Joseph Saidu Momoh

Before the civil began the city wasn’t in the best shape because of two corrupt presidents Siaka Stevens from1968 to 1985 and Joseph Saidu Momoh from1985 to 1992 (Grant, 2005). The leadership of Sierra Leone has taken a more positive approach since President Koroma was elected. He was invited to meet President Obama in the Oval Office on March 28, 2013. In October 2013, Sierra Leone

“What is the relationship between greed and grievance as motivating factors in violent conflict? Use at least one case study to illustrate your argument” The greed and grievances theory provides opposing arguments as to what really are the causes for violent conflict. Scholars have conducted numerous researches on a number of violent conflicts in attempt to analyze to what extent greed or grievances appear to be motivating factors for violent conflicts such as civil wars etc. Those who believe

The Sierra Leone civil war began in 1991 with the attacks of the Revolutionary United Front (RUF), led by former army corporal Foday Sankoh, on government military and civilian targets. As a response to the corrupt government of President Joseph Saidu Momoh, the RUF quickly turned to acts of terror and violence with little regard to its apparent political agenda . The RUF is fighting the government for control of the diamond fields so they can purchase arms for war. They terrorise the local tribes

conflict started, the numerous participants and their affiliations, and cessation as well as the effects thereafter. On the 23rd of March 1991, the Sierra Leone Civil War begins. Prior to this event, President Joseph Saidu Momoh had just declared the country to have only one party. The

Position Paper for the Social, Humanitarian & Cultural Committee Topic 1: Media Freedom and Censorship Most recently stricken by the international virus Ebola and still recovering from a life-altering civil dispute, Sierra Leone is situated in Western Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean. With a tropical, diverse climate Sierra Leone has an area of 71 740 km2 and an estimated population of 6 million residents . The largest of the population is located in the economic hub, political center

Sierra Leone or the Republic of Sierra Leone is West African country that borders to the north and east with Guinea, to the southeast with Liberia, and to the west and southwest with Atlantic Ocean. It is a beautiful country with white sand beaches, orange and coconut trees all around, and people of good hearts; however Sierra Leone or Sa Lone in its native language, Krio, has been underdeveloped and was struggling for many years to gain its independence as a British Colony. Even thou, now Sierra

INTRODUCTION. In early 1991 Sierra Leone had an outbreak of civil war was economically and politically on the edge of collapsing due to the twenty four years of exploitation and misrule under Siaka Stevens and Joseph Saidu Momoh who was his chosen successor, and had left the country heavily dependent on foreign aid and loans. The state was divided between the client of the All People’s Party regime, a growing number of a bitter political and business rivals, mismanagement and corruption. The civil