Ellen Johnson Sirleaf Ellen Johnson Sirleaf was born on October 29‚ 1938‚ in Monrovia‚ Liberia. She was mixed with Gola and German heritage and her father was the first indigenous Liberian to sit on the national legislature. As a child‚ she was schooled in the United States. After school in the U.S.‚ she moved back to Liberia and graduated from The College of West Africa at Monrovia. At age 17‚ she married a man named James Sirleaf‚ and they were later divorced. She later went to Madison Business
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FRANKLIN Two US humanitarian workers who contracted Ebola while working in Liberia have been released from Emory University hospital in Atlanta after receiving an experimental drug treatment which has yet to go through full clinical and human trials. Dr. Kent Brantly of Texas and Nancy Writebol‚ a missionary from North Carolina‚ contracted Ebola while responding to the outbreak in Liberia. Brantly and Writebol were both treated in the hospital’s containment unit‚ which is specially
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The events of one’s childhood‚ even acknowledging that nature does play a part‚ effectively determines the humanity of a person. Childhood by definition is the early stage in the existence of something. The stage in which one develops a sense of self‚ begins to feel a purpose‚ and matures greatly. Because of the substantial importance of the course an individual’s childhood certain rights have been determined universally fundamental to all children regardless of race‚ sex‚ gender‚ location‚ or beliefs
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he Gullah and Geechee culture on the Sea Islands of Georgia has retained ethnic traditions from West Africa since the mid-1700s. Although the islands along the southeastern U.S. coast harbor the same collective of West Africans‚ the name Gullah has come to be the accepted name of the islanders in South Carolina‚ while Geechee refers to the islanders of Georgia. Modern-day researchers designate the region stretching from Sandy Island‚ South Carolina‚ to Amelia Island‚ Florida‚ as the Gullah Coast—the
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because CII is clearly at fault however; Mrs. Collins and her attorney definitely do not know what jurisdiction this situation falls under. The flag of convenience in this case is flagged in Liberia. Under Admiralty law‚ a ship ’s flag determines what country has jurisdiction. Therefore the laws of Liberia have jurisdiction here. 2. The private law ramifications are large because there seems to be a breach of security. The two employees who robbed the Collins’ got passed the companies screening
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Cote D’Ivoire Cote D’Ivoire‚ also known as the “Ivory Coast”‚ is a country in the Western Africa. It borders the Atlantic Ocean between Ghana and Liberia. It lies on the West African coast on the Gulf of Guinea. It is located on the east by Ghana‚ on the north by Burkina Faso and Mali‚ and on the west by Guinea and Liberia. It is slightly larger than the size of New Mexico‚ outlining a square of 560 kilometers on a side and an area of 322‚460 square kilometers. Its name “Ivory Coast” was given
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the African continent and the world. Nigeria is one African country that has played many major roles in peace keeping all over the Africa and the world. A clear is example was the role played by Nigeria in the restoration of peace and stability in Liberia and sierra Leon. General Sani Abacha called in the Nigeria’s enormous military might and restored a democratic government when a certain army Major Jonny Paul Koroma toppled the government of President Tijani Kabba of Sierra Leon. Nigeria has used
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“Pray The Devil Back to Hell” A documentary on the civil war and conflict in Liberia c. 1989 I regretfully cannot claim prior knowledge to the atrocities that took place during Liberia’s first-ever civil war. As I sat in silence absorbing as much information from the documentary “Pray the Devil Back to Hell”‚ I noticed‚ within myself‚ a gradual progression of empathy for the women speaking and being filmed‚ and especially those who were too disturbed by their experiences and scared into silence
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The Civil War in Sierra Leone I. Introduction Between 1991 and 2002‚ Sierra Leone was heavily damaged by a tremendously violent civil war. This civil war erupted because of the mounting dissatisfaction of the people‚ especially the youth that were engrossed by the rebellious Revolutionary United Front (RUF)‚ towards the politics of the country that was set apart by its corruption‚ negligence and electoral violence. It took the lives of over 50‚000 individuals‚ displaced over two million inhabitants
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entering the slave force about 1.7 million entered it. Since this trade was illegal it was even more profitable than before. The slaves that were stopped from being shipped all the way west were being sent to Freetown‚ Sierra Leone and Monrovia‚ Liberia and they were called recaptives. These were towns set up by the British and some liberal Americans to send former slaves and recaptives back to their home continent. It wasn’t their home but it certainly was a
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