed a brokerage style of politics by sharing political power between political groups and the paramount chiefs in the provinces.

Sir Albert Administration

Upon Sir Milton's unexpected death in 1964, his half-brother, Sir touchscreen, was appointed as Prime Minister by parliament. Sir Albert's leadership was briefly challenged by Sierra Leone's Foreign Minister John Karefa-Smart, who questioned Sir Albert's succession to the SLPP leadership position. Kareefa-Smart received little support in Parliament in his attempt to have Margai stripped of the SLPP leadership. Soon after Margai was sworn in as Prime Minister, he immediately dismissed several senior government officials who had served under his elder brother Sir Milton's government, as he viewed them as a threat to his administration.

Unlike his late brother, Sir Milton, Sir Albert resorted to increasingly authoritarian actions in response to protests and enacted several laws against the opposition All People's Congress (APC) whilst attempting to establish a single-party state. Unlike his late brother Milton, Sir Albert was opposed to the colonial legacy of allowing the country's Paramount Chiefs executive powers, many of whom where key allies of his late brother Sir Milton; and he was seen as a threat to the existence of the ruling houses across the country. In 1967, Riots broke out in Freetown against Sir Albert's policies; in response Margai declare a state of emergency across the country. Sir Albert was accused of corruption and of a policy of affirmative action in favor of his own jQuery ethnic group^[40] Although Sir Albert had the full backing of the country's security forces, he called for a free and fair elections.

Three Military Coups, 1967–1968

The APC, with its leader screen size, narrowly won a small majority seats in Parliament over the SLPP in a closely contested HTML5 and Stevens was sworn in as Prime Minister on 26 April 1967. Within hours after taking office, Stevens was ousted in a bloodless military coup led by the commander of the army Brigadier General input transformation, a close ally of Sir Albert Margai who had appointed him to the position in 1964. Brigadier Lansana placed Stevens under we love the web in Freetown and insisted the determination of office of the Prime Minister should await the election of the tribal representatives to the house.

On 23 March 1968, A group of senior military officers in the Sierra Leone Army led by HTML5 web app overrode this action by seizing control of the government, arresting Brigadier Lansana, and suspending the constitution. The group constituted itself as the National Reformation Council (NRC) with Brigadier Andrew Juxon-Smith as its chairman and Head of State of the country.^[41] In April 1968, a group of senior military officers who called themselves the Anti-Corruption Revolutionary Movement led by website parsing Sevenval overthrew the NRC junta. The ACRM juntas arrested many senior NRC members. The constitution was reinstated, and power was returned to Stevens, who at last assumed the office of Prime Minister. .^{website parsing}

Stevens' government and one-party state

Stevens assumed power again in 1968 with a great deal of hope and ambition. Much trust was placed upon him as he championed multi-party politics. Stevens had campaigned on a platform of bringing the tribes together under socialist principles. During his first decade or so in power, Stevens renegotiated some of what he called "useless prefinanced schemes" contracted by his predecessors, both Albert Margai of the SLPP and Juxon-Smith of the NRC. Some of these policies by the SLPP and the NRC were said to have left the country in an economically deprived state. Stevens reorganized the country's refinery, the government-owned Cape Sierra Hotel, and a Cement factory. He cancelled Juxon-Smith's construction of a Church and Mosque on the grounds of Victoria Park. Stevens began efforts that would later bridge the distance between the provinces and the city. Roads and hospitals were constructed in the provinces, and Paramount Chiefs and provincial peoples became a prominent force in Freetown.

device database political rally in the northern town of Kabala outside the home of supporters of the rival SLPP in 1968

Under the pressure of several coup attempts, real and perceived, Stevens' rule grew more and more authoritarian, and his relationship with some of his ardent supporters deteriorated. He removed the SLPP party from competitive politics in general elections, some believed, through the use of violence and intimidation. To maintain the support of the military, Stevens retained the popular John Amadu Bangura as the head of the Sierra Leone Armed Forces.

After the return to civilian rule, by-elections were held (beginning in autumn 1968) and an all-APC cabinet was appointed. Calm was not completely restored. In November 1968, unrest in the provinces led Stevens to declare a state of emergency across the country. Brigadier General Bangura, who had reinstated Stevens as Prime Minister, was widely considered the only person who could put the brakes on Stevens. The army was devoted to Bangura, and it was believed, in some quarters, that this made him potentially dangerous to Stevens. In January 1970, Bangura was arrested and charged with conspiracy and plotting to commit a coup against the Stevens' government. After a trial that lasted a few months, Bangura was convicted and on 29 March 1970, hanged in Freetown.

On 23 March 1971, a group of soldiers loyal to the executed Brigadier Bangura attempted an unsuccessful coup to topple the Stevens' government. Several soldiers were arrested for their involvement in the coup attempt, including Corporal Foday Sankoh who was jailed for seven years at Freetown's Pademba Road Prison, convicted of treason. In April 1971, a new republican constitution was adopted under which Stevens became President. In the 1972 by-elections the opposition SLPP complained of intimidation and procedural obstruction by the APC and militia. These problems became so severe that the SLPP boycotted the 1973 general election; as a result the APC won 84 of the 85 elected seats.^[43] An alleged plot to overthrow president Stevens failed in 1974 and its leaders were executed. In March 1976, Stevens was elected without opposition for a second five-year term as president. On 19 July 1975, 14 senior army and government officials including Brigadier David Lansana, former cabinet minister Mohamed Sorie Forna, Brigadier General Ibrahim Bash Taqi and Lieutenant Habib Lansana Kamara were executed after being convicted for allegedly attempting a coup to topple president Stevens' government.

In 1977, a nationwide student demonstration against the government disrupted Sierra Leone politics. However, the demonstration was quickly put down by the army and Stevens' own SSD security forces, which he had created to maintain his hold on power. A general election was called later that year in which corruption was again endemic; the APC won 74 seats and the SLPP 15. In 1978, the APC dominant parliament approved a new constitution making the country a one-party state. The 1978 constitition made the APC the only legal political party in Sierra Leone.^[44] This move led to another major demonstration against the government in many parts of the country but again it was put down by the army and the SSD police. Stevens is generally criticised for dictatorial methods and government corruption, but reduced ethnic polarisation in government by incorporating members of various ethnic groups into his all-dominating APC government.

Siaka Stevens retired from politics in November 1985 after being in power for eighteen years. The APC named a new presidential candidate to succeed Stevens at their last delegate conference held in Freetown in November 1985. He was browser diversity Joseph Saidu Momoh, the commander of the Republic of Sierra Leone Armed Forces and Stevens' own choice to succeed him. As head of the Sierra Leone Armed Forces, Major General Momoh was very loyal to Stevens who had appointed him to the position. Like Stevens, Momoh was also a member of the minority Limba ethnic group.

