SIERRA LEONE Just about the size of South Carolina, Sierra Leone is a tropical country in west Africa. It’s more than 71,000 square kilometers and has a population estimated at 4.8 million. It was colonized by great Britain in 1808-1961. With over twelve ethnic groups, and several languages, Sierra Leone is very diverse. The official and commercial language of the country is English, and each group has its own ethnic language, but, an important vehicle of …showed first 75 words of 1248 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1248 total…that they find peace at last among all the death and destruction around them. Sierra Leone(http://gbgm-umc.org/africa/sierra-leone/sprofile.html) march 18, 2000 Background paper on refugees and asylum seekers from Sierra Leone(http://www.unhcr.ch/refworld/country/cdr/cdrsle.htm#1.2) March 20, 2000 NCRRR (http://www.sierra-leone.gov.sl/nbt/NCRRR.html) March 20, 2000 Sowing Terror in sierra leone (http://www.sierra-leone.org/pratt042399.html) March 17, 2000 Human Rights (http://www.sierra-leone.org/usds013098.html) March 17, 2000