Sierra Leone maintains formal relations with many Western nations. It also maintains diplomatic relations with the former Soviet Bloc countries as well...
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Sierra Leone, (/siˌɛrə liˈoʊn(i)/ , also UK: /siˌɛərə -/, US: /ˌsɪərə -/; Krio: Salone) officially the Republic of Sierra Leone, is a country on the southwest...
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overview of and topical guide to Sierra Leone: Sierra Leone – sovereign country located in West Africa. Sierra Leone is bordered by Guinea in the northeast...
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declared a republic. On 27 April 1961, Sierra Leone, until then a British colony, became an independent Dominion within the Commonwealth, retaining Queen...
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The Gallinas River in Sierra Leone reaches the Atlantic between Cape Saint Ann and Grand Cape Mount. Strictly speaking, the Gallinas River is an archaic...
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Gambia, Sierra Leone, and Mauritius retained their Dominion status for more than three years. As the above quote indicates, the term Dominion was sometimes...
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Samuel Ajayi Crowther (category Sierra Leone Colony and Protectorate people)
Atlantic slave trade. The liberated peoples were resettled in Sierra Leone. In Sierra Leone, Ajayi adopted the English name Samuel Crowther, and began his...
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Sierra Leonean nationality law is regulated by the Constitution of Sierra Leone, as amended; the Citizenship Act, and its revisions; and various international...
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Newfoundland was a British dominion in eastern North America, today the modern Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. It included the island of...
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Foreign relations of Cuba (redirect from Cuba–Sierra Leone relations)
programs to Africa and the Middle East, sending military missions to Sierra Leone in 1972, South Yemen in 1973, Equatorial Guinea in 1973, and Somalia...
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Ed (16 March 2017). "Sierra Leone pastor finds 709-carat diamond". UPI. Retrieved 19 March 2017. "The Peace Diamond | London DE". 15 December 2017. "Lucara...
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Royal Style and Titles Act (section Sierra Leone)
Sierra Leonean monarch the title and style Elizabeth the Second, Queen of Sierra Leone and of Her Other Realms and Territories, Head of the Commonwealth. The...
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Seychelles Seychelles Monetary Authority Bank of Sierra Leone Charles Heddle, Freetown Commercial Bank of Sierra Leone Bank of Somaliland South African Reserve...
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all of the Maroons to establish Freetown in Sierra Leone four years later, where they formed the Sierra Leone Creole ethnic identity. In this period, British...
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was sometimes referred to as the Dominion of Ghana during this period, it never held the formal status of Dominion within the British Empire. The country...
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Commonwealth of Nations from 1948 to 1972, that shared a monarch with other dominions of the Commonwealth. In 1948, the British Colony of Ceylon was granted...
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Australia (redirect from Dominion of Australia)
self-governing British settler colonies were given the status of self-governing dominions within the British Empire. Australia was one of the founding members of...
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governor-general, the federation was neither a dominion nor an independent country.) Governor-General of Sierra Leone (1961–1971) Governor-General of the Union...
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Irish Free State (redirect from Dominion of Ireland (1922–1937))
(IRA) – and British Crown forces. The Free State was established as a dominion of the British Empire. It comprised 26 of the 32 counties of Ireland. Northern...
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German Empire collapsed in 1918. Elizabeth II ceased to be Queen of Sierra Leone in 1971 when the country became a republic. Chogyal Palden Thondup Namgyal...
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for Gallantry Ceylon Police Medal, for Gallantry Sierra Leone Police Medal, for Gallantry Sierra Leone Fire Brigades Medal, for Gallantry Mauritius Police...
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QSMV Dominion Monarch was a UK passenger and refrigerated cargo liner. Her name was a reference to the Dominion of New Zealand. The unusual prefix "QSMV"...
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members. Crown colonies with nominated councils, such as British Honduras, Sierra Leone, British Windward Islands and Hong Kong, were staffed entirely by Crown-appointed...
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List of longest-reigning monarchs (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
(sovereign 1 October 1960, republic 1 October 1963; 3 years, 0 days) Sierra Leone (sovereign 27 April 1961, republic 19 April 1971; 9 years, 357 days)...
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for Gallantry Ceylon Police Medal, for Gallantry Sierra Leone Police Medal, for Gallantry Sierra Leone Fire Brigades Medal, for Gallantry Mauritius Police...
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Granville Sharp (category Sierra Leone Creole history)
abolitionist cause, Sharp also championed the creation of a free colony in Sierra Leone, which encouraged black people in Britain to settle in west Africa. His...
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Namibia Niger Nigeria Rwanda São Tomé and Príncipe Senegal Seychelles Sierra Leone Somalia South Africa South Sudan Sudan Tanzania Togo Tunisia Uganda Zambia...
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Uganda (1962–1963) (redirect from Dominion of Uganda)
republic de jure until 1966 with Obote's conflict with President Edward Mutesa II. Mara Malagodi, Luke McDonagh and Thomas Poole. "The Dominion model of...
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Canada (category Member states of the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie)
American colonies through Confederation, Canada was formed as a federal dominion of four provinces. This began an accretion of provinces and territories...
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Republic's revolutionary parliament. Éamon de Valera, the Republic's President, opposed the proposed dominion status for Ireland; instead, he advocated...
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