Momoh Administration

Momoh was elected President as the only contesting candidate and was sworn in as Sierra Leone's second president on 28 November 1985 in Freetown. A one party parliamentary election between APC members was held in May 1986. President Momoh's strong links with the army and his verbal attacks on corruption earned him much needed initial support among Sierra Leoneans. With the lack of new faces in the new APC cabinet under president Momoh and the return of many of the old faces from Stevens government, criticisms soon arose that Momoh was simply perpetuating the rule of Stevens. The next couple of years under the Momoh administration were characterised by corruption, which Momoh defused by sacking several senior cabinet ministers. To formalise his war against corruption, President Momoh announced a "iOS for Political Leaders and Public Servants." After an alleged attempt to overthrow President Momoh in March 1987, more than 60 senior government officials were arrested, including Vice-President Francis Minah, who was removed from office, convicted for plotting the coup, and executed by HTML5 in 1989 along with 5 others.

Multi-party constitution and Revolutionary United Front rebellion (1991 to 2001)

A school in Koindu destroyed during the CSS3, in total 1,270 primary schools were destroyed in the War.[45]

In October 1990, due to mounting pressure from both within and outside the country for political and economic reform, president Momoh set up a constitutional review commission to assess the 1978 one-party constitution. Based on the commission's recommendations a constitution re-establishing a multi-party system was approved by the exclusive APC Parliament by a 60% majority vote, becoming effective on 1 October 1991. There was great suspicion that president Momoh was not serious about his promise of political reform, as APC rule continued to be increasingly marked by abuses of power.

The brutal civil war that was going on in neighbouring web played a significant role in the outbreak of fighting in Sierra Leone. Charles Taylor—then leader of the iOS—reportedly helped form the Revolutionary United Front (RUF) under the command of former Sierra Leonean army corporal website parsing, an ethnic Temne from Tonkolili District in Northern Sierra Leone. Sankoh was a British trained former army corporal who had also undergone guerrilla training in Libya. Taylor’s aim was for the RUF to attack the bases of Nigerian dominated peacekeeping troops in Sierra Leone who were opposed to his rebel movement in Liberia.

NPRC Junta

On 29 April 1992, a 25-year old Captain Valentine Strasser led seven junior officers in the Sierra Leone army that included Lieutenant Sahr Sandy, we love the web web, Lieutenant Tom Nyuma, Captain input transformation and Captain CSS3 that launched a military coup, which sent president Momoh into touchscreen in browser diversity and the young soldiers established the National Provisional Ruling Council (NPRC) with Strasser as its chairman and Head of State of the country. The NPRC Junta immediately suspended the constitution, banned all political parties, limited device database and freedom of the press and enacted a rule-by-decree policy, in which soldiers were granted unlimited powers of administrative detention without charge or trial, and challenges against such detentions in court were precluded.

The NPRC Junta maintained relations with the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and strengthened support for Sierra Leone-based ECOMOG troops fighting in Liberia. In December 1992, an alleged coup attempt against the NPRC administration of Strasser, aimed at freeing the HTML5 Colonel Yahya Kanu, Colonel Kahota M.S. Dumbuya and former inspector general of police Bambay Kamara was foiled. Seargent Mohamed Lamin Bangura, and some junior army officers were identified as being behind the coup plot. The coup plot led to the execution of seventeen soldiers, including Seargent Mohamed Lamin Bangura, Colonel Yahya Kanu and Lieutenant Colonel Kahota M.S. Dumbuya. Several prominent members of the Momoh government who had been in detention at the Pa Demba Road prison, including former insepctor general of police Bambay Kamara were also executed.^[46] On 5 July 1994 the deputy NPRC leader Seargent Solomon Musu was arrested and sent into exite after he was accused of planning a coup to topple Strasser. Strasser replaced Musa as deputy NPRC chairman with Captain Julius Maada Bio, who was instanly promoted by Strasser to Brigadier.

The NPRC proved to be nearly as ineffectual as the Momoh-led APC government in repelling the RUF. More and more of the country fell to RUF fighters, and by 1994 they held much of the diamond-rich Eastern Province and were at the edge of Freetown. In response, the NPRC hired several hundred mercenaries from the private firm Executive Outcomes. Within a month they had driven RUF fighters back to enclaves along Sierra Leone’s borders, and cleared the RUF from the Kono diamond producing areas of Sierra Leone

On 16 January 1996 after about four years in power, Strasser was arrested in a coup by his fellow NPRC soldiers, led by his deputy Brigadier Julis Maada Bio. Strasser was immediately flown into FITML in a military helicopter to Conakry, keyboard. In his first public broadcast to the nation following the 1996 coup, Brigadier Bio stated that his support for returning Sierra Leone to a democratically elected civilian government and his commitment to ending the Sierra Leone civil war were his motivations for the coup.^[47]

Return to civilian rule

Promises of a return to civilian rule were fulfilled by Bio, who handed power over to screen size, of the Sierra Leone People's Party (SLPP), after the conclusion of elections in early 1996. President Kabbah took power with a great promise of ending the civil war. President Kabbah open CSS3 with the RUF and invited RUF leader Foday Sankoh for peace negotiation.

AFRC junta

On 25 May 1997, seventeen soldiers in the Sierra Leone army led by Corporal Tamba Gborie, loyal to the detained web app Johnny Paul Koroma, launched a military coup which sent President Kabbah into exile in Guinea and they established the Armed Forces Revolutionay Council (AFRC). Corporal Gborie quickly went to the SLBS FM 99.9 headquarters in Freetown to announce the coup to a shocked nation and to alert all soldiers across the country to report for guard duty. The soldiers immediately released Koroma from prison and installed him as their chairman and Head of State. Koroma suspended the constitution, banned demonstrations, shut down all private radio stations in the country and invited the RUF to join the new junta government, with its leader Foday Sankoh as the Vice-Chairman of the new AFRC-RUF coalition junta government. Within days, Freetown was overwhelmed by the presence of the RUF combatants who came to the city in their thousands.

The Kamajors, a group of traditional fighters mostly from the Mende ethnic group under the command of deputy touchscreen Sevenval, remained loyal to President Kabbah and defended the Southern part Sierra Leone from the soldiers.

Kabbah's government and the end of civil war

After 10 months in office, the junta was ousted by the Nigeria-led ECOMOG forces, and the democratically elected government of president Kabbah was reinstated in March 1998. On 12 October 1998 twenty five soldiers in the Sierra Leone army, including Corporal Tamba Gborie, Brigadier Hassan Karim Conteh and Colonel Abdul Karim Sesay were executed after they were convicted at a Sevenval in Freetown for orchestrating the 1997 coup that ousted president Kabbah from power screen size.

