World Region Information --- Sierra Leone Information
We are researching Sierra Leone area information. The Republic of Sierra Leone is a country on the southwest coast of West Africa. We will feature information that seems to be good to know when advancing to Sierra Leone.
It borders Liberia to the southeast and Guinea to the north. The southwest faces the Atlantic Ocean.
Approx. 72,000 km2
Bo(150,000), Kenema(130,000), etc.
about 7.09 million people
Mende, Temne, Limba, Kono, Coranco, Fulani, Susu, Kissi, Rocco, Creole, etc.
English/Crio
Muslim 78%, Christian 21%
Built by freedmen from England, North America and Jamaica, Freetown has a strong Creole culture.
- Tacugama Chimpanzee Sanctuary
- River Number Two Beach
- Lumley Beach Road
- Bureh Beach
- Cotton Tree
- Bunce Island
- Sierra Leone National Railway Museum
- Gola Rainforest National Park
Six years of primary education and three years of secondary education are legally compulsory for all children. However, the shortage of schools and teachers has become a serious problem. The literacy rate is about 40%.
- Njala University
- Fourah Bay College
- University of Makeni
- Milton Margai College of Education and Technology
- The Eastern Technical University
1808 The settlement of Freetown becomes a British crown colony
1896 Becomes British protectorate
1961 Independence
1967 Military coup. Prime Minister Siaka Stevens fired
1968 Military coup. Siaka Stevens returns to power
1971 Proclamation of the Republic. Siaka Stevens sworn in as president
1978 Introduced a one-party system with the National People's Congress as the only legal political party through the enactment of a new constitution
1985 Stevens retired. Military commander Major Joseph Saidu Momo becomes president
1991 The Revolutionary United Front (RUF), led by ex-army corporal Foday Sankoh, launches an armed uprising against President Momo. Entering civil war. Adoption of a new constitution stipulating a multi-party system
1992 President Momo is ousted in a military coup led by Captain Valentine Strasser. Provisional government established
1996 Military coup led by Brig Julius Maada Baio ousts Captain Valentine Strasser. Ahmad Tejankaba elected president. Peace deal signed with Sanko rebels
1997 President Kaba is dismissed by the military. Major Coloma of the Military Revolutionary Council heads the military government. suspend the constitution. Ban on demos. abolish political parties. President Hippo defected to Guinea. UN Security Council Sanctions Prohibit Supply of Weapons and Petroleum Products
1998 Nigeria-led West African intervention forces storm Freetown. Destroy the Military Revolutionary Council. President Hippo returns to Freetown
1999 Rebels invade the capital. About 5,000 died in weeks of heavy fighting. UN intervention. peace agreement. United Nations forces arrive
2000 UN forces are attacked in the eastern part of the country, and 500 PKO personnel are detained. Rebels approach Freetown. British forces launch operations to rescue remaining British hostages
2001 Agreement reached between government and rebels on disarmament
2002 President Kaba declares disarmament complete. British withdrawal
2005 UN peacekeepers withdraw
2006 Former Liberian President Charles Taylor Arrested in Nigeria Handed Over to Sierra Leone War Crimes Court
2007 Ernest By Coloma Wins Presidential Election
2010 UN Security Council lifts sanctions against Sierra Leone
2012 Energy companies report oil discoveries off the coast of Liberia and Sierra Leone. President Coloma is re-elected
2013 Dispatched to Somalia to participate in the African Union peacekeeping mission
2014 A state of emergency was declared due to the outbreak of Ebola hemorrhagic fever. 3 days curfew
2015 Vice President Samuel Sam Sumana applies for asylum at the US Embassy. President Coloma dismisses him
2018 Julius Maada Baio Wins Presidential Election
It is a presidential republic. The president is the head of state, head of government, and commander-in-chief of the Sierra Leone Armed Forces. The parliament is unicameral.
- Sierra Leone State House
- Parliament of Sierra Leone
- Supreme Court of Sierra Leone
$505
It is a least developed country and is said to be overly dependent on the development of minerals such as diamonds and gold.
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