Sierra Leone country profile
Source: CIA
A homeless young orphan of the Sierra Leone war sits on a pile of rubbish at the ferry port in Lungi, Sierra Leone, as the last Nigerian contingent of the United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone (UNAMSIL), in the background awaits the ferry to the airport at the end of the Contingent's tour of duty. (Source: UN Photo/Eric Kanalstein)
- General overview
- Water in Sierra Leone
- Energy in Sierra Leone
- Human Development Index
- Ecoregion:
- Regional biodiversity hotspot (Guinean forests of West Africa)
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Citation
Surface, Maggie (Lead Author); Lakhdar Boukerrou (Topic Editor). 2008. "Sierra Leone country profile." In: Encyclopedia of Earth. Eds. Cutler J. Cleveland (Washington, D.C.: Environmental Information Coalition, National Council for Science and the Environment). [Published in the Encyclopedia of Earth June 4, 2008; Retrieved November 28, 2008]. <http://www.eoearth.org/article/Sierra_Leone_country_profile>


