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Class at a secondary school in Pendembu, Sierra Leone

• ... that education in Sierra Leone (pictured) had to recover from the destruction of 1,270 primary schools during the Sierra Leone Civil War?

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• ...that despite healthcare in Sierra Leone decreasing child mortality from 302 deaths per live birth in 1990 to 282 in 2005 Sierra Leone still has the highest level child mortality in the world?

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• ... that Atunda Ayenda is the first radio soap opera ever aired in Sierra Leone?

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• ... that the Kpove War or Dung Pot War got its name when Ndawa had a large hole dug and filled with dung, threatening to throw any of his troops into the hole if they left battle?

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• ... that Femi Claudius Cole offers free health checks as she campaigns to become President of Sierra Leone?

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• ... that the British paediatrician Tina Cooper assisted the Sierra Leone government in establishing a national immunisation programme?

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