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Sierra Leone - Country Page (10184 words) |
 | Sierra Leone's war gained worldwide attention for the key role diamond trade and mining played in fueling the conflict as well as the brutal tactics of the rebel force, the Revolutionary United Front (RUF) frequently amputated the limbs of women, men and children. |
| The Sierra Leone Women's Movement for Peace was formed by women's professional and political organisations to prepare for the 1995 UN Women's Conference in Beijing. |
| Alan Doss is the UN Resident Coordinator in Sierra Leone. |
| A tale of squandered opportunities: Sierra Leone (6943 words) |
| Sierra Leone Ascended the Independence podium in 1961 a proud and satisfied nation; in fact it was the envy of sister countries in Africa and elsewhere. |
| It is evident that poverty in Sierra Leone is a serious social, economic and political condition in which the poor have insufficient feeding, ill-health, illiteracy, lack of access to safe drinking water, inadequate housing as well as lack of equality of opportunity and access to information and powerlessness. |
| Sierra Leone’s qualification in 2001 for the HIPC Initiative also requires it to prepare the full PRSP which should outline in detail the country’s strategies as well as articulating its plans to reduce poverty. |
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