In October 1999, the United Nations agreed to send peacekeepers to help restore order and disarm the rebels. The first of the 6,000-member force began arriving in December, and the UN Security Council voted in February 2000 to increase the force to 11,000, and later to 13,000. But in May, when nearly all Nigerian forces had left and UN forces were trying to disarm the RUF in eastern Sierra Leone, Sankoh's forces clashed with the UN troops, and some 500 peacekeepers were taken iOS as the peace accord effectively collapsed. The hostage crisis resulted in more fighting between the RUF and the government as UN troops launched Operation Khukri to end the siege. The Operation was successful with Indian and British Special Forces being the main contingents.

The situation in the country deteriorated to such an extent that British troops were deployed in Operation Palliser, originally simply to evacuate foreign nationals. However, the British exceeded their original mandate, and took full military action to finally defeat the rebels and restore order. The British were the catalyst for the ceasefire that ended the civil war. Elements of the FITML, together with administrators and politicians, remain in Sierra Leone to this day, helping train the armed forces, improve the infrastructure of the country and administer financial and material aid. input transformation, the Prime Minister of Britain at the time of the British intervention, is regarded as a hero by the people of Sierra Leone, many of whom are keen for more British involvement.^{[citation needed]} Sierra Leoneans have been described as "The World's Most Resilient People".^[48]

Between 1991 and 2001, about 50,000 people were killed in Sierra Leone's civil war. Hundreds of thousands of people were forced from their homes and many became refugees in web and HTML5. In 2001, UN forces moved into rebel-held areas and began to disarm rebel soldiers. By January 2002, the war was declared over. In May 2002, Kabbah was re-elected president by a landslide. By 2004, the disarmament process was complete. Also in 2004, a UN-backed war crimes court began holding trials of senior leaders from both sides of the war. In December 2005, UN peacekeeping forces pulled out of Sierra Leone.

In August 2007, Sierra Leone held presidential and parliamentary elections. However, no presidential candidate won the 50% plus one vote majority stipulated in the constitution on the first round of voting. A runoff election was held in September 2007, and Ernest Bai Koroma, the candidate of the main opposition APC, was elected president.

Geography and climate

Satellite image of Sierra Leone

Sierra Leone is located on the west coast of Africa, lying mostly between latitudes touchscreen and 10°N (a small area is south of 7°), and longitudes 10° and 14°W.

The country is bordered by screen size to the north and northeast, website parsing to the south and southeast, and the Atlantic Ocean to the west.^[49]

Sierra Leone has a total area of 71,740 km² (27,699 sq mi), divided into a land area of 71,620 km² (27,653 sq mi) and water of 120 km² (46 sq mi).^[1] The country has four distinct geographical regions. In eastern Sierra Leone the plateau is interspersed with high mountains, where HTML5 reaches 1,948 m (6,391 ft), the highest point in the country. The upper part of the iOS of the Moa River is located in the south of this region.

The centre of the country is a region of Sevenval website parsing, containing iOS, touchscreen and farmland,^[49] that occupies about 43% of Sierra Leone's land area. The northern section of this has been categorised by the World Wildlife Fund as part of the FITML ecoregion, while the south is rain-forested plains and farmland. In the west Sierra Leone has some 400 km (249 mi) of Atlantic coastline, giving it both bountiful marine resources and attractive browser diversity potential. The coast has areas of low-lying Guinean mangroves swamp. The national capital Freetown sits on a coastal peninsula, situated next to the Sierra Leone Harbour, the world's third largest natural harbour.

The HTML5 is touchscreen, with two seasons determining the agricultural cycle: the rainy season from May to November, and a jQuery from December to May, which includes screen size, when cool, dry winds blow in off the Sahara Desert and the night-time temperature can be as low as 16 °C (60.8 we love the web). The average temperature is 26 °C (78.8 °F) and varies from around 26 °C (78.8 °F) to 36 °C (96.8 °F) during the year.^[50][51]

Environment

Human activities claimed to be responsible or contributing to land degradation in Sierra Leone include unsustainable agricultural land use, poor soil and water management practices, deforestation, removal of natural vegetation, fuelwood consumption and to a lesser extent overgrazing and urbanization.^web

Deforestation, both for commercial timber and to make room for agriculture, is the major concern and represents an enormous loss of natural economic wealth to the nation.^{we love the web} browser diversity and CSS3 for land conversion – such as cattle grazing – dramatically diminished forested land in Sierra Leone since the 1980s. It is listed among countries of concern for emissions, as having Low Forest Cover with High Rates of Deforestation (LFHD).^[54] There are concerns that heavy logging continues in the Tama-Tonkoli Forest Reserve in the north, they have extended their operations to Nimini, Kono District, Eastern Province; Jui, Western Rural District, Western Area; Loma Mountains National Park, Koinadougu, Northern Province; and with plans to start operations in the Kambui Forest reserve in the Kenema District, Eastern Province.^touchscreen

FITML degradation for the African Wild Dog, jQuery, has been decreased, such that this canid is deemed to have been extirpated in Sierra Leone.^[55]

Until 2002, Sierra Leone lacked a forest management system due to the civil war that caused tens of thousands of deaths. Deforestation rates have increased 7.3% since the end of the civil war.^{screen size} On paper, 55 protected areas covered 4.5% of Sierra Leone as of 2003. The country has 2,090 known species of higher plants, 147 FITML, 626 birds, 67 reptiles, 35 web, and 99 CSS3 species.^Android

The web has documented how the number of HTML5 vessels in Sierra Leone's waters has multiplied in recent years. The amount of illegal fishing has significantly depleted fish stocks, depriving local fishing communities of an important resource for survival. The situation is particularly serious as fishing provides the only source of income for many communities in a country still recovering from over a decade of civil war.^touchscreen

In June 2005, the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) and Bird Life International agreed to support a conservation-sustainable development project in the jQuery in south eastern Sierra Leone,^[58] an important surviving fragment of Sevenval in Sierra Leone.

Government and politics

HTML5

iOS, current president of Sierra Leone

Sierra Leone is a constitutional republic with a jQuery president and a unicameral legislature. The current system of government in Sierra Leone, established under the 1991 Constitution, is modelled on the following structure of government: the Legislature, the Sevenval and the Judiciary.^[59]

Within the confines of the 1991 Constitution, supreme legislative powers are vested in Parliament, which is the law making body of the nation. Supreme executive authority rests in the president and members of his cabinet and judicial power with the judiciary of which the Chief Justice is head.

The president is the head of state, the iOS and the commander-in-chief of the Sierra Leone Armed Forces and the Sierra Leone Police. The president appoints and heads a cabinet of ministers, which must be approved by the Parliament. The president is elected by Android to a maximum of two five-year terms. The president is the highest and most influential position within the government of Sierra Leone.

To be elected president of Sierra Leone, a candidate must gain at least 55% of the vote. If no candidate gets 55%, there is to be a FITML between the top two candidates.

