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Fight against Covid-19 intensifies - Doctors in Sierra Leone treated with reckless abandon
Lawrence Williams: Sierra Leone Telegraph: In two separate letters (see below), addressed to President Julius Maada Bio and the National Coordinator of NACOVERC, Brig. (Rtd.) Kellie Conteh respectively, the president of the Sierra Leone Medical and Dental Association (SLMDA), Dr. Delwin
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Source: SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH – Sierra Leone News
Palo’s acquittal we are victims of Stockholm syndrome
Andrew Keili: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 9 July 2020: I spent two years in Ukraine working in a remote environment in the mining industry in the mid-90’s and greatly appreciated the sense of humour in their folksy yarns. One I liked was about a young man who was about to marry [Read More]
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Source: SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH – Sierra Leone News
Sierra Leone’s Lungi International Airport reopens next Wednesday – says President Bio
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 10 July 2020: Last night, president Bio announced the reopening of the country’s international airport, as well as the resumption of religious worship. Speaking on national television, the president said: “Fellow citizens, in our fight to protect against and curtail
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Source: SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH – Sierra Leone News
NNPA Salutes Attorney Benjamin Crump and The Crump Law Firm in Memory and Honor of the Family of George Floyd | BlackPressUSA
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Benjamin Crump has earned recognition as a freedom fighting lawyer who doesn’t hesitate to defend the life and legacy of African Americans harmed by police violence and racially motivated acts. He currently represents the families of Ahmad Arberry, George Floyd and other Black men
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OP-ED: We Can't Let This Moment Pass | BlackPressUSA
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The last few months have made the truths of being Black in America clear to all. We have watched as a pandemic killed Black people at the rate of almost two and half times that of other Americans. Not from a mutation of the virus but from an underfunded system that too often
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World Bank approves $30 million IDA grant to boost agriculture in Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 23 July 2020: The World Bank Board of Executive Directors, on Tuesday approved a $30 million International Development Association (IDA) grant to support agricultural productivity and access to markets for smallholder farmer-agribusiness in Sierra Leone. According to the
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Source: SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH – Sierra Leone News
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Sierra Leones new military chiefs take oath of office
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 30 June 2020: At State House in Freetown yesterday, Sierra Leone’s newly appointed Chief of Defence Staff of the Armed Forces (RSLAF) Lieutenant-General Sullay Ibrahim Sesay, and the Joint-Force Commander Major-General Patrick K Lavahun, took their oath of office in the
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Source: SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH – Sierra Leone News
Sierra Leone National Water Resources Management Agency meets ministers
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 13 July 2020: The National Water Resources Management (NWRMA) last Thursday, held discussions with Ministers and Heads of Agencies at its office in Freetown to review the Western Area Water Catchments Protection and Restoration effort. The discussions also assessed the
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Source: SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH – Sierra Leone News
Coronavirus Africa: Fisheries management works, so it’s time to apply it more broadly
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 08 June 2020: FAO’s State of the World’s Fisheries and Aquaculture 2020 tracks growing fish production and consumption, and highlights the promise of sustainability actions Worldwide per capita fish consumption has reached a new record of 20.5 kilograms per year and is
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Source: SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH – Sierra Leone News
President Bio renews his call on parents and communities to help end rape in Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 14 July 2020: It is now almost eighteen months since President Dr Julius Maada Bio declared a national state of emergency on the growing rape crisis in Sierra Leone. Yesterday, he once again called on parents and local communities to support his government’s efforts in
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Source: SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH – Sierra Leone News
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Young man shot on the head by soldiers in Makeni has died this morning
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 25 July 2020: One of the youths shot by security forces last Saturday in Makeni has died this morning at the Connaught Hospital, where several other seriously injured young people are receiving treatment. This brings the total number of young people killed in Makeni last
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Source: SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH – Sierra Leone News
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Civil society groups call for High Court Judge led inquiry into killing of youths in Makeni
LEGAL LINK, CAN and NACFOHRD: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 22 July 2020: Three leading civil society organizations working for the advancement of the rule of law, democracy and human rights in Sierra Leone - LEGAL LINK, CAN and NACFOHRD, are deeply concerned over the disproportionate use of force by the
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Source: SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH – Sierra Leone News
Palo Conteh should never have been charged with treason
Yankuba Kai Samba: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 02 July 2020: No jury should convict a man  when the prosecution blocked vital material evidence that could exonerate him. This was what I wrote two days before the jury reached their verdict. The Paopa government supporters who had already convicted Paola
