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Encyclopedia > Sulima, Sierra Leone

Sulima is a town in the extreme south east of Sierra Leone, lying at the mouth of the Moa River. Originally a trading post in the nineteenth century, it has a large population of refugees from Liberia. A trading post is a place where trading of goods takes place. ... Alternative meaning: Nineteenth Century (periodical) (18th century — 19th century — 20th century — more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 19th century was that century which lasted from 1801-1900 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar. ...


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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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