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In May 1997, disgruntled soldiers, led by Major Johnny Paul Koroma, toppled President Kabbah and invited the RUF to join the government. The two groups – rebels and renegade soldiers -- controlled the capital city for nine brutal months, threatening to blow up entire neighborhoods if the ECOMOG forces then besieging Freetown attempted to enter. ECOMOG finally liberated Freetown and returned Kabbah to power in February 1998, but the Army and RUF attacked Freetown again on January 6, 1999, murdering and raping their way across a city of a million people. That date marks the climax of the crisis, and many of the artworks in this exhibition reflect on the terror of that unforgettable day. The international community was completely disengaged from Sierra Leone during the early years of the crisis and especially during the reign of Sani Abacha, the Nigerian leader, because they did not want to be seen to be dealing with Nigeria. Nigerian led ECOMOG footed all the bills until late 1999. In July 1999, a sub-regional initiative led by Nigeria with participation of President Bill Clinton’s administration, spearheaded a peace deal with the rebels. This time, Sankoh was made Vice-President, and given official control of Sierra Leone’s diamond industry. Other RUF leaders were also granted high positions in government, and the rebels were given amnesty for their crimes. In return, they were required to disarm. But the rebels were a criminal group incapable of cooperating with the international community, and in May, 2000, they captured 500 UN peacekeepers sent to monitor the peace agreement, and seized their weapons and vehicles. This prompted military intervention by Great Britain. Sankoh was captured and imprisoned. On May 14, 2002, Sierra Leone held a peaceful democratic election monitored by the United Nations, marking the end of the decade-long rebel war. There is now an international court in Sierra Leone to try the worst of the human rights offenders, and a peace and reconciliation commission to expose the worst crimes of the rebel war to the light of day. But UN peacekeepers still remain in Sierra Leone to insure the fragile peace. With vast deposits of diamonds, gold, iron, rutile, and bauxite, and with its tropical hardwoods, fertile land for coffee, cacao, and other crops, and its coastal waters teeming with marine resources, Sierra Leone should be among the wealthiest of the emerging nations. But its wealth has been its curse, providing a fertile ground for criminals, arms dealers, mercenaries and drug dealers. The whole world is now looking to Sierra Leone to see if good governance can be restored there, to see if this wealthy nation can be transformed into a haven of peace and progress.]]>
In May 1997, disgruntled soldiers, led by Major Johnny Paul Koroma, toppled President Kabbah and invited the RUF to join the government. The two groups – rebels and renegade soldiers -- controlled the capital city for nine brutal months, threatening to blow up entire neighborhoods if the ECOMOG forces then besieging Freetown attempted to enter. ECOMOG finally liberated Freetown and returned Kabbah to power in February 1998, but the Army and RUF attacked Freetown again on January 6, 1999, murdering and raping their way across a city of a million people. That date marks the climax of the crisis, and many of the artworks in this exhibition reflect on the terror of that unforgettable day. The international community was completely disengaged from Sierra Leone during the early years of the crisis and especially during the reign of Sani Abacha, the Nigerian leader, because they did not want to be seen to be dealing with Nigeria. Nigerian led ECOMOG footed all the bills until late 1999. In July 1999, a sub-regional initiative led by Nigeria with participation of President Bill Clinton’s administration, spearheaded a peace deal with the rebels. This time, Sankoh was made Vice-President, and given official control of Sierra Leone’s diamond industry. Other RUF leaders were also granted high positions in government, and the rebels were given amnesty for their crimes. In return, they were required to disarm. But the rebels were a criminal group incapable of cooperating with the international community, and in May, 2000, they captured 500 UN peacekeepers sent to monitor the peace agreement, and seized their weapons and vehicles. This prompted military intervention by Great Britain. Sankoh was captured and imprisoned. On May 14, 2002, Sierra Leone held a peaceful democratic election monitored by the United Nations, marking the end of the decade-long rebel war. There is now an international court in Sierra Leone to try the worst of the human rights offenders, and a peace and reconciliation commission to expose the worst crimes of the rebel war to the light of day. But UN peacekeepers still remain in Sierra Leone to insure the fragile peace. With vast deposits of diamonds, gold, iron, rutile, and bauxite, and with its tropical hardwoods, fertile land for coffee, cacao, and other crops, and its coastal waters teeming with marine resources, Sierra Leone should be among the wealthiest of the emerging nations. But its wealth has been its curse, providing a fertile ground for criminals, arms dealers, mercenaries and drug dealers. The whole world is now looking to Sierra Leone to see if good governance can be restored there, to see if this wealthy nation can be transformed into a haven of peace and progress.]]