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Source: SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH – Sierra Leone News
Tiger Woods set for PGA Tour return at Memorial Tournament
Chris Cox/PGA TOUR: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 15 July 2020: Tiger Woods is back on the tee. There is little need to overcomplicate the storyline beyond that. The 82-time PGA Tour winner and the world’s most talked-about player is set to make his much-anticipated return this week at the Memorial
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Source: SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH – Sierra Leone News
The Palo Conteh treason trial Lesson learnt
Jusu Kallon Esq.: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 5 July 2020: So much to take home from the just concluded treason trial involving the countrys former Defence and Internal Affairs Minister, Mr. Alfred Paolo Conteh. I am minded to focus on one. Celebrating the verdict, my brother and colleague, Ady
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Source: SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH – Sierra Leone News
Young people perceive COVID-19 as catalyst to re-shape Africa’s future
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 26 July 2020: The Mo Ibrahim Foundation has published its first Now Generation Network Survey findings on the impact of COVID-19, entitled “COVID-19 in Africa: what does it mean for young people?” The report analyses youth perspectives on the challenges Africa faces as
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Source: SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH – Sierra Leone News
National Urban League: 2010 Census Omitted 3.7 Million Blacks – Nearly Five Times Its Original ‘Undercount’ Claims - The New Journal and Guide
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OP-ED: Black People Suffer Disproportionately from Dementia Crisis | BlackPressUSA
NNPA NEWSWIRE — One major reason Black people suffer disproportionately from Alzheimer’s is we are underrepresented in dementia research, in part because many of us are unwilling to donate our brains to research or participate in brain studies due to distrust of the medical system. The good news is
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NFL Will Play Black National Anthem at Games | BlackPressUSA
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The NFL remains at the forefront of the new understanding, and now they’ve taken that knowledge, and, in an unprecedented decision, the league announced it would play Lift Every Voice and Sing – the Black National Anthem – before every opening day game this year. The performance of
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Is Mayor Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr caught between a rock and a hard place?
Andrew Keili: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 25 June 2020: As Mayor of the municipality of Freetown, Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr has received widespread praise for her stewardship of the city from various quarters. Despite this, she has been walking a tight rope between a government with an uncertain
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Source: SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH – Sierra Leone News
Security forces in Sierra Leone open fire on protestors in Makeni
Sierra Leone telegraph: 18 July 2020: There are disturbing reports coming from Makeni in the north of Sierra leone, where military personnel have fired teargas and live bullets at local people protesting against the government’s removal of an electricity power generator from the city to relocate to
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Source: SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH – Sierra Leone News
The Sword of The Black Press | BlackPressUSA
NNPA NEWSWIRE — After graduating from Georgia State in 1972, Gantt was awarded a graduate fellowship to enroll at the Washington Journalism Center. While there, he worked as a U.S. Capitol correspondent, reporter and documentary producer for National Public Radio. His 1973 documentary about gospel
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LIVESTREAM REPLAY — The Legendary ICE CUBE @BlackPressUSA | BlackPressUSA
VIDEO — “The NNPA is pleased excited to do this live stream with our Brother Leader Ice Cube on behalf of the Black Press of America,” said Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr., NNPA president and CEO.
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Those responsible for Makeni killings must be held accountable – says ARTICLE 19
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 27 July 2020: As the international community and Global human rights groups come to terms with the shooting of unarmed youths in Makeni, Sierra Leone on Saturday 18th July 2020, calls for those responsible for the killing of at least five young protesters to be brought to
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Source: SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH – Sierra Leone News
#FIYAH! LIVESTREAM — U.S. Surgeon General: ‘The Debate is Over — We All Should Be Wearing Face Coverings to Prevent Spread of COVID-19’
#FIYAH! LIVESTREAM — “The best science we have available right now tells us the debate is over we all should be wearing a face-covering to prevent the spread of COVID-19,” Dr. Adams told NNPA President and CEO, Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr., during the interview streamed over BlackPressUSA’s Facebook
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BBC Africa Eye and Anas Aremeyaw Anas expose Covid-19 scam
BBC Africa Eye: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 01 July 2020: An underworld of quack doctors have been exploiting the coronavirus pandemic and making money selling fake coronavirus cures. Investigative reporter Anas Aremeyaw Anas goes undercover in Ghana, exposing a Covid-19 scam said to be worth tens of
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Source: SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH – Sierra Leone News
Vanessa Williams is Making a Difference with Thousands of Black Mayors | BlackPressUSA
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The International Association of Mayors of African Descent is visionary mayors and leaders united for the purpose and vision of establishing the platform in which education, empowerment, and economic development through trust, trade, training, and tourism.
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55 years of failed promises -  finally the criminal libel law of Sierra Leone is close to repeal
Rodney Michael: Sierra Leone telegraph: 21 July 2020: It was 55 years ago, under the SLPP