Tag Archives : Sierra Leone

In which continent a user is less likely to be the victim of a malicious attack? According to the research laboratory of AVG free antivirus maker, is South America, with Brazil being in 98th position (one in 155 chance of being infected). Countries in the question, the navigations are the safest place in Sierra Leone (one in 696), Nigeria (one in 442) [...]

Tony Blair and Gordon Brown have presided over more than a decade of almost continuous war. It started with air strikes on Iraq in 1998. Kosovo, Sierra Leone, Afghanistan, Iraq proper, and ‘a much bigger Afghan commitment’ followed. Much of the sentiment regarding the largely Western-waged war on terror has made Britain regard the war in Afghanistan [...]

The trafficking of cocaine in Guinea-Bissau is controlled within mansions in Bissau, where the South American heads of trafficking and their men manage the arrivals and departures of tons of cocaine. A global network and local consumption, high profits and political risks of explosion, this is the summary on the general impact of the sudden transformation [...]

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), Japan holds the record for having the world’s longest life expectancy – at close to 90 years. The country also has one of the world’s lowest child mortality rates, indicated by WHO statistics: ‘For every 1,000 babies of both sexes born in Japan, 996 will make it past their fifth birthday [...]

This is indeed shocking. But yes, Female Genital Mutilations (FGM) is still a brutal traditional practice in Sierra Leone and other parts of Africa. Girls as young as 10-12 are forced to undergo painful ‘circumcision’ rituals, which leaves them in pain for rest of their lives. No one is allowed to protest. Last month a journalist who reported this [...]