> Mon, 05 Jan 2015 23:25:45 GMT /slideshow/representations-of-violence/43231434 aym2014@slideshare.net(aym2014) Representations of violence: Art about the Sierra Leone Civil War aym2014 In May 1997, disgruntled soldiers, led by Major Johnny Paul Koroma, toppled President Kabbah and invited the RUF to join the government. The two groups – rebels and renegade soldiers -- controlled the capital city for nine brutal months, threatening to blow up entire neighborhoods if the ECOMOG forces then besieging Freetown attempted to enter. ECOMOG finally liberated Freetown and returned Kabbah to power in February 1998, but the Army and RUF attacked Freetown again on January 6, 1999, murdering and raping their way across a city of a million people. That date marks the climax of the crisis, and many of the artworks in this exhibition reflect on the terror of that unforgettable day. The international community was completely disengaged from Sierra Leone during the early years of the crisis and especially during the reign of Sani Abacha, the Nigerian leader, because they did not want to be seen to be dealing with Nigeria. Nigerian led ECOMOG footed all the bills until late 1999. In July 1999, a sub-regional initiative led by Nigeria with participation of President Bill Clinton’s administration, spearheaded a peace deal with the rebels. This time, Sankoh was made Vice-President, and given official control of Sierra Leone’s diamond industry. Other RUF leaders were also granted high positions in government, and the rebels were given amnesty for their crimes. In return, they were required to disarm. But the rebels were a criminal group incapable of cooperating with the international community, and in May, 2000, they captured 500 UN peacekeepers sent to monitor the peace agreement, and seized their weapons and vehicles. This prompted military intervention by Great Britain. Sankoh was captured and imprisoned. On May 14, 2002, Sierra Leone held a peaceful democratic election monitored by the United Nations, marking the end of the decade-long rebel war. There is now an international court in Sierra Leone to try the worst of the human rights offenders, and a peace and reconciliation commission to expose the worst crimes of the rebel war to the light of day. But UN peacekeepers still remain in Sierra Leone to insure the fragile peace. With vast deposits of diamonds, gold, iron, rutile, and bauxite, and with its tropical hardwoods, fertile land for coffee, cacao, and other crops, and its coastal waters teeming with marine resources, Sierra Leone should be among the wealthiest of the emerging nations. But its wealth has been its curse, providing a fertile ground for criminals, arms dealers, mercenaries and drug dealers. The whole world is now looking to Sierra Leone to see if good governance can be restored there, to see if this wealthy nation can be transformed into a haven of peace and progress. <img style="border:1px solid #C3E6D8;float:right;" alt="" src="https://cdn.slidesharecdn.com/ss_thumbnails/representationsofviolence-150105232546-conversion-gate02-thumbnail.jpg?width=120&height=120&fit=bounds" /><br> In May 1997, disgruntled soldiers, led by Major Johnny Paul Koroma, toppled President Kabbah and invited the RUF to join the government. The two groups – rebels and renegade soldiers -- controlled the capital city for nine brutal months, threatening to blow up entire neighborhoods if the ECOMOG forces then besieging Freetown attempted to enter. ECOMOG finally liberated Freetown and returned Kabbah to power in February 1998, but the Army and RUF attacked Freetown again on January 6, 1999, murdering and raping their way across a city of a million people. That date marks the climax of the crisis, and many of the artworks in this exhibition reflect on the terror of that unforgettable day. The international community was completely disengaged from Sierra Leone during the early years of the crisis and especially during the reign of Sani Abacha, the Nigerian leader, because they did not want to be seen to be dealing with Nigeria. Nigerian led ECOMOG footed all the bills until late 1999. In July 1999, a sub-regional initiative led by Nigeria with participation of President Bill Clinton’s administration, spearheaded a peace deal with the rebels. This time, Sankoh was made Vice-President, and given official control of Sierra Leone’s diamond industry. Other RUF leaders were also granted high positions in government, and the rebels were given amnesty for their crimes. In return, they were required to disarm. But the rebels were a criminal group incapable of cooperating with the international community, and in May, 2000, they captured 500 UN peacekeepers sent to monitor the peace agreement, and seized their weapons and vehicles. This prompted military intervention by Great Britain. Sankoh was captured and imprisoned. On May 14, 2002, Sierra Leone held a peaceful democratic election monitored by the United Nations, marking the end of the decade-long rebel war. There is now an international court in Sierra Leone to try the worst of the human rights offenders, and a peace and reconciliation commission to expose the worst crimes of the rebel war to the light of day. But UN peacekeepers still remain in Sierra Leone to insure the fragile peace. With vast deposits of diamonds, gold, iron, rutile, and bauxite, and with its tropical hardwoods, fertile land for coffee, cacao, and other crops, and its coastal waters teeming with marine resources, Sierra Leone should be among the wealthiest of the emerging nations. But its wealth has been its curse, providing a fertile ground for criminals, arms dealers, mercenaries and drug dealers. The whole world is now looking to Sierra Leone to see if good governance can be restored there, to see if this wealthy nation can be transformed into a haven of peace and progress.

