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Sierra Leone

NOUN
  1. a republic in West Africa; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1961

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  • Today, because of that initial donation, we have been able to raise additional funding for the now formidable Salone Microfinance Trust to fund microcredits for over 7,000 Sierra Leonean women and men! Tiffany Persons: The Never-ending Story of One Donation
  • A British cruiser chased us fruitlessly for two days off Sierra Leone, and enabled me not only to test the sailing qualities, but to get the _sailing trim_ of the "Estrella," in perfection. Captain Canot or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver
  • Sierra LeoneEnglish (official, regular use limited to literate minority), Mende (principal vernacular in the south), Temne (principal vernacular in the north), Krio (English-based Creole, spoken by the descendants of freed Jamaican slaves who were settled in the Freetown area, a lingua franca and a first language for 10% of the population but understood by 95%) Languages
  • The former human rights and insurance lawyer said his commission would have no compunction about prosecuting corrupt foreign investors in court in the capital Freetown, and that could land them in a Sierra Leonean prison. West African leaders pledge to battle corruption
  • There are, however, many cultural barriers to be surmounted on the path toward a unified and modernized Sierra Leone.
  • OKE: Sierra Leone is short of the resources needed to fully rehabilitate all of the ex-child combatants. CNN Transcript Aug 27, 2005
  • Introduction Prior to the recent controversy over the transfer of arms, little international attention was devoted to Sierra Leone.
  • Civil servants and ministers were accused of conniving with the company in the supply of arms to Sierra Leone.
  • It is never safe to flash wads of cash or walk around drunk in the middle of the night, whether in Sweden or Sierra Leone.
  • The former dictator of Sierra Leone, now deposed, is living in his mom's place and playing cards at the local bar these days. Boing Boing: July 28, 2002 - August 3, 2002 Archives
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