Sierra Leone Research Paper

Libya’s government is now being revamped to fit the modern era. Along with the three branch system that give a check and balance to the Libyan government, Libya also has a head of government like the U.S. The major difference is the head of the Libyan government is a Prime Minister instead of a President as well as the legislative branch being unicameral instead of bicameral like the

On a more local level there are governors, municipal governments, and mayors. The governors are elected by popular vote, but they were once appointed by the president. Each department has the right to establish lower governments known as municipal districts are. With in each district there is a municipal council which is elected by popular vote. The mayor is elected by popular vote to serve a two-year term, and just like the governors, the mayors used to be appointed by the presidents and controlled by the governor; all of this was changed with the 1991 constitution reform.

Liberia was the second free black republic but was established by white Americans based on racism.

From around 1800, people opposed slavery in the united states. Some abolitionists and slaveholders discussed the idea of setting up a colony in Africa as a place to relocate freed African-American slaves. They also tried to recruit colonists from among populations of free blacks and free people of color. Most opposed relocation, as they had been born and had claims to the United States.The first ship, Mayflower of Liberia, departed New York on February 6, 1820, for West Africa carrying 86 settlers. Between 1821 and 1838, the American Colonization Society developed the first settlement, which would be known as Liberia. On July 26, 1847, it declared its independence.in 1816, the future of Kru Country took a turn due to an event that took place

“Before the war, I had a very simple childhood…..and that changed very quickly” (Ishmael Beah-Child Soldier). Imagine the life of an American child, then think, what was life like for a child in Sierra Leone in 1991?... Abuse and torture, leaving you breathless. A child soldier who thereafter, lives with the emotional effects of war looking for a pathway to humanity. If he survives, the flashbacks will haunt him, yet he journeys on. Welcome to childhood... in Sierra Leone.

In 1991, the Sierra Leone Civil War started. Rebels invaded Beah's hometown, Mogbwemo, located in the Southern Province of Sierra Leone, and he was forced to flee. Separated from his family, he spent months wandering south with a group of other boys. At the age of 12, he was forced to become a child soldier. According to Beah's account, he fought for almost three years before being rescued by UNICEF.[1] Beah fought for the government army against the rebels. In 1997, he fled Freetown by the help of the UNICEF due to the increasing violence and found his way to New York City, where he lived with Laura Simms, his foster mother. In New York City, Beah attended the United Nations International School. After high school, he enrolled at Oberlin College and graduated in 2004 with a degree in Political Science.[1]

LaTessia Shane Professor Karmosky Geography 151 21 May 2015 California and Portugal Portugal and the Southwestern part of California both have the same climate type. The climate type is Mediterranean. Mediterranean climates have hot, dry, sunny summers and a winter rainy season. (Thomas et al.

Both share similar concepts of a group who holds the legislative powers (for example: Councils and Congress).

Freetown was one of the first West African colonies of Great Britain, and it is now the capital of Sierra Leone. Like other African nations that had been colonized, the people of Sierra Leone struggled for independence for almost 300 years. Colonies of Great Britain in West Africa gained independence between 1956 and 1968. Sierra Leone gained independence in 1961 with the help of chief minister Sir Milton Margai, and his political party, the Sierra Leone People’s Party. In the years that have followed Sierra Leone’s independence from Great Britain, the country has remained underdeveloped, and poverty has lowered the quality of life for Sierra Leoneans.

Uganda is a country located in Africa that is surrounded by Kenya and the Republic of Congo. Uganda’s capital is Kampala and some other major cities would be Gulu, Lira, Mbarara, Jinja, Bwizibwera, Mbale, Mukono, Kasese and Masaka. The coordinates are 1 00 N, 32 00 E and the total area of Uganda is two hundred forty one thirty eight thousand. The land is one hundred ninety seven hundred thousand square kilometers and the water being forty three nine hundred thirty eight thousand square kilometers. When you are comparatively speaking about Uganda it is just slightly smaller than the state of Oregon.

In the mid-1970s, the Portuguese colony lost its power in running the country of Angola; hence independency was gained (Marcum, 1976). This then meant that the citizens of the country were able to run their country as a unity through the governance system of democracy, enabling all citizens to have some sort of involvement in activities that are implemented in their country,

There was great suspicion of the president and in 1992; a group of young military officers launched a military coup, which sent the President into exile. In April 1996, the country held presidential and parliamentary elections for the first time under the system of proportional representation.

The New Zealand government at both a Local and National level is an excellent example of a modern, Representative Democracy. Different election systems, including First Past the Post (FPP), Mixed Member Proportional (MMP) and Single Transferable Vote (STV), are used to allow electors to select representatives to sit on Councils, Boards and in Parliament. Some elements of Constitutional Monarchy are present in the New Zealand system of democratically elected representatives within a constitutional Monarchy contrasts well with the dictatorship of Robert Mugabe in Zimbabwe.

Electoral systems in the region are mainly of the first-past-the post type. Electoral systems are essentially the electoral formula used for electing the executive and legislature. In the Anglo-Caribbean countries (except Guyana), the first-past-the-post system elects the members of parliament, a majority of whom nominate the prime minister. In the Latin Caribbean and Guyana the electoral formula is more complicated, often including proportional representation and either an indirectly or directly elected president. Caribbean electoral systems reflect the influence of the former colonial powers and national circumstances such as the racial composition of the population.

In the recently formed democracies of Africa, debate has arisen as to how the continued evolvement and improvement will achieve a stable and successful governing process. The article “Elections in Agrarian Societies,” by Joel Barkan argues his stance that proportional representation (PR) is the prime precedent for electoral process in developing democracies (Barkan, 106). Barkan acknowledges the accepted statistic of the experienced enfeeblement of communication