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    Sierra Leone is a multilingual country. English is the official language, and Krio is the most widely spoken language among the different ethnic groups...
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    only PRSL. Sierra Leonean Sign Language is a variety or descendant of American Sign Language (ASL) used in schools for the deaf in Sierra Leone, or at least...
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  • The Sierra Leone Civil War (1991–2002), or the Sierra Leonean Civil War, was a civil war in Sierra Leone that began on 23 March 1991 when the Revolutionary...
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    The Sierra Leone Creole people (Krio: Krio pipul) are an ethnic group of Sierra Leone. The Sierra Leone Creole people are descendants of freed African-American...
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    The United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone (UNAMSIL) was a United Nations peacekeeping operation in Sierra Leone from 1999 to 2006. It was created by the...
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    city of Sierra Leone. It is a major port city on the Atlantic Ocean and is located in the Western Area of the country. Freetown is Sierra Leone's major...
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  • Sierra Leone first became inhabited by indigenous African peoples at least 2,500 years ago. The Limba were the first tribe known to inhabit Sierra Leone...
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  • Thumbnail for Geography of Sierra Leone
    Sierra Leone is a country in West Africa with a North Atlantic Ocean coastline to the west. It lies on the African Plate. The country's main geographical...
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    for Sierra Leone, or the "Special Court" (SCSL), also called the Sierra Leone Tribunal, was a judicial body set up by the government of Sierra Leone and...
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    Sierra Leone, officially the Republic of Sierra Leone, is a country on the southwest coast of West Africa. It shares its southeastern border with Liberia...
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    The economy of Sierra Leone is $4.082 billion by gross domestic product as of 2018. Since the end of the Sierra Leone Civil War in 2002, the economy is...
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    Sierra Leone maintains formal relations with many Western nations. It also maintains diplomatic relations with the former Soviet Bloc countries as well...
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  • Thumbnail for Julius Maada Bio
    1964) is a Sierra Leonean politician who has served as president of Sierra Leone since 4 April 2018. He is a retired brigadier in the Sierra Leone Army and...
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  • Thumbnail for Ebola virus epidemic in Sierra Leone
    An Ebola virus epidemic in Sierra Leone occurred in 2014, along with the neighbouring countries of Guinea and Liberia. At the time it was discovered, it...
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    Koidu (redirect from Koidu, Sierra Leone)
    Sierra Leone. The population of Koidu Town is 124,662 based on the 2015 Sierra Leone national census. Koidu Town is the fifth largest city in Sierra Leone...
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    The Nova Scotian Settlers, or Sierra Leone Settlers (also known as the Nova Scotians or more commonly as the Settlers), were African Americans who founded...
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    Ahmad Tejan Kabbah (category Presidents of Sierra Leone)
    February 1932 – 13 March 2014) was a Sierra Leonean politician who served twice as the 3rd President of Sierra Leone, from 1996 to 1997 and again from 1998...
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  • Milton Margai (category Members of the Legislative Council of Sierra Leone)
    Province of British Sierra Leone to Mende parents. He was the oldest of eighteen children. At the time of his birth, Sierra Leone was a British protectorate...
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    Creole, Guyanese Creole, Belizean Creole, Jamaican Patois and the Sierra Leone Krio language of West Africa. Gullah crafts, farming and fishing traditions...
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  • The history of the Jews in Sierra Leone date back at least to the 15th century, when Sephardi Jewish traders and explorers arrived in the region from Portugal...
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    Mende people (category Ethnic groups in Sierra Leone)
    The Mende are one of the two largest ethnic groups in Sierra Leone; their neighbours, the Temne people, constitute the largest ethnic group at 35.5% of...
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  • benne ("sesame"). The Gullahs’ English-based creole language is strikingly similar to Sierra Leone Krio of West Africa and contains such identical expressions...
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    Mustapha Bundu (category Sierra Leone men's international footballers)
    February 1997) is a Sierra Leonean professional footballer who plays as a forward for EFL Championship club Plymouth Argyle and the Sierra Leone national team...
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  • The Limba language, Hulimba, is a Niger-Congo language of Sierra Leone and Guinea. It is not closely related to other languages and appears to form its...
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    Temne people (category Ethnic groups in Sierra Leone)
    Northern Province of Sierra Leone. Some Temne are also found in Guinea. The Temne constitute the largest ethnic group in Sierra Leone, at 35.5% of the total...
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  • Mohamed Kallon (category Sierra Leone men's international footballers)
    Kallon was born on 6 October 1979 in Kenema, Sierra Leone. Kallon is the younger brother to former Sierra Leone international footballers Kemokai Kallon and...
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  • Thumbnail for Sierra Leonean nationality law
    Sierra Leonean nationality law is regulated by the Constitution of Sierra Leone, as amended; the Citizenship Act, and its revisions; and various international...
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  • Alex Bangura (category Sierra Leone men's international footballers)
    a Sierra Leonean professional footballer who plays as a left-back or a winger for English EFL Championship club Middlesbrough and the Sierra Leone national...
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    Ernest Bai Koroma (category Members of the Parliament of Sierra Leone)
    Bai Koroma (born 2 October 1953) is a Sierra Leonean politician who served as the fourth President of Sierra Leone from 17 September 2007 to 4 April 2018...
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    Committee for the Relief of the Black Poor (category Sierra Leone Creole organisations)
    crucial role in the proposal to form a colony for black refugees in Sierra Leone. The work of the Committee overlapped to some extent with the campaign...
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