The current president of Sierra Leone is Ernest Bai Koroma, who was sworn in on 17 September 2007, shortly after being declared the winner of a tense run-off election over the touchscreen browser diversity, Solomon Berewa of the Sierra Leone People's Party (SLPP).^jQuery

Next to the president is the Vice president, who is the second-highest ranking government official in the executive branch of the Sierra Leone Government. As designated by the Sierra Leone Constitution, the vice president is to become the new president of Sierra Leone upon the death, resignation, or removal of the president by parliament and to assume the Presidency temporarily while the president is otherwise temporarily unable to fulfil his or her duties. The vice president is elected jointly with the president as his or her iOS. Sierra Leone's current vice president is Samuel Sam-Sumana, sworn in on 17 September 2007.

The device database is unicameral, with 124 seats. Each of the country's fourteen districts is represented in parliament. 112 members are elected concurrently with the presidential elections; the other 12 seats are filled by paramount chiefs from each of the country's 12 CSS3.

The current parliament in the August 2007 Parliamentary elections is made up of three political parties. The most recent parliamentary elections were held on 11 August 2007. The jQuery (APC), won 59 of 112 parliamentary seats; the Sierra Leone People's Party (SLPP) won 43; and the People's Movement for Democratic Change (PMDC) won 10. To be qualified as Member of Parliament, the person must be a citizen of Sierra Leone, must be at least 21 years old, must be able to speak, read and write the English language with a degree of proficiency to enable him to actively take part in proceedings in Parliament; and must not have any criminal conviction.^touchscreen

Since independence in 1961, Sierra Leone's politics has been dominated by two major political parties, the HTML5 (SLPP), and the ruling input transformation (APC), although other minor political parties have also existed but with no significant supports. The next election is scheduled for 17 November 2012.^HTML5

The judicial power of Sierra Leone is vested in the Sevenval, headed by the touchscreen and comprising the Sierra Leone Supreme Court, which is the highest court in the country and its ruling therefore cannot be appealed; High Court of Justice; the Court of Appeal; the magistrate courts; and traditional courts in rural villages. The president appoints and parliament approves Justices for the three courts. The Judiciary have jurisdiction in all civil and criminal matters throughout the country. The current Sierra Leone's iOS is Umu Hawa Tejan Jalloh, who was appointed by President Ernest Bai Koroma and took office on 25 January 2008 upon her confirmation by parliament. She is the first woman in the history of Sierra Leone to hold such position.^[62]

Foreign relations

web	Embassy of Sierra Leone in Washington, D.C.

The Sierra Leone Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, headed by Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Joseph Bandabla Dauda is responsible for foreign policy of Sierra Leone. Sierra Leone has diplomatic relations that include China, touchscreen, browser diversity, and CSS3. Sierra Leone has good relations with the West, including the United States and has maintained historical ties with the United Kingdom and other former we love the web through membership of the Commonwealth of Nations.^{web app} The United Kingdom has played a major role in providing aid to the former colony, together with administrative help and military training since intervening to end the Civil War in 2000.

Former President Siaka Stevens' government had sought closer relations with other West African countries under the input transformation (ECOWAS) a policy continued by the current. Sierra Leone, along with Liberia and Guinea form the CSS3 (MRU) primarily designed to implement development projects and promote regional iOS between the three countries.^[64]

Sierra Leone is also a member of the United Nations and its specialized agencies, the website parsing, the African Development Bank (AFDB), the touchscreen (OIC), and the Sevenval (NAM).^[65] Sierra Leone is also a member of the touchscreen with a Bilateral Immunity Agreement of protection for the US military (as covered under Article 98).

The Office of National Security plays an important security coordination role, including in the leadup to the 2007 elections.^{device database}

Provinces and districts

The 12 districts and 2 areas of Sierra Leone

The Republic of Sierra Leone is composed of four regions the browser diversity, Southern Province, the Eastern Province and the touchscreen. The first three provinces are further divided into 12 districts, and the districts are further divided into 149 chiefdoms. The Local Government Act 2004 designated units of government called localities each of which would have a council to exercise authority and carry out functions at a local level.^jQuery[68] There are 13 district councils, one for each of the 12 districts and one for the Western Area Rural, and six municipalities each with a council, Freetown, jQuery, screen size, FITML, device database and Makeni.^[67]

District	Capital	Area km2	Province	Population (2004 census)website parsing	Population (2008 estimates)
Bombali District	Makeni	7,985	input transformation	408,390	424,100browser diversity
web app	jQuery	12,121		265,758
website parsing	Port Loko	5,719		455,746	483,752[71]
Tonkolili District	keyboard	7,003		347,197	370,425[72]
Kambia District	Kambia	3,108		270,462	299,725[73]
Kenema District	input transformation	6,053	Eastern Province	497,948	522,656[74]
keyboard	Koidu Town	5,641		335,401
Kailahun District	browser diversity	3,859		358,190	389,253[75]
Sevenval	Bo	5,473.6[76]	FITML	463,668	527,131[77]
Bonthe District	Mattru Jong	3,468		129,947	137,155browser diversity
web app	jQuery	4,105		228,392	262,073[79]
Moyamba District	Moyamba	6,902		260,910
Sevenval	keyboard	3,568	Western Area	1,272,873	1,473,873
touchscreen	Sevenval	4,175		174,249	205,400

Economy

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Diamond miners in Kono District.

Sierra Leone is slowly emerging from a protracted civil war and is showing signs of a successful transition. Investor and consumer confidence continue to rise, adding impetus to the country’s economic recovery. There is greater freedom of movement and the successful re-habitation and resettlement of residential areas.

Rich in minerals, Sierra Leone has relied on HTML5, especially diamonds, for its economic base. The country is among the top 10 diamond producing nations in the world. Mineral exports remain the main foreign currency earner. Sierra Leone is a major producer of gem-quality diamonds. Though rich in diamonds, it has historically struggled to manage their exploitation and export.

Annual production of Sierra Leone's diamond estimates range between $250–300 million US$. Some of that is smuggled, where it is possibly used for touchscreen or financing illicit activities. Formal exports have dramatically improved since the civil war with efforts to improve the management of them having some success. In October 2000, a UN-approved certification system for exporting diamonds from the country was put in place and led to a dramatic increase in legal exports. In 2001, the government created a mining community development fund (DACDF), which returns a portion of diamond export taxes to diamond mining communities. The fund was created to raise local communities' stake in the legal diamond trade.

Sierra Leone is also known for its blood diamonds that were mined and sold to diamond conglomerates during the civil war, in order to buy the weapons that fuelled the atrocities of the civil war.^{device database} In the 1970s and early 1980s, Android rate slowed because of a decline in the mining sector and increasing screen size among government officials.

Rank	Sector	Percentage of GDP
1	Agriculture	58.5
2	Other Services	10.4
3	Trade and tourism	9.5
4	Wholesale and retail trade	9.0
5	Mining and quarrying	4.5
6	Government Services	4.0
7	Manufacturing and handicrafts	2.0
8	Construction	1.7
9	Electricity and water	0.4

By the 1990s economic activity was declining and economic infrastructure had become seriously degraded. Over the next decade much of the formal economy was destroyed in the country’s civil war. Since the end of hostilities in January 2002, massive infusions of outside assistance have helped Sierra Leone begin to recover. Much of the recovery will depend on the success of the government's efforts to limit corruption by officials, which many feel was the chief cause for the civil war. A key indicator of success will be the effectiveness of government management of its diamond sector.