Representations of violence: Art about the Sierra Leone Civil War from Abu-Hassan "Askia" Koroma

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0 Looking ahead: Post-Ebola Strategy in West Africa Webinar October 22, 2014 /aym2014/looking-ahead-40617189 lookingahead-141022195221-conversion-gate02
"Looking Ahead" Post-Ebola Strategy in West Africa is the first in a series of planned webinars, where we invite knowledgeable individuals and participants to join the post-Ebola strategy in West Africa discussion. During the webinars, experts from different backgrounds, will outline their view on the Ebola Crisis and most importantly, share their vision on what needs to be done now, and post-Ebola, to ensure aversion of further political and economic disturbances. The fast spread of the Ebola virus has major consequences on the African countries it has hit the hardest: Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone. Besides the death tolls and associate losses, the countries are also facing great danger because of the economic consequences the virus carries. Sierra Leone and Liberia, two of the most hit countries, have both recently come out of more than a decade of gruesome civil wars and the set back of the disease does not help with the stabilization of the economies. Their democracies are fragile and the deprivation from the Ebola crisis could be a trigger for political disruption. The youth played a major role in those conflicts as a result of economic and social marginalization. Without a post-Ebola strategy to ensure the youth a future of economic and social stability, there may be unforeseeable instabilities. ABOUT THE ORGANIZER: Twenty-First Century African Youth Movement, (AYM) empowers and mobilizes Africa’s youth through employment. The AYM is dedicated to developing new and exciting enterprise opportunities for young people in Sierra Leone, to help provide young people with the confidence, power and skills they need to get themselves into employment and out of poverty. Mobilizing Africa’s unemployed and underemployed youth is the key to the continent’s economic growth and stability. AYM works to mobilize marginalized youth through education, training, and employment, creating entrepreneurial opportunities to help move communities away from poverty, disease, and hunger. AYM aims to establish personal empowerment and community resilience by energizing the continent’s youth population, its most critical resource in the reversal of social and economic stagnation. For more information, visit: http://www.aym-inc.org/ebola-looking-ahead/. AYM’s call for action: Dr David J Baumler’s AYM Pepper Challenge: http://youtu.be/iU1Ot60mT7I]]>
"Looking Ahead" Post-Ebola Strategy in West Africa is the first in a series of planned webinars, where we invite knowledgeable individuals and participants to join the post-Ebola strategy in West Africa discussion. During the webinars, experts from different backgrounds, will outline their view on the Ebola Crisis and most importantly, share their vision on what needs to be done now, and post-Ebola, to ensure aversion of further political and economic disturbances. The fast spread of the Ebola virus has major consequences on the African countries it has hit the hardest: Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone. Besides the death tolls and associate losses, the countries are also facing great danger because of the economic consequences the virus carries. Sierra Leone and Liberia, two of the most hit countries, have both recently come out of more than a decade of gruesome civil wars and the set back of the disease does not help with the stabilization of the economies. Their democracies are fragile and the deprivation from the Ebola crisis could be a trigger for political disruption. The youth played a major role in those conflicts as a result of economic and social marginalization. Without a post-Ebola strategy to ensure the youth a future of economic and social stability, there may be unforeseeable instabilities. ABOUT THE ORGANIZER: Twenty-First Century African Youth Movement, (AYM) empowers and mobilizes Africa’s youth through employment. The AYM is dedicated to developing new and exciting enterprise opportunities for young people in Sierra Leone, to help provide young people with the confidence, power and skills they need to get themselves into employment and out of poverty. Mobilizing Africa’s unemployed and underemployed youth is the key to the continent’s economic growth and stability. AYM works to mobilize marginalized youth through education, training, and employment, creating entrepreneurial opportunities to help move communities away from poverty, disease, and hunger. AYM aims to establish personal empowerment and community resilience by energizing the continent’s youth population, its most critical resource in the reversal of social and economic stagnation. For more information, visit: http://www.aym-inc.org/ebola-looking-ahead/. AYM’s call for action: Dr David J Baumler’s AYM Pepper Challenge: http://youtu.be/iU1Ot60mT7I]]> Wed, 22 Oct 2014 19:52:21 GMT /aym2014/looking-ahead-40617189 aym2014@slideshare.net(aym2014) Looking ahead: Post-Ebola Strategy in West Africa Webinar October 22, 2014 aym2014 "Looking Ahead" Post-Ebola Strategy in West Africa is the first in a series of planned webinars, where we invite knowledgeable individuals and participants to join the post-Ebola strategy in West Africa discussion. During the webinars, experts from different backgrounds, will outline their view on the Ebola Crisis and