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'We fall and we rise': Some amputees in Sierra Leone turn to farming to combat discrimination
Sierra Leone's brutal civil war from 1991-2002 created about 28,000 amputees FREETOWN, Sierra Leone -- Lahai Makieu struck the bamboo with a machete until it cracked and fell. Balancing on his ...
Michaela DePrince, Who Survived Sierra Leone’s Civil War to Become a Star Ballerina, Dies at 29
When Michaela DePrince was living in an orphanage during Sierra Leone’s civil war in the late 1990s, death was all around her ...
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Sierra Leone
The International Rescue Committee provides vital support to Sierra Leoneans recovering from civil war, the Ebola epidemic, the COVID-19 pandemic and the global impacts of the war in Ukraine. Located ...
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From a colonial hill town to Idris Elba’s island masterplan: what do these Sierra Leone developments tell us about urban elites?
Sierra Leone’s capital, Freetown ... portrayed as a place of violence and suffering – epitomised by its civil war in the 1990s and the devastating Ebola outbreak from 2014 to 2016 – the ...
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Liberia war crimes: Sierra Leone rebel commander acquitted by court in Finland
He had moved to Finland in 2008 and was arrested two years ago. Mr Massaquoi was a school teacher when Sierra Leone's civil war began in 1991. He joined the RUF, quickly rising through the ranks ...