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More than 4,000 people were slaughtered as rebel forces took control of the city. Women were randomly raped and thousands of children were conscripted.

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Ukraine was once a vital part of the Soviet military machine

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Ukraine was once a vital part of the Soviet military machine

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hadrian

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More than 7,500 people who came into contact with Ebola victims were protected from the deadly disease by a new vaccine

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More than 7,500 people who came into contact with Ebola victims were protected from the deadly disease by a new vaccine

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Sierra Leone and the Kingdom recently signed a cooperation agreement in Jeddah to help improve the standard of living in the African country.

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41%

Adult literacy rate

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48

Life expectancy at birth

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13.2%

Parliamentary seats held by women

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70%

of youth are unemployed or underemployed

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Hadrian

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60%

of Sierra Leoneans live below the national poverty line

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Lopez Lomong: From war child to U.S. Olympics star

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Lopez Lomong: From war child to U.S. Olympics star

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http://edition.cnn.com/2012/08/06/sport/lopez-lomong-lost-boy/index.html#

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Sierra Leone has a Constitutional democracy.

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"Emotions weren't allowed," he continued. "For example a nine-year-old boy cried because they missed their mother and they were shot,"

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The population was 5,743,725 in 2014.

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total population: 58.2 years

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HADRIAN VARNUM

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http://www.infoplease.com/country/sierra-leone.html
Sierra Leone became an independent nation on April 27, 1961. A military coup overthrew the civilian government in 1967, which was in turn replaced by civilian rule a year later. The country declared itself a republic on April 19, 1971.

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civil war

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"Somebody being shot in front of you, or you yourself shooting somebody became just like drinking a glass of water. Children who refused to fight, kill or showed any weakness were ruthlessly dealt with..."

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Hadrian Varnum

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sierra leone national animal ;represnts peace and dignity

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sierra leone national animal ;represnts peace and dignity

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http://www.infoplease.com/country/sierra-leone.html Sierra Leone is half the size of Illinois

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The flight records helped Peleman crack the case of an illegal arms deal in 1999 that delivered missiles, grenade launchers and thousands of AK-47 assault rifles to Liberia.  These same weapons ultimately made their way into the hands of the rebels in neighboring Sierra Leone

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6,018,888 people

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http://www.infoplease.com/country/sierra-leone.html
Sierra Leone, on the Atlantic Ocean in West Africa, is half the size of Illinois. Guinea, in the north and east, and Liberia, in the south, are its neighbors. Mangrove swamps lie along the coast, with wooded hills and a plateau in the interior. The eastern region is mountainous.

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The government of Sierra Leone is a unitary presidential constitutional republic.

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During this period rebel groups like the Revolutionary United Front (RUF) -- who were notorious for hacking off limbs and indoctrinating children into their struggle -- fought government forces and their offshoots for control of the diamond rich West African state.

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18 is the legal minimum age for voluntary military service (younger with parental consent); women are eligible to serve; no conscription; candidates must be HIV negative (2012)

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Sierra Leone has seen serious and grotesque human rights violations since 1991 when the civil war erupted. According to Human Rights Watch, over 50,000 peoplehave been killed to date, with over one million people having been displaced.

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Sierra Leone has seen serious and grotesque human rights violations since 1991 when the civil war erupted. According to Human Rights Watch, over 50,000 peoplehave been killed to date, with over one million people having been displaced.

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the Portuguese explorer Pedro de SINTRA named the country "Serra Leoa" (Lion Mountains) for the impressive mountains he saw while sailing the West African coast in 1462

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It so happened that the U.S. State Department had spotted the same illegal arms shipment from the Ukraine, but decided to take no action beyond filing a demarche -- a written reprimand -- to the Ukrainian government. Washington, sources say, was more concerned with "loose nukes" in Ukraine and Russia than the export of small weapons to Africa.

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More than 4,000 people were slaughtered as rebel forces took control of the city during a three-week rebel siege of the capital city in 1999

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Sierra Leone, officially the Republic of Sierra Leone, is a country in West Africa

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Tens of thousands of citizens were killed a mutilated, and it lasted for a decade, it was a civil war in Sierra Leone that started in 1999. 35,000 dollars in cash was stolen and $500,000 in diamonds.

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Tens of thousands of citizens were killed a mutilated, and it lasted for a decade, it was a civil war in Sierra Leone that started in 1999. 35,000 dollars in cash was stolen and $500,000 in diamonds.

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HUNTER KILGORE

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Responding to the violence in Sierra Leone, the U.N. sent the largest peacekeeping force in the world to enforce peace in January 1999.

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http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/stories/sierraleone/thestory.html

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Use this space to post links to some of the rap/hiphop artists Ishmael mentions in the first few chapters

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Michigan State University site: (click on Sierra Leone and get facts; has additional links that they can use to support research including the CIA Factbook)

http://exploringafrica.matrix.msu.edu/

Sierra Leone All Stars:

http://www.refugeeallstars.org/

Link to MCHS resources- http://www.madison.k12.ga.us/schools/mchs/school-resources/mchsmediacenter/