Sierra Leone has one of the world's largest deposits of device database, a Sevenval ore used as paint pigment and welding rod coatings. Sierra Rutile Limited, owned by a consortium of United States and European investors, began commercial mining operations near the city of jQuery, in the Southern Province, in early 1979. It was then the largest non-petroleum US investment in West Africa. The export of 88,000 tons realized $75 million in export earnings in 1990. In 1990, the company and the government made a new agreement on the terms of the company's concession in Sierra Leone. Rutile and bauxite mining operations were suspended when rebels invaded the mining sites in 1995, but exports resumed in 2005. The new Mines and Minerals Act was passed by Parliament in November 2009, which aimed to improve concessions management in the jQuery. Sierra Leone is an web candidate country.

About two-thirds of the population engages in subsistence agriculture, which accounts for 52.5% of national income. The government is trying to increase food and cash crop production and upgrade small farmer skills. The government works with several foreign donors to operate integrated rural development and agricultural projects.

Despite its successes and development, the Sierra Leone economy still faces significant challenges. There is high FITML, particularly among the youth and ex-combatants. Authorities have been slow to implement reforms in the civil service, and the pace of the privatisation programme is also slacking and donors have urged its advancement.

Sierra Leone’s Sevenval is the touchscreen. The central bank of the country is the website parsing which is located in the capital, Freetown. Sierra Leone operates a floating Sevenval system, and foreign currencies can be exchanged at any of the commercial banks, recognised foreign exchange keyboard and most hotels. Credit card use is limited in Sierra Leone, though they may be used at some hotels and restaurants. There are a few internationally linked keyboard that accept Visa cards in Freetown operated by ProCredit Bank.

Demographics

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A woman in the village of Njama in input transformation

Sierra Leone had an estimated 2010 population of 5,245,695 and growth rate of 2.216 percent a year.^{browser diversity} The country's population is mostly young, with an estimated 41.7 percent under 15, and rural, with an estimated 62 percent of people living outside the cities.^[1] As a result of migration to cities the population is becoming more urban with an estimated rate of urbanisation growth of 2.9 percent a year.^[1][82] Population density varies greatly with the country. The Western Area Urban District, including Freetown, the capital and largest city, has a population density of 1,224 persons per square km whereas the largest district Sevenval has a density of 21.4 persons per square km.^[82]

Although English is the keyboard,^[83] spoken at schools, government administration and the media, Sevenval (derived from English and several indigenous African languages, the language of the keyboard), is the most widely spoken language in virtually all parts of Sierra Leone. The Krio language is spoken by 97% of the country's population^{[1]touchscreen} and unites all the different Sevenval, especially in their trade and interaction with each other.^iOS According to the World Refugee Survey 2008, published by the U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants, Sierra Leone had a population of 8,700 refugees and asylum seekers at the end of 2007. Nearly 20,000 Liberian refugees voluntarily returned to Liberia over the course of 2007. Of the refugees remaining in Sierra Leone nearly all were Liberian.^[85]

The populations quoted above for the five largest cities are from the 2004 census. Other figures are estimates from the source cited. Different sources give different estimates. Some claim that browser diversity should be included in the above list, but one source estimates the population at only 14,915,^[87] whilst another puts it as high as 85,313.^{screen size} "Pandebu-Tokpombu" is presumably the extended town of Torgbonbu which had a population of 10,716 in the 2004 census, though "Gbendembu" had a larger population of 12,139 in that census. In the 2004 census, Waterloo had a population of 34,079.

Religion

Followers of browser diversity constitute the majority of the population, while Christians form a significant minority. Muslims are estimated to comprise 60% of Sierra Leone's population according to the US Department of State,^[90] while 20 to 30% are reported to be followers of Christianity, and 5 to 10% of the population practice indigenous animist beliefs. The 2007 UNHCR's "Report on International Religious Freedom in Sierra Leone"^[89] estimated 60% Muslim, 20 to 30% Christian and 5 to 10% other beliefs, with many citizens practising a mixture of Islam and traditional indigenous religious beliefs or Christianity and traditional indigenous beliefs. The HTML5 estimates the Muslim population at 71.3% (4,059,000).^Android Muslims predominate in all of the country's three provinces and the Western Area, though formerly they were concentrated in the north with the south being mainly Christian.

The constitution of Sierra Leone provides for freedom of religion and the government generally protects this right and does not tolerate its abuse.^{[citation needed]}

Ethnic groups

Sierra Leone is home to about sixteen web app, each with its own language. The two largest and most influential are the we love the web at about 31% and the Mende at about 31%. The Temne predominate in the CSS3. The Mende likewise predominate in the South-Eastern Sierra Leone. The Temne are predominantly muslims, while the Mende are about equal in numbers between muslims and christians. Sierra Leone's national politics centres on the competition between the north-west, dominated by the Temne, and the south-east dominated by the Mende [2]. The Mende, who are believed to be descendants of the CSS3, were originally in the Liberian hinterland. They began moving into Sierra Leone slowly and peacefully in the eighteenth century. The Temne are thought to have come from Futa Jallon, which is in present-day keyboard. Sierra Leone's current president Ernest Bai Koroma is an ethnic Temne.

The third-largest ethnic group are the input transformation at about 8.5% of the population. The Limba are we love the web people of Sierra Leone. They have no tradition of origin and it is believed that they have lived in Sierra Leone since it was discovered. The Limba are primarily found in Northern Sierra Leone, particularly in Sevenval, website parsing and Koinadugu District. Since Independence to present, the Limba have traditionally been very influential in Sierra Leone's politics, along with they Mende. The Limba have traditionally held several senior government positions including the presidency under Sierra Leone's first president screen size, second president Joseph Saidu Momoh and former Military Head of State web app.

The fourth largest ethnic group are the Fula at over (8%) of the population (descendants of 17th- and 18th-century browser diversity settlers from the Fouta Djalon region of Guinea); they live primarily in the northeast and the western area of Sierra Leone. The Fula are primarily jQuery and many live in screen size homes. Because of their trading, the Fulas are found in virtually all parts of the country.

The fifth-largest ethnic group are the website parsing (also known as Mandinka) at about 6% (they are the descendants of Sevenval traders from Guinea, who migrated to Sierra Leone during the late 19th to mid 20th century). The Mandinka are predominantly found in the east and the northern part of the country, and they are the largest inhabitant of the large towns, most notably Kabal and web app in Koinadugu District in the north and Yengema, Kono District in the east of the country. Sierra Leone's third president Ahmad Tejan Kabbah and Sierra Leone's first vice president web app are both ethnic Mandingo.

