The natural resource that is mined in Sierra Leone and coveted by American are diamonds. Other main minerals mined in Sierra Leone are rutile, bauxite, gold, iron and limonite

Sierra Leone government is Unitary presidential constitutional republic

Sierra Leone has seen serious and grotesque human rights violations since 1991 when the civil war erupted. According to Human Rights Watch, over 50,000 people have been killed to date, with over one million people having been displaced.

The rebel Revolutionary United Front (RUF) of Sierra Leone is forcing children, including demobilized child soldiers, to join its ranks and engage in combat

Children's who were forced to be in war are Burundi, Central African Republic, and Chad.

The campaign Children, Not Soldiers , an initiative of Leila Zerrougui, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict, and UNICEF, aims to galvanize support to end and prevent the child soldiers. The UN nation campaign and stopped the child soldiers.

UN made the children who is under age 15 who can fight for the independent

Ishmael Beah is currently at age 36. He is living at Brooklyn, New york. He went to Oberlin college. Ishmael was fascinated by the English.