Sierra Leone West African homeland and political summary on the destination for resettling black loyalists who had originally been resettled in Nova Scotia.
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Sierra Leone President, Sierra Leone military, economy
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| Julius Maada Wonie Bio President of Sierra Leone elected in April 4, 2018 |
Retired Brigadier Julius Maada Wonie Bio is a
Sierra Leonean born on May 12, 1964 in Tihun, a village in the Sogbini
Chiefdom, Bonthe District, in the Southern Province of Sierra Leone, Maada is
one of 35 children born to a Mende Paramount Chief, Charlie Bio II, of Sogbini
Chiefdom. He was briefly the Head of State of Sierra Leone from January 16,
1996 to March 29, 1996. Bio is currently the President of Sierra Leone elected
in April 4, 2018 winning just over 51% of votes.
Since then his governmental offices launched a
free education program and is retooling its governance and financial and health‑care
institutions. On health care, President
Bio called on international partners to help invest in critical institutional,
technical and human resources and to help improve the country’s preventative
health infrastructure.
One of the world’s poorest nations despite huge mineral and diamond deposits, Sierra Leone is recovering gradually from civil war (1991-2002) and disease. Its economy remains fragile, with corruption widespread in the former British colony.
One of the world’s poorest nations despite huge mineral and diamond deposits, Sierra Leone is recovering gradually from civil war (1991-2002) and disease. Its economy remains fragile, with corruption widespread in the former British colony.
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| Sierra Leone |
Before the Ebola outbreak, Sierra Leone was on
track to overcome its troubled past. The countries Ebola epidemic threatened to
stop the progress of Sierra Leone economic and social growth. The post-Ebola
recovery period is proving challenging. Bio was in a group of youthful soldiers
behind a 1992 coup that would install their leader, Valentine Strasser, as the
youngest head of state in the world, at age 25. He later took power but agreed
to step aside in 1996 for an elected civilian leader, and his subsequent
apologies for his role in the military installed government.
Sierra Leone name is from the Portuguese explorer
Pedro de Sintra who named the country Serra
Leoa (Lion Mountains) for the impressive mountains he saw while navigating
the West African coast in 1462. Following the American Revolution, a colony was
established in 1787 and Sierra Leone became a destination for resettling black
loyalists who had originally been resettled in Nova Scotia. After the abolition
of the slave trade in 1807, British crews delivered thousands of Africans
liberated from illegal slave ships to Sierra Leone, particularly Freetown.
Sierra Leone hope is to become a middle-income
country, be an inclusive, green country, with 80% of the population above the
poverty line, have gender equality, a well-educated, healthy population, good
governance and rule of law, well-developed infrastructure, macroeconomic
stability, with private-sector, export-led growth generating wide employment
opportunities; there would be good environmental protection, and responsible
natural resource exploitation.