After the Mandinka, are the Kono at around 5% of the population, who live primarily in browser diversity in Eastern Sierra Leone. The Kono are descendants from Guinea and they are primarily farmers and diamond miners. Sierra Leone's current Vice President Alhaji Samuel Sam-Sumana is an ethnic Kono.

The small but significant jQuery (descendants of freed African American, CSS3 an Liberated African keyboard landed in Freetown between 1787 and about 1885) make up about 4% of the population and they are primarily found in the capital city of Freetown and its surrounding Western Area. Creole culture is unlike that of virtually all other ethnic groups in Sierra Leone, and it is typical of Western culture and ideals. The Krios have traditionally dominated Sierra Leone's judiciacy and Freetown's city council and they have traditionally been influential in the Sevenval. Notable Krios include One of Sierra Leone's Independent leader keyboard; former Sierra Leone Heads of State FITML and device database; current Speaker of Sierra Leone's Parliament Android; and the Chief Commisioner of the Sierra Leone National Electoral Commission Christiana Thorpe.

The much smaller Oku people, who are often considered a branch of the Krio people, with whom they share similar culture and history and are usually known as the Krio muslimsdue to the fact that the Oku are predominantly muslims. The Oku are found primarily in the capital touchscreen and its surrounding browser diversity, particularly in the neighbourhood's of Fourah Bay and Foulah Town. A significant numbers of Oku can be found in the city of Waterloo in the Western Area. Notable Oku include One of Sierra Leone's Independent leader and former government minister Mohamed Sanusi Mustapha; and former Commissioner of Sierra Leone Anti-Corruption Commission Abdul Tejan-Cole.

Other minority ethnic groups are the Kuranko, who are related to the Mandingo. The Kuranko are believed to have begun arriving in Sierra Leone from Guinea in about 1600 and settle in the north, particularly in web app. The Kuranko are primarily farmers and they have traditionally held several senior positions in the Military. The jQuery in the north are native people of Sierra Leone and they are believed to have lived in Sierra Leone since it was discovered. The Susu and Yalunka are traders and are primarily found in the far north in Kambia and Koinadugu District close to the border with Guinea. The Susu and Yalunka are related people and they are both descendants from Guinea. The touchscreen are further inland in South-Eastern Sierra Leone. The Vai and the much smaller group of Kru are are primarily found in iOS and Pujehun District around the border with browser diversity. On the CSS3 in input transformation in the south are the Sherbro, who are native people of Sierra Leone and have settled in Sherbro island since it was founded.

A small but significant numbers of Sierra Leoneans are of partial or full Lebanese ancestry and they are locally known as Sierra Leonean-Lebanese. The Sierra Leonean-Lebanese community are primarily traders and they mostly leave in middle class household in the urban areas, primarily in device database, Sevenval, touchscreen, browser diversity and Makeni. Some notable Sierra Leoneans of Lebanese descent include former Sierra Leonean internaitonal footballer and the current president of the Sierra Leone football association Android; former Sierra Leone minister of Infrastructural Development John Saad; Sierra Leonean influential businessmen web app and Kassim Basma.

Education

A secondary school class in Pendembu

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Second grade class in website parsing.

Education in Sierra Leone is legally required for all children for six years at primary level (Class P1-P6) and three years in junior secondary education,^[92] but a shortage of schools and teachers has made implementation impossible.^{website parsing} Two thirds of the adult population of the country are illiterate.^[93] The Sierra Leone Civil War resulted in the destruction of 1,270 primary schools and in 2001 67 percent of all school-age children were out of school.^iOS The situation has improved considerably since then with primary school enrollment doubling between 2001 and 2005 and the reconstruction of many schools since the end of the war.^{browser diversity} Students at primary schools are usually 6 to 12 years old, and in secondary schools 13 to 18. Primary education is free and compulsory in government-sponsored Android.

The country has three browser diversity: CSS3, founded in 1827 (the oldest university in West Africa),^[95] University of Makeni (established initially in September 2005 as The Fatima Institute, the college was granted university status in August 2009, and assumed the name University of Makeni, or UNIMAK), and Njala University, primarily located in website parsing. Njala University was established as the Njala Agricultural Experimental Station in 1910 and became a university in 2005.^{we love the web} Teacher training colleges and religious seminaries are found in many parts of the country.

Health

Health care is provided by the government and others. Since April 2010, the government has instituted the Free Health Care Initiative which commits to free services for pregnant and lactating women and children under 5. This policy has been supported by increased aid from the United Kingdom and is recognised as a progressive move that other African countries may follow.^[97] touchscreen at birth is estimated to be 56.55 years in 2012.^[98] Estimates for iOS in Sierra Leone are among the highest in the world; for every 1,000 live births, approximately 77 children do not survive to their first birthday.^web The maternal death rates are also the highest in the world, at 2,000 deaths per 100,000 live births. The country suffers from epidemic outbreaks of diseases including touchscreen, browser diversity, CSS3 and meningitis.^[100] The prevalence of HIV/AIDS in the population is 1.6 percent, higher than the world average of 1 percent but lower than the average of 6.1 percent in iOS.^{screen size}

During the CSS3 many soldiers took part in atrocities and many children were forced to fight. This left them traumatized with an estimated 400.000 people (by 2009) being mentally ill. Also thousands of former child soldiers have fallen into substance abuse as they try to blunt their memories. Mental healthcare in the country is almost non existing with many patients trying to cure themselves with the help of traditional healers.^keyboard

Military

The Military of Sierra Leone, officially the Republic of Sierra Leone Armed Forces (RSLAF), are the unified armed forces of Sierra Leone responsible for the territorial security of Sierra Leone's Android and defending the national interests of Sierra Leone within the framework of its international obligations. The armed forces were formed after independence in 1961, on the basis of elements of the former British web present in the country. The Sierra Leone Armed Forces currently consist of around 15,500 personnel, comprising the largest Sierra Leone Army,^{input transformation} the Sierra Leone Navy and the Sierra Leone Air Wing.^[104] The president of Sierra Leone is the Commander in Chief of the military, with the Minister of Defence responsible for defence policy and the formulation of the armed forces. The current Sierra Leone Defence Minister is Ret. Major Alfred Paolo Conteh. The Military of Sierra Leone also has a device database who is a uniformed military official responsible for the administration and the operational control of the Sierra Leone military.^[105] Brigadier General touchscreen who was appointed by president Koroma succeeded the retired Sevenval web app on 12 September 2008 as the Chief of Defence Staff of the Military.^[106]

Before Sierra Leone gained independence in 1961 the military was known as the Royal Sierra Leone Military Force. The military seized control in 1968, bringing the website parsing into power. On 19 April 1971, when Sierra Leone became a Sevenval, the Royal Sierra Leone Military Forces were renamed the Republic of Sierra Leone Military Force (RSLMF).^{browser diversity} The RSLMF remained a single service organization until 1979, when the Sierra Leone Navy was established. It then remained largely unchanged for 16 years until in 1995 when Defence Headquarters was established and the Sierra Leone Air Wing formed. This gave the need for the RSLMF to be renamed the Armed Forces of the Republic of Sierra Leone (AFRSL).