most importantly, share their vision on what needs to be done now, and post-Ebola, to ensure aversion of further political and economic disturbances. The fast spread of the Ebola virus has major consequences on the African countries it has hit the hardest: Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone. Besides the death tolls and associate losses, the countries are also facing great danger because of the economic consequences the virus carries. Sierra Leone and Liberia, two of the most hit countries, have both recently come out of more than a decade of gruesome civil wars and the set back of the disease does not help with the stabilization of the economies. Their democracies are fragile and the deprivation from the Ebola crisis could be a trigger for political disruption. The youth played a major role in those conflicts as a result of economic and social marginalization. Without a post-Ebola strategy to ensure the youth a future of economic and social stability, there may be unforeseeable instabilities. ABOUT THE ORGANIZER: Twenty-First Century African Youth Movement, (AYM) empowers and mobilizes Africa’s youth through employment. The AYM is dedicated to developing new and exciting enterprise opportunities for young people in Sierra Leone, to help provide young people with the confidence, power and skills they need to get themselves into employment and out of poverty. Mobilizing Africa’s unemployed and underemployed youth is the key to the continent’s economic growth and stability. AYM works to mobilize marginalized youth through education, training, and employment, creating entrepreneurial opportunities to help move communities away from poverty, disease, and hunger. AYM aims to establish personal empowerment and community resilience by energizing the continent’s youth population, its most critical resource in the reversal of social and economic stagnation. For more information, visit: http://www.aym-inc.org/ebola-looking-ahead/. AYM’s call for action: Dr David J Baumler’s AYM Pepper Challenge: http://youtu.be/iU1Ot60mT7I <img style="border:1px solid #C3E6D8;float:right;" alt="" src="https://cdn.slidesharecdn.com/ss_thumbnails/lookingahead-141022195221-conversion-gate02-thumbnail.jpg?width=120&height=120&fit=bounds" /><br> "Looking Ahead" Post-Ebola Strategy in West Africa is the first in a series of planned webinars, where we invite knowledgeable individuals and participants to join the post-Ebola strategy in West Africa discussion. During the webinars, experts from different backgrounds, will outline their view on the Ebola Crisis and most importantly, share their vision on what needs to be done now, and post-Ebola, to ensure aversion of further political and economic disturbances. The fast spread of the Ebola virus has major consequences on the African countries it has hit the hardest: Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone. Besides the death tolls and associate losses, the countries are also facing great danger because of the economic consequences the virus carries. Sierra Leone and Liberia, two of the most hit countries, have both recently come out of more than a decade of gruesome civil wars and the set back of the disease does not help with the stabilization of the economies. Their democracies are fragile and the deprivation from the Ebola crisis could be a trigger for political disruption. The youth played a major role in those conflicts as a result of economic and social marginalization. Without a post-Ebola strategy to ensure the youth a future of economic and social stability, there may be unforeseeable instabilities. ABOUT THE ORGANIZER: Twenty-First Century African Youth Movement, (AYM) empowers and mobilizes Africa’s youth through employment. The AYM is dedicated to developing new and exciting enterprise opportunities for young people in Sierra Leone, to help provide young people with the confidence, power and skills they need to get themselves into employment and out of poverty. Mobilizing Africa’s unemployed and underemployed youth is the key to the continent’s economic growth and stability. AYM works to mobilize marginalized youth through education, training, and employment, creating entrepreneurial opportunities to help move communities away from poverty, disease, and hunger. AYM aims to establish personal empowerment and community resilience by energizing the continent’s youth population, its most critical resource in the reversal of social and economic stagnation. For more information, visit: http://www.aym-inc.org/ebola-looking-ahead/. AYM’s call for action: Dr David J Baumler’s AYM Pepper Challenge: http://youtu.be/iU1Ot60mT7I

Looking ahead: Post-Ebola Strategy in West Africa Webinar October 22, 2014 from Abu-Hassan "Askia" Koroma

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0 https://cdn.slidesharecdn.com/profile-photo-aym2014-48x48.jpg?cb=1598167977 I have an avid interest in the collaborative relationships among varied players for national as well as global transformation with a strong desire to continue exploring the various roles of these players through education and practical implementations. http://www.aym-inc.org https://cdn.slidesharecdn.com/ss_thumbnails/representationsofviolence-150105232546-conversion-gate02-thumbnail.jpg?width=320&height=320&fit=bounds slideshow/representations-of-violence/43231434 Representations of vio... https://cdn.slidesharecdn.com/ss_thumbnails/lookingahead-141022195221-conversion-gate02-thumbnail.jpg?width=320&height=320&fit=bounds aym2014/looking-ahead-40617189 Looking ahead: Post-Eb...