Sierra Leone

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Official name: Republic of Sierra Leone Area: Government: Official languages: Monetary unit: Cities:

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Contents 1 Geography 1.1 Location 1.2 Climate 1.3 Natural Resources 2 Demographics 2.1 Peoples 2.2 Provinces 3 Life 4 Economy 5 Government 5.1 Presidential and General elections are scheduled for August 11, 2007 in SIERRA LEONE 6 Religion 6.1 Islam 6.2 Buddhism 6.3 Animist 6.4 Christianity 6.4.1 History 6.4.2 Churches 6.4.3 Church and State Relations 6.4.4 Mission 6.4.5 Broadcasting 6.4.6 Councils and Networks 7 Future Trends 8 For More Reading

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• Sierra Leone is a country in West Africa. It is bordered by Guinea on the north and Liberia on the south, with the Atlantic Ocean on the west. The name Sierra Leone was adapted from the Portuguese name for the country: Serra Leoa. The literal meaning is "Lion Mountain Range". During the 1700s Sierra Leone was an important centre of the transatlantic trade in enslaved Africans. The capital Freetown was founded in 1787 (received its charter in 1792) by the Sierra Leone Company as a home for enslaved Africans who had fought for the British in the American War of Independence. In 1808, Freetown became a British Crown Colony, and in 1896, the interior of the country became a British Protectorate. The Crown Colony and Protectorate joined and gained independence in 1961. From 1991 to 2002, the country suffered greatly under the devastating effects of rebel incursions. To end rebel activities, UN and British forces disarmed 17,000 militia and rebels, in the largest UN peacekeeping act of the decade. The average life expectancy at birth of a Sierra Leonean is 38 years for males and 43 years for females. * The World Factbook

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• The Provinces of Sierra Leone

• The Cities of Sierra Leone

[[Freetown] capital of Sierra Leone

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[edit] Presidential and General elections are scheduled for August 11, 2007 in SIERRA LEONE

• One of the most impoverished nations in the world
• Presidential and General elections are scheduled for August 11, 2007.
• Pray against violence during the elections. That God would nullify the "win by all means" mentality in many candidates.
• Pray for the next President- that the people of Sierra Leone will have a caring and God-fearing leader.
• Pray for Christians as they participate in the election of their political leaders.
• Pray that religious sentiments (Muslim vs. Christian) will not contaminate the election process.

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[edit] Islam

60%

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• 10%

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• 30%

• The unchallenged power of the occult lies behind all the greed and cruelty, and also the powerlessness of the Church. Many Christians have compromised in this area; nominalism and sin are the result. Pray that these powers may be bound, the influence of secret societies broken and that covenants made with demonic powers may be renounced.

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[edit] For More Reading

• Wikipedia
• Joshua Project
• GRN