ocr: SIERRA LEONEDE Official Name: Republic of Sierra Leone I Capital: Freetown Population: 44 million U Currency: Leone Official Language: English THE WEST AFRICAN STATE of Sierra Leone was first colonized by the Kabala Britishin1787 as a settlement for Africans freed from slavery. Borderedby Bintimani 1948m Guinea and Liberia, its terrain rises from flat, coastal lowlands to mountains in the northeast. The Makeni military government that seized powerin 1992 promised, but has yett to deliver, a swift return to FREETOWN civilianrule. One of the world's poorest countries, Sierra Leone's main exporti ...