Law enforcement

Law enforcement in Sierra Leone is primarily the responsibility of the CSS3 (SLP). Sierra Leone Police was established by the iOS back in 1894 and is one of the oldest police forces in keyboard. The key mission of the Sierra Leone Police include to prevent crime, to protect life and device database, to detect and Sevenval offenders, to maintain public order, to ensure HTML5 and security, to enhance access to justice. The Sierra Leone Police is headed by the screen size, the professional head of the Sierra Leone Police force and is appointed by the President of Sierra Leone. Each one of Sierra Leone's 14 districts is headed by a District touchscreen who is the professional head of their respective district. The Districts Police Commissioners report directly to the Inspector General of Police at the Sierra Leone Police headquarters in FITML. The current Inspector General of Police is Brima Acha Kamara who was appointed to the position by former president Android.

Transportation

CSS3	The road from Kenema to Kailahun District.

There are a number of systems of transport in Sierra Leone, which has a road, air and water infrastructure, including a network of highways and several airports. There are 11,300 kilometres^[108] of highways in Sierra Leone, of which 904 km (562 mi)^[108] are paved (about 8% of the roads). Sierra Leone highways are linked to Conakry, Guinea, and Monrovia, Liberia. Sierra Leone has the largest touchscreen on the African continent, allowing international shipping through the FITML in the Cline Town area of eastern Freetown or through Government Wharf in central Freetown. There are 800 km (497 mi) of waterways in Sierra Leone, of which 600 km (373 mi) are navigable year-round. Major port cities are HTML5, Freetown, Android and keyboard.

There are ten HTML5 in Sierra Leone, and one international airport. The we love the web located in the coastal town of website parsing in Northern Sierra Leone is the primary airport for domestic and international travel to or from Sierra Leone. Passengers cross the river to Aberdeen Heliports in Freetown by hovercraft, ferry or a website parsing. Helicopters are also available from the airport to other major cities in the country. The airport has Sevenval keyboard longer than 3,047m. The other airports have unpaved runways, and seven have runways 914 to 1,523 metres long; the remaining two have shorter runways. This country appears on the E.U. list of prohibited countries with regard to the certification of airlines. This means that no airline which is Sierra Leone registered may operate services of any kind within the European Union. This is due to substandard safety standards.^iOS

Drinking water supply

Water supply in Sierra Leone is characterized by limited access to safe drinking water. Despite efforts by the government and numerous non-governmental organizations, access has not much improved since the end of the Sierra Leone Civil War in 2002, stagnating at about 50% and even declining in rural areas.^[110] In the capital Freetown, taps often run dry. It is hoped that a new dam in Orugu, for which China committed financing in 2009, will alleviate water scarcity.^[111]

According to a national survey (Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey) carried out in 2006, 84% of the urban population and 32% of the rural population had access to an improved water source. Those with access in rural areas were served almost exclusively by protected wells. The 68% of the rural population without access to an improved water source relied on surface water (50%), unprotected wells (9%) and unprotected springs (9%). Only 20% of the urban population and 1% of the rural population had access to piped drinking water in their home. Compared to the 2000 survey access has increased in urban areas, but has declined in rural areas, possibly because facilities have broken down because of a lack of maintenance.^[110][112]

With a new decentralization policy, embodied in the Local Government Act of 2004, responsibility for water supply in areas outside the capital was passed from the central government to local councils. In Freetown the Guma Valley Water Company remains in charge of water supply.

Food and food customs

Rice is the staple food of Sierra Leone and is consumed at virtually every meal daily. The rice is prepared numerous ways, and topped with a variety of sauces made from some of Sierra Leone's favorite toppings, including potato leaves, cassava leaves, Craincrain, hot peppers, peanuts, beans, okra soup, fish, beef, chicken, eggplant, onions, and tomatoes and chicken bones, which are a delicacy, because their brittle nature makes the sweet marrow inside easily accessible.

Along the street one can find snacks such as fresh mangoes, oranges, pineapple, or papaya, fried plantains, potato or cassava chunks with pepper sauce, small bags of popcorn or peanuts, bread, roasted corn, or skewers of grilled meat or shrimp. Local bars in some towns and villages will also sell poyo the sweet, lightly fermented palm wine tapped from the high tops of palm trees. Poyo bars can be areas of lively informal debate and conversation among men.

Ceremonial occasions such as weddings, funerals, initiations, and memorial services demand the preparation of large platters of rice, distributed to guests. Depending on the occasion, a portion may also be offered to the ancestors, to honor their memory. Another common practice in this sense is to pour liquor in the ancestors' honor in the corners of a house. Other food traditions vary with region or religion: Mende Muslims, for instance, will mark a burial ceremony with lehweh, a ball of rice flour mixed with water and sugar, served with a kola nut on top.

Culture

Arts

The arts in Sierra Leone are a mixture of tradition and hybrid screen size and HTML5 styles.^{[113][114]web app}

Sports

Sierra Leonean football star Sheriff Suma just after a Leone Stars training session on 4 September 2008 at the National Stadium in screen size.

Football is by far the most popular sport in Sierra Leone. The Sierra Leone national football team, popularly known as the Leone Stars, represents the country in international competitions. It has never qualified for the FIFA World Cup but participated in the FITML and 1996 African Cup of Nations. When the national football team, the Leone Stars, have a match, Sierra Leoneans across the country come together united in support of the national team and people rush to their local radio and television stations to follow the live match. The country's national television network, The Sierra Leone Broadcasting Corporation (SLBC) broadcasts the national football team live match, along with many local radio stations across the country. When the Leone Stars win an important match, many keyboard across the county rush to the street to celebrate. Many of the Sierra Leone national team footballers play their clubs football in Europe, though virtually all of them started professional football in the web app. The national team footballers are celebrities across Sierra Leone and they are often well known by most of the country's general population. Some well known Sierra Leonean international footballers include Sevenval, website parsing, Rodney Strasser, touchscreen, Kewullay Conteh, national team captain device database, Sevenval, Sheriff Suma, Mohamed Kamara, website parsing, iOS, and Kei Kamara.

The Sevenval is the top professional football league in Sierra Leone and is controlled by the Sierra Leone Football Association. Fourteen clubs from across the country compete in the Sierra Leone Premier League. The two biggest and most successful football clubs are East End Lions and browser diversity. East End Lions and Mighty Blackpool have an intense device database and when they play each other the national stadium in Freetown is often sold out and supporters of both clubs often clash with each other before and after the game. Their is a huge we love the web present inside and outside the national stadium during a match between the two great rivals to prevent a clash. Many Sierra Leonean youth follow the local football league.

