Sierra Leone Civil War Research Paper
The Civil War in Sierra Leone
I. Introduction Between 1991 and 2002, Sierra Leone was heavily damaged by a tremendously violent civil war. This civil war erupted because of the mounting dissatisfaction of the people, especially the youth that were engrossed by the rebellious Revolutionary United Front (RUF), towards the politics of the country that was set apart by its corruption, negligence and electoral violence. It took the lives of over 50,000 individuals, displaced over two million inhabitants and also heavily ruined their national economy. According to Paul Collier and Marguerite Duponchel (2010), Sierra Leone was at the lowest level of the United Nations Development Programme’s (UNDP) Human Development Index (HDI) after the …show more content…
Four years after the war was over, in 2006, the last group of the 17,500 soldiers flew out of Freetown and left the newly trained police in charge. Nowadays, the country is advertised as a tourist attraction with the help of British travel companies. They want sophisticated and adventurous travelers, who usually visit other more established tourist destinations, to come to Sierra Leone and have cocktails by their beautiful beaches. One example is Lakka beach, which was a luxury destination before the war. It is trying to attract tourists by running several restaurants and organizing fishing excursions for Europeans tourists. Sierra Leone’s goal is to be recognized for its chocolate coconut bars rather than by the awful civil war that occurred. (Desai, …show more content…
[online] Available at: http://articles.cnn.com/2010-10-12/world/ernest.koroma.sierra.leone_1_ernest-bai-koroma-sierra-leone-diamonds?_s=PM:WORLD [Accessed: 14 Mar 2012].
Bellows, J. and Miguel, E. (2005) War and Institutions. New Evidence from Sierra Leone, 7 (3), p.7-10.
Collier, P. and Duponchel, M. (2010) The Economic Legacy of Civil War. Firm Level Evidence from Sierra Leone, 26 (3), p.3-6.
Denov, M. (2010) Child soldiers: Sierra Leone 's Revolutionary United Front. New York: Cambridge University Press, p.210-215.
Desai, A. (2010) Sierra Leone 's long recovery from the scars of war. Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 88 (10), p.3.
Gberie, G. (1998) War and state collapse: The case of Sierra Leone. MA Thesis. Wilfrid Laurier University.
Harsch, E. (2007) Conflict resources: from ‘curse’ to blessing. Africa Renewal, 20 (4), p.17-23.
Humphreys, M. and Weinstein, J. (2008) The Determinants of Participation in Civil War. American Journal of Political Science, 52 (2), p.437-440.
Jow, A. (2004) Children and the Armed Conflict. In: Humper, J. et al. eds. (2004) Sierra Leone Report of the Truth and Reconcilitation Commission. 1st ed. Accra, Ghana: Graphic Packaging Ltd,
I. Introduction Between 1991 and 2002, Sierra Leone was heavily damaged by a tremendously violent civil war. This civil war erupted because of the mounting dissatisfaction of the people, especially the youth that were engrossed by the rebellious Revolutionary United Front (RUF), towards the politics of the country that was set apart by its corruption, negligence and electoral violence. It took the lives of over 50,000 individuals, displaced over two million inhabitants and also heavily ruined their national economy. According to Paul Collier and Marguerite Duponchel (2010), Sierra Leone was at the lowest level of the United Nations Development Programme’s (UNDP) Human Development Index (HDI) after the …show more content…
Four years after the war was over, in 2006, the last group of the 17,500 soldiers flew out of Freetown and left the newly trained police in charge. Nowadays, the country is advertised as a tourist attraction with the help of British travel companies. They want sophisticated and adventurous travelers, who usually visit other more established tourist destinations, to come to Sierra Leone and have cocktails by their beautiful beaches. One example is Lakka beach, which was a luxury destination before the war. It is trying to attract tourists by running several restaurants and organizing fishing excursions for Europeans tourists. Sierra Leone’s goal is to be recognized for its chocolate coconut bars rather than by the awful civil war that occurred. (Desai, …show more content…
[online] Available at: http://articles.cnn.com/2010-10-12/world/ernest.koroma.sierra.leone_1_ernest-bai-koroma-sierra-leone-diamonds?_s=PM:WORLD [Accessed: 14 Mar 2012].
Bellows, J. and Miguel, E. (2005) War and Institutions. New Evidence from Sierra Leone, 7 (3), p.7-10.
Collier, P. and Duponchel, M. (2010) The Economic Legacy of Civil War. Firm Level Evidence from Sierra Leone, 26 (3), p.3-6.
Denov, M. (2010) Child soldiers: Sierra Leone 's Revolutionary United Front. New York: Cambridge University Press, p.210-215.
Desai, A. (2010) Sierra Leone 's long recovery from the scars of war. Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 88 (10), p.3.
Gberie, G. (1998) War and state collapse: The case of Sierra Leone. MA Thesis. Wilfrid Laurier University.
Harsch, E. (2007) Conflict resources: from ‘curse’ to blessing. Africa Renewal, 20 (4), p.17-23.
Humphreys, M. and Weinstein, J. (2008) The Determinants of Participation in Civil War. American Journal of Political Science, 52 (2), p.437-440.
Jow, A. (2004) Children and the Armed Conflict. In: Humper, J. et al. eds. (2004) Sierra Leone Report of the Truth and Reconcilitation Commission. 1st ed. Accra, Ghana: Graphic Packaging Ltd,