Liberia

As Liberia began to enter a condition of pure destruction, the role of women became increasingly marginalized. Though large numbers of women felt the extreme results of the situation, they were nonexistence in the efforts of peacemaking. An organization called “The West Africa Network for Peacebuilding,” or (WANEP) brought attention to the growing problem on the status of women in Liberia as well as other nations in West Africa. Soon after, WANEP established the Women in Peacebuilding Network (WIPNET)

The 2014 Ebola Epidemic: Interactions in Culture, Biology and Ecology Introduction The geography of the 2014 Ebola epidemic The first cases of the 2014 epidemic were reported in Gueckedou Province, Guinea in March of 2014. This epidemic was the most geographically extensive outbreak within a single country. The first recorded outbreak occurred in simultaneous outbreaks in Democratic Republic of Congo (then Zaire) and Sudan in 1976, killing 280 out of 318 cases. (MSF UK, 2016) Fruit bats are considered

Imagine being diagnosed with a life threatening disease. No cure has been found, and the disease is highly contagious. This is essentially what having the Ebola virus would be like. The three affected West African countries of Guinea, Sierra Leone, and Liberia are doing all that they can to contain and eliminate the Ebola virus. However, every country has a different method for handling crisis. These differing methods can be shown in the recent bringing of the Ebola virus to the United States from Western

part of Liberia called Lofa near the Guinea border. As these suspected cases were announced by the news, the government along with the House Representatives did not give much attention to the news but instill, informed the citizens that the information was not real and there is no need for people to get penny. Because it has no harm to the lives of the Liberian people. However, as fair overshadow, citizens called on the talked shows asking the government to close the border between Liberia and Guinea

Sierra Leone, the county located in West Africa. Sierra Leone happens to be one of many developing countries in the world. “Sierra Leone won its independence in the year of 1961” (Wiki,2015) “The population of Sierra Leone is 6.092 million people as of 2013”(World Bank, 2015). With a low income level as well, Sierra Leone’s GDP is 4.136 billion calculated in U.S currency (World Bank). Because of the country being in a low state financially, international lending institutions such as the World

Staring into the eyes of a photographed teenager who lost both hands to rebel’s machetes at the Waterloo Camp in Sierra Leone I felt a surge of mixed emotions: pain, compassion, anger, discontent and the need for a more effective campaign against “conflict diamonds.” Recently, rapper Kanye West raised the issue of conflict “blood” diamonds in his song “Diamonds” (featuring Jay-Z). Conflict diamonds — diamonds mined and traded by rebel groups — have been the source of murder and mutilation in the

“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

with his colonel Arnold Vosloo in another illegal business of smuggling diamonds from Sierra Leone to Van de Kaap Company, Moldavia through the Liberian boarder. This was the only point where those smuggled diamonds could be certified as mined from Liberia, in order to be legally exported to other countries. At some point, Danny is arrested at the Liberian border grasslands for smuggling. He is taken to prison and loses all the diamonds. In prison, he comes across Solomon Hounsou, a fisherman who lost

The RUF then realized that they could obtain money from the diamond mines in eastern Sierra Leone, they took over extremely large areas of land and started mining the diamonds, then they began illegally smuggling the diamonds into Liberia, selling the diamonds and receiving a great deal of money, and using that money to buy weapons and supplies to use against innocent civilians and the government. (Sierra Leone’s Civil War). These diamonds played a crucial part in the war because without

Africa is one of the most beautiful continents in the world—from its numerous rich resources to the diverse culture of the people who reside there. Africa is considered to be the oldest inhabited territory on earth, with the human species originating from the continent (New World Encyclopedia). Studying maps of Africa from the centuries ago and those from more recent times show how the perspective of the African continent has changed over time. From the earliest map on record, I found out a lot about