The world observes World Food Day on October 16, F.A.O has launched the campaign “healthy diets for Zero Hunger”. In a world where 820 Million people suffer from hunger and even more are overweight or obese, Sierra Leone is definitely NOT in the favored side of the balance. Sierra Leone is a tropical country located […]
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Sierra Leone
Surface area: 71, 740 sq. km/
Population: 7,076,641 (2015)/
Capital city: Freetown/
Life expectancy: 49/
Currency: Leone/
Per capita income: US $684 (2015)/
Poverty: 70% live below the poverty line/
Infant mortality: 87.10 (per 1,000 births)/ Human Development Index: 0.413/ Literacy rate 58.7% for males and 37.7% for females/
President: Ernest Koroma/
Languages: English, Krio, Temne and Mende/
Religions: Islam and Christianity/
Agriculture: cocoa beans, diamonds, aluminium and titanium ores/
Politics: Sierra Leone is a constitutional republic with a directly elected President and a unicameral legislature.