When the Revolutionary United Front (RUF) started their attacks on the Liberian border in 1991‚ one of the bloodiest civil wars in the past 20 years was initiated” (Breher). 1991 was the start of the civil war in Sierra Leone between the Revolutionary united front and the government forces. The war started when the revolutionary united front‚ or RUF‚ began campaigning against president Momon. The RUF began taking control of villages‚ taking food and other supplies‚ killing anyone who was did not
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The West African nation of the Ivory Coast was once a place for prosperity for the region. A crisis was set off in November 2010‚ when the ex-president‚ Laurent Gbagbo‚ refused to accept his defeat in a democratic presidential election he had postponed for years. Despite declarations and sanctions released by regional leaders along with the Untied Nations‚ Gbagbo clung to power and refused to recognize Alassane Quattara as the winner. A violent stalemate followed‚ as Mr. Gbagbo used security forces
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titled “Women Building Peace: The Liberian Experience‚” about how her life experiences‚ before‚ during‚ and after the Liberian civil war‚ led her to determine how to fight for Peace successfully. In her childhood‚ she was raised in a community in Liberia‚ where people treated everyone as equals. They did not see ethnic‚ racial‚ religious‚ or social status differences and lived in harmony‚ but when a civil war broke that changed dramatically. At first‚ she only thought that men could make a difference
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from Liberia as the result of the wars. I always think of where I would be if I was brought up in Liberia. I am very happy and grateful to have the opportunities I do. I am a proud Ivorian-Liberian-French-American. Liberia is the oldest republic in sub-Saharan Africa. The country was founded on the west coast of Africa by freed slaves who were sent there by the American Colonization Society‚ it is where I am from. The name “Liberia” comes from a Latin phrase
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Arthur Barclay Business College Stella Maris Polytechnic St. Joseph Campus‚ Capitol Hill‚ Monrovia‚ Liberia Course Title: English 201: Sophomore English I Topic: HIV/AIDS PANDEMIC: “Its Social Ramifications and Impacts on the Liberian Society” Thesis: Perhaps the most life-threatening‚ incurable but preventive disease to the human race is the HIV/AIDS Pandemic‚ and the awareness and understanding of its social ramifications and impacts on the Liberian society is paramount. Prepared
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Vice Guide to Liberia Vice guide to Liberia’s Shane Smith utilizes satire to set a gruesome mood using raw footage of ex cannibal warlords and a down trodden Liberia. Shane Smith shows the destructive culture by using allegory and descriptive voices to keep you engaged to hear the cries of people. Using juxtaposition shows the true comparison of an individual’s view of the same warn torn country of Liberia. The juxtaposition between Glenna’s motionless pictures and Vice Guides video left an on the
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PROPOSAL FOR THE DECENTRALIZATION OF PUBLIC PROCUREMENT IN LIBERIA 1. Introduction This report is prepared to serve as a tool for discussion on the decentralization of public procurement (spending of public funds) in Liberia. As an addition to the steps to be taken to ensure decentralization‚ requirements for the effective maintenance of a decentralized public procurement system are also outlined. 2. The preparation of this report is the result of studies made by procurement specialists in
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Helene’s parents. Her parents are both known as Honorables‚ because of their family history. Helene’s father’s ancestors date back to one of the first ships of freed blacks to be immigrated to Liberia and Calista’s was the first‚ her ancestor is Elijah Johnson‚ whom without there might have not been a Liberia. John’s children from his first marriage are John‚ Janice‚ whom goes to a boarding school in England‚ and Ora. Helene’s only full blood sister is Marlene. Victoria Dennis is Helene’s cousin and
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Urban Agriculture in and around Monrovia‚ Liberia Timothy Kortu Since the end of the war that raged from 1989 to 2003‚ Liberia has suffered from chronic food insecure and basic socio-economic infrastructure. Urban urban poverty‚ improve food security and enhance urban waste management in Monrovia and other Liberian cities. Recently the government acknowledging food security in the country. rity‚ due to the destruction of its agricultural sector agriculture provides a strategy to help reduce
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The civil warfare that raged from 1990 to 1997 and from 2001 to 2003 had a disastrous effect on the Liberian economy‚ with many business people fleeing the country as rebels gained control of vast quantities of gold‚ diamonds‚ natural rubber‚ and tropical hardwoods. Until the 1950s‚ Liberia’s economy was almost totally dependent upon subsistence farming and the production of rubber. The American-owned Firestone plantation was the country’s largest employer and held a concession on some one million
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