Passage 3The Sierra Leone(塞拉利昂) civil war in 1990 was financed(资助) by the trade in illegal (非法的) stones. The beautiful but bloody stones are also known as “blood diamonds”.Although the diamonds come from Sierra Leone and Liberia(利比亚), people in the twocountries never get rich...
Ismail RashidAssociation of Sierra Leone StudiesResearch in Sierra Leone Studies WeaveRashid, I. 2013, `The Sierra Leone Civil War and the Remaking of ECOWAS' in Research in Sierra Leone Studies: Weave 1: 1: 1 -21.
To document the prevalence of risk factors for cardiovascular disease in an unstudied community, a survey of 130 participants from different areas of Sierra Leone was performed. The focus was on cardiovascular disease because its prevalence had not been studied and World Health Organization (WHO) ...
civil war that lasted until 2002 in which two million people were displaced; consists of coastal swamps rising to a plateau in the east. Official language: English. Religion: Muslim majority and animist. Currency: leone. Capital: Freetown. Pop: 5 612 685 (2013 est). Area: 71 740 sq km ...
a1999年,塞拉里昂(Sierra Leone)陷入全面内战,战况惨烈无比。战乱中,一直以从事钻石换军火肮脏交易为生的Danny(莱昂纳多•迪卡比奥饰)因走私入狱,在狱中他却得知黑奴Solomon(德蒙•杭苏饰)早前在钻石矿做苦力的时候发现一块蕴藏极品粉红钻石的原矿石,于是他借故接近Solomon,想从他口中套出钻石的下落。Solomon其实...
Sierra Leone's biodiversity and the civil war. Washington, D.C.: Biodiversity Support Program.Squire, C (2001) Sierra Leone’s biodiversity and the civil war: A case study. Biodiversity Support Program, Washington, DCSquire, C.B. 2001. Sierra Leone's biodiversity and the civil war. A ...
The Sierra Leone civil war that ended in January 2002 was particularly brutal and left the country economically devastated. Four-and-a-half years later, Sierra Leone was selected as one of two countries to receive focussed attention from the newly created United Nations Peacebuilding Commission (...
blockade,encirclement- a war measure that isolates some area of importance to the enemy armed forces,armed services,military,military machine,war machine- the military forces of a nation; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 bu...
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Sierra Leone: A Jewel of West Africa Introduction: Nestled on the shores of the Atlantic Ocean in West Africa, Sierra Leone is a country of rich cultural heritage, stunning natural beauty, and a resilient people. Despite enduring significant challenges, including a civil war and the Ebola epidem...