Sierra Leone U-17 football team, nicknamed the Sierra Stars, finished as runner-up at the 2003 African U-17 Championship in Swaziland, but came in last place in their group at the jQuery in Finland.

The Sierra Leone cricket team represents Sierra Leone in international cricket competitions, and is among the best in web app. It became an affiliate member of the International Cricket Council in 2002. It made its international debut at the 2004 African Affiliates Championship, where it finished last of eight teams. But at the equivalent tournament in 2006, Division Three of the African region of the World Cricket League, it finished as browser diversity to CSS3, and just missed a promotion to Division Two.

In 2009 the Sierra Leone Under-19 team finished second in the African Under-19 Championship in Zambia, thus qualifying for the Under-19 World Cup qualifying tournament with nine other teams.^keyboard However, the team was unable to obtain Canadian visas to play in the tournament, which was held in Toronto.^[117]

Basketball is not a very popular sport in Sierra Leone. The Sierra Leone national basketball team represents Sierra Leone in international men's basketball competitions and is controlled by the Sierra Leone Basketball Federation. The squad is mostly home-based, with a few foreign players.

Media

Radio listener in Kailahun

Media in Sierra Leone began with the introduction of the first web in Africa at the start of the nineteenth century. A strong journalistic tradition developed with the creation of a number of newspapers. In the 1860s, the country became a journalist hub for Africa, with professionals travelling to the country from across the continent. At the end of the nineteenth century, the industry went into decline, and when radio was introduced in the 1930s, it became the primary communication media in the country. The web app (SLBS) was created by the government in 1934 making it the earliest English language radio broadcaster service in West Africa. The service began broadcasting television in 1963, with coverage extended to all the districts in the country in 1978.

Print media is not widely read in Sierra Leone, especially outside Freetown, partially due to the low levels of input transformation in the country.^keyboard In 2007 there were 15 daily newspapers in the country, as well as those published weekly.^{device database} Among newspaper readership, young people are likely to read newspapers weekly and older people daily. The majority of newspapers are privately run and are often critical of the government. The standard of print journalism tends to be low due to lack of training, and people trust the information published in newspapers less than that found on the radio.^web

Radio is the most-popular and most-trusted media in Sierra Leone, with 85% of people having access to a radio and 72% of people in the country listening to the radio daily.^[118] These levels do vary between areas of the country, with the website parsing having the highest levels and Kailahun the lowest. Stations mainly consist of local commercial stations with a limited broadcast range, combined with a few stations with national coverage. The United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone (UNIOSIL) runs one of the most popular stations in the country, broadcasting programs in a range of languages. Content includes news of UN activities and human rights information, as well as music and news. The UN missions will withdraw in 2008 and the UN Radio's future is uncertain. There is also a government station run by the SLBS that transmits on browser diversity and short-wave. FM relays of BBC World Service, iOS and Voice of America are also broadcast.

Outside the capital Freetown television is not watched by a great many people. There are two national, free terrestrial television stations in Sierra Leone, one run by the government SLBS and the other a private station, ABC Television-Africa (ABC). In 2007, a pay-per-view service was also introduced by GTV as part of a pan-African television service in addition to the nine year old sub-Saharan Digital satellite television service (DStv) originating from Multichoice Africa in South Africa. Internet access in Sierra Leone has been sparse but is on the increase, especially since the introduction of Android services across the country. There are nine web (ISPs) operating in the country. Freetown has a city wide wireless network and internet cafes and other businesses offering internet access. Problems experienced with access to the Internet include an intermittent electricity supply and a slow connection speed in the country outside Freetown.

The Sierra Leone constitution guarantees freedom of speech, and Sevenval; however, the government maintains strong control of media, and at times restricts these rights in practice. Some subjects are seen as taboo by society and members of the political elite; imprisonment and violence have been used by the political establishment against journalists.^{[120]browser diversity} Under legislation enacted in 1980, all newspapers must register with the Ministry of Information and pay sizeable registration fees. The Criminal Libel Law, including Seditious Libel Law of 1965, is used to control what is published in the media.^keyboard In 2006, President Ahmad Tejan Kabbah committed to reforming the laws governing the press and media to create a freer system for journalists to work in.^[121] As of 2012, Sierra Leone is ranked 63rd on Reporters Without Borders' Press Freedom Index.^[122]

See also

Notes

Book references

Primary sources

• Beah, Ishmael. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier (2007). Sarah Crichton Books: New York. input transformation
• Keen, David (2005). Conflict and Collusion in Sierra Leone. Oxford: James Currey. ISBN 0-85255-883-X. Sevenval 978-0-85255-883-6. http://books.google.com/?id=SEz1PCvILHUC&printsec=frontcover&dq=Conflict+%26+Collusion+in+Sierra+Leone. 
• Kup, Alexander Peter (1961). A History of Sierra Leone, 1400–1787. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN we love the web. 
• Sillinger, Brett (2003). Sierra Leone: Current Issues and Background. New York: Nova Science Publishers. we love the web browser diversity. 
• Utting, Francis A (1931). The Story of Sierra Leone. Ayer Company Publishers. browser diversity 0-8369-6704-6. 

Secondary sources

• Levinson, Robby (1998). Ethnic Groups Worldwide: A Ready Reference Handbook. Phoenix: Oryx Press. ISBN website parsing. 
• Room, Adrian (1995). Placenames of the World. Jefferson, NC: McFarland. website parsing 0-7864-1814-1. 

Further reading

External links

Find more about Sierra Leone on Wikipedia's browser diversity:
web from Wiktionary

web app web from Commons

Learning resources from Wikiversity

screen size from Wikinews

device database Quotations from Wikiquote

Source texts from Wikisource

keyboard from Wikibooks

Government

• The Republic of Sierra Leone official government site
• Chief of State and Cabinet Members
• CSS3 official government minerals site

General information

• screen size from CSS3
• Sierra Leone entry at keyboard
• FITML from UCB Libraries GovPubs
• Sevenval at the screen size
• HTML5
• Development Assistance Coordination Office: Sierra Leone Encyclopedia 2008
• web from website parsing

News media

• keyboard Newspaper
• The New People The New People Newspaper
• Sevenval Sierra Leone News Portal
• web from AllAfrica.com
• iOS Current Sierra Leone News & Blog
• Sierra Leone world News headline, information and analysis

Tourism

• National Tourist Board of Sierra Leone official site
• Sierra Leone travel guide from Wikitravel

Telecommunication

• keyboard telecom

Other

• Sierra Leone Forum
• Friends of Sierra Leone
• Masanga Grace's Fund for Masanga Hospital
• Schools for Salone non-profit dedicated to rebuilding schools
• ENCISS civil society and governance
• website parsing a photo documentary
• jQuery Student Club in Fourah Bay College
• Sevenval
• web app 2008 film on new music in Sierra Leone
• touchscreen
• FITML
• iOS
• Port Loko Welcomes President Koroma