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Over the last several decades, governments have collectively pledged to slow global warming. But despite intensified diplomacy, the world is already facing the consequences of climate…
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October 23, 2019
Sierra Leone
Behind Sierra Leone’s Ambitious, Tech-Driven Development Plan
Sierra Leone currently ranks as one of the least developed countries in the world, with a GDP per capita of less than $300 and high levels of poverty. But President Julius Maada Bio has charted an ambitious development plan for the small West African country. Since 2017, President Bio has overseen increased investment in advanced technologies in the hopes of spurring development.
June 8, 2012
Asia
Elizabeth Leader: Trip by Panetta Affirms Shifting U.S. Stance
Elizabeth Leader is a research associate for Southeast Asia at the Council on Foreign Relations. The visit of Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta to Southeast Asia last week reaffirmed the Obama adm…
May 11, 2016
Wars and Conflict
Sierra Leone’s Girls in the Aftermath of Ebola
This article is by Dara Jackson-Garrett, a program associate at the Council on Foreign Relations. It has been nearly two years since Sierra Leone reported its first death caused by Ebola. The outb…
October 9, 2012
Sub-Saharan Africa
Avoiding Political Violence in Sierra Leone
This is a guest blog post by Mohamed Jallow, Program Development Specialist at IntraHealth International. He was previously a program associate at the Council on Foreign Relations. Sierra Leoneans g…
November 30, 2011
Sub-Saharan Africa
Sierra Leone: Change You Can (Not) Believe In
http://youtu.be/DDisMlwlSgk This is a guest post by Mohamed Jallow. He is an interdepartmental associate at the Council on Foreign Relations and graduate of the CUNY Colin Powell Center for Policy S…