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girls and women deal with the consequences and every year 3 million girls are circumcised.(UNICEF 2013)⁠ Sierra Leone, located in West-Africa, is one of the countries where FGM is practiced (textbox 1). Here, prevalence of FGM is about 90%. Types I and II (table 1) are most prevalent, accounting together for about 75%.(DHS 2013)⁠ FGM occurs in all 16 ethnic groups in Sierra Leone, in highest amount in the Temne and

Sierra Leone was the area highest hit by Ebola currently as of the 17th of January, 2016 out 15216 laboratory confirmed cases 8705 of those were from Sierra Leone. (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2016) It not been where this Ebola outbreak started but when it got there, it hit the area hard. More cases steadily showed up until its peak somewhere around October to December of 2014. The cases from there quickly declined and the outbreak settled down. On November 7th of 2015, the World

This has slowly stopped due to organizations like Kimberley Process, who prevent the illegitimate movement of diamonds across borders. (“Diamondfacts.org”) This mad rush for power can have massive repercussions. In the 1990s, blood diamonds in Sierra Leone alone made up 4% of the world’s rough diamond population. Rebels were using these diamonds to pay for their conflicts. All of these different rebel groups were using one source of diamonds to pay for practically their whole organization. (“Diamondfacts

Somatey Tan American University of Health Sciences Rise Above Ebola The latest outbreak of Ebola is one of the largest epidemics in history. Starting in West Africa, it has spread to neighboring countries such as Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, causing numerous fatalities (Darrel, 2014). The Center for Disease Control (CDC) has identified five different strains of the Ebola virus—Zaire, Sudan, Reston, Bundibugyo and Tai—with Zaire and Sudan cited as being the most harmful strains with 68%

Sierra Leone: Corrupt from Blood Diamonds Isn’t the invention of the cotton gin beautiful, almost a miracle that it could produce more cotton without as much work there was to be executed? This was true, until slave owners in the 1800’s decided to buy even more slaves to increase their profits more than ever before, much like how the industry of blood diamonds worked. Blood diamonds have erupted to the scene as a major problem in the African nation known as Sierra Leone, causing the major issue

rights violations. The Conflict exists for many years, profits have been made from the illegal trade of diamonds, Rebels and warlords use the diamonds to buy arms. There are many countries involved in the illicit trading the blood diamond, Sierra Leone, Republic of Congo, Liberia, and Angola. This assignment is about the history of the Blood diamond, focusing on the Conflicts Issues, Ethical and Unethical Issues and what is been doing to end the conflict. History of Blood Diamond The first diamond

training, and security services, but their use in offensive actions or assistance with so called “black operations” should be circumscribed to the point of nonexistence. I will analyze two cases studies where PMCSs were deployed: Iraq and Sierra Leone to determine the positive and negative ramifications of their deployment. PMCs have upheld human rights in the vast majority of areas where they have been deployed, and it has not been shown that they are

In the film Blood Diamond, the director Edward Zwick uses the opening and closing scenes to show the socio-political effects of western consumerism in an underdeveloped society, in particular the Conflict Diamond trade and its effects, he uses this to highlight the idea of the ‘boy being the diamond’ within the film. Consumerism is seen to be the cause of death and destruction in the once beautiful landscape of Africa with portrait shots of mountains and beautiful sunsets. In both scenes the director

ALWG Notes Chapter 1: January 1991 two years before the civil war in Sierra Leone Ishmael, Junior(brother), Talloi, and Mohamed learn rap music. 2 years later while traveling to the town of Mattru there village is attacked while they are gone and they are now stuck at Mattru Jong to wait for word from their family. Chapter 2: Ishmael awakes from a nightmare from the past in present day New York where he had been for a month. He and his group had just killed another group of people and did not care

same illness and wondering when it will be your turn to proverbially “kick the bucket”. For many survivors of the Ebola disease, this situation would be far too familiar. In March 2014, the Ebola virus outbreak began in West Africa, mainly in Sierra Leone, Liberia, and Guinea. According to a recent figure from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), there have been a total of 28616 Ebola cases and 11310 deaths from Ebola in these three countries (2014). There were many unpalatable symptoms