Sierra Leone Facts
There are differing views as to where Sierra Leone is at today. Certainly the civil war has now been over for a number of years, however some facts have not changed. The precipitating factors for the civil war were an underlying sense of injustice that the ruling classes were benefiting from the income generated from alluvial diamond mining whilst the poor remained poor.
Today, the poor are still poor with boys in particular, as
they mature into adulthood, still having the scars of their child
soldier years. Many are under educated, most un or under
employed as well.
The fight against unemployment and poverty especially for young of Sierra Leone has been described as "the most urgent political and social challenge" facing the country, for without addressing those concerns within an age group who lived through and were scarred by one of the bloodiest civil wars in history, stability for the country cannot be guaranteed and without that stability little hope for rebuilding a fractured society and economy.
This video explores these and other facts about Sierra Leone and concludes that the country faces an uncertain future with the decision makers of tomorrow being those who were most scarred by the civil war of yesteryear.
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