sIERRA+LEONE

BIRTH RATE: 45-08
=== MORTALITY RATE: UNDER 5 Tropical climate- it supports a ground cover of drought resistant grasses with scattered trees, but not enough rainfall to make a griculture a viable, life sustaining activity. === === The driest time in the Sierra Leone is on February and the rainiest time is July and August. The hottest time of the year is March and Aprial and the coldest time is August. ===



Culture: Sierra Leone ethnic drees is called diaspora dress women make their own material for different ocations Food: They mostly eat rize with vegetables. They eat this bowl of food mostly every day to keep their diet right. :  =ART: They have a lot of different art like ethno- tribal, native, traditional, ritual, and tribal. = 1821 ** : Freetown, the capital, is a port city and commercial hub Settled by freed and rescued slaves in 1991 RUF rebels waged a campaign of amputation and rape

1998 ** Searching for diamonds: The gems helped to fund the war

2002 ** : The rebels did not spare children from mutilation

2004 : RUF leader Foday Sankoh was idolised as a lion by supporters RUF was notorious for mass rape and mutilations during civil war Sankoh died before being tried by UN-backed war crimes court Charles Taylor (right) faces a UN-backed court
 * 2005 **