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An important Government goal in Sierra Leone is to make the population feel they are coming closer to the decision-making process, in an effort to rectify the over-centralization of government which was a contributory factor to the civil war.
Sierra Leone has the world's highest youth unemployment rate. Over 60 per cent of young people are unemployed, underemployed or in the informal economy.
Potentially, Sierra Leone could be much more agriculturally productive, due to its bountiful natural resources and plentiful water supply. Lack of expertise, poor infrastructure and low technological input are all inhibiting expansion in this sector, though.
Sierra Leone's history of tension and violence between its police and military threatens the country.
At the UNIDO-run Growth Centre in Binkolo a solar-powered television is screening the news from the Sierra Leone Broadcasting Corporation.
"Our family now sleeps under these," says Marie Misalie, 36, pointing to the two long-lasting, insecticide-treated nets she has received.
In the last year 500 people have been trained at the UNIDO-supported Growth Centre at Binkolo, eastern Sierra Leone. Binkolo ably demonstrates the new dynamic of rural revival initiated by the Government.
In the outskirts of Binkolo, a couple of miles away from the city of Makeni, about 70 women and men are working with building one of the feeder road that will connect Mabanta junction with Mabanta village.
As part of the joint training project for the Republic of Sierra Leone Armed Forces (RSLAF) and Sierra Leone Police, funded by the Immediate Response (IR) Peace Building Fund, aimed at fostering cooperation and collaboration, a joint security sector sporting competition, was held
UNIPSIL Human Rights Section was active in commemorating the International Day of Human Rights during all the week and in all regions.
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