August 16). The Forgotten War: The Sierra Leone Civil War - YouTube. YouTube. Retrieved November 13‚ 2012‚ from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tiqHKFMPhHw 8 9. Lovgren‚ S. (2004‚ April 6). Rwanda‚ Ten Years Later: Justice Is Elusive‚ Despite Peace. Daily Nature and Science News and Headlines | National Geographic News. Retrieved November 13‚ 2012‚ from http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2004 10 11. Olonisakin‚ F. (2008). chapter 1. Peacekeeping in Sierra Leone: the story of UNAMSIL (p. 1). Boulder:
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EPA to spread regulations to limit the greenhouse gas emissions from the electricity generation‚ transportation‚ industrial and commercial economic sectors as defined by EPA’s Inventory of Sierra Leone Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks. The affected sectors represent approximately 85% of the overall Sierra Leone emissions for the year 2010. The bill also would provide for the trading of emissions allowances and reductions through the government provided greenhouse gas database which would contain
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countries Mariatu went to in the stories because it made a big change in the story. B. One main big decision made by Mariatu was choosing whether or not to stay in England or go back to Sierra Leone and apply for a green card to Canada . The reason why to important is because she might not be able to leave Sierra Leone. It would most likely impact her own future and only hers. The last main decision Mariatu had to make was when she wanted to go to school‚ because every day she’d change her mind all
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A Motley Crew in the American Revolution – Vectors of Revolution In the chapter “A Motley Crew in the American Revolution” authors Peter Linebaugh and Marcus Rediker imply that sailor‚ slave and labor revolts set the stage for the American Revolution. Throughout this chapter of the book “The Many-Headed Hydra” the authors listed and cited historical facts to support their claim that a ”Motley Crew” (multiethnic‚ multiracial and organized group of people with a common goal) not just inspired
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Taylor for allegedly funding the war in nearby Sierra Leone‚ which had claimed the lives and limbs of many. Many of the survivor arms and legs were amputated. It was speculated that Mr. Taylor was funding the war in Sierra Leone because he wanted to have control of the Diamond mines. In the years to come‚ the International community would impose an embargo on the Liberian Government and Charles Taylor for funding the war in neighboring Sierra Leone‚ 11 counts of war crimes‚ crimes against humanity
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In the 1997 movie Amistad‚ Steven Spielberg illustrates the events that took place in 1839 on the Spanish ship‚ The Amistad (La Amistad). The movie travels through the events with vivid and powerful emotion. The slaves‚ even though they could not speak English‚ undoubtedly demonstrated their intense longing for freedom in Spielberg’s version of the historical event. The setting of Amistad proved to be frequently accurate. The backdrop of the movie was unfailing to the period in which it occurred
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expectancy is one of the most utilized measurements in the demographics of a country. Low life expectancy is generally found in developing countries as they have a lower quality of life‚ this generally occurs in countries in Africa such as Nigeria‚ Sierra Leone and Malawi as the standard of living is lower than in countries with higher life expectancies like Sweden‚ Iceland and Japan. Low life expectancy can occur for many reasons such as famine and poverty‚ war‚ disease and bad healthcare‚ which are
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History of Social Media: Then and Now. Retrieved from Small Business Trends website: smallbiztrends.com/2013/05/the-complete-history-of-social-media-infographic.html Chad McCordic‚ (2014). Ebola Frontline: Social Media is raising Ebola Awareness in Sierra Leone.
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Samori Touré ( 1830 – 1900 ) African military leader. A Muslim‚ he began to amass a personal following in the mid-1850s‚ establishing a military base on the Upper Niger. By 1870 his authority was acknowledged throughout the Kanaka region of the River Milo‚ in what is now eastern Guinea. By 1880 he ruled a vast Dyula empire‚ from the Upper Volta in the east to the Fouta Djallon in the west‚ over which he attempted to create a single Islamic administrative system. His imperial ambitions clashed
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Blood diamonds have greatly affected the native populations in Africa. For example during the war in Sierra Leone‚ which started in 1991 and ended in 1999‚ the RUF took advantage of the native people because they could not defend themselves. This war that took place in these years claimed over 75‚000 lives and caused many native people to become refugees. They would take young girls and women away from their families and force them into sexual slavery. Many of these girls did not have a choice because
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