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Daily news from Sierra Leone, West Africa.

Sierra Leone gained independence in 1961. It occupies a total landmass of about 71,740 square kilometres. Freetown is its capital. The Atlantic Ocean borders it to the west, Guinea to the north, and Liberia to the south. Its climate is tropical, with an average temperature of about 800F or 270C.

The terrain contains: flat lowlands, savannah grassland, plains, rocky territory, hills, mountains rising to a height of over 1,900 metres, rivers, coastal mangrove swamps, and dense tropical rain forests.
The forests and rivers contain: crocodiles, porcupine, tigers, antelopes, monkeys, chimpanzees, and various birds.

The economy is based on industrial diamond production, and other precious stones; along with agriculture. It is one of the leading producers of diamond in the world. Other mineral and resource deposits include: vast amounts of rutile, iron-ore, and bauxite. Its industries include: drinks, flour, wood, cigarettes, and furniture, plants, along with crude oil refining.
Rice, coffee, cocoa, oil palm and kernel, peanut, cassava, pissava, ginger, millet, livestock, and cattle are farmed for domestic and export purposes.
The principal exports are: diamond, rutile, and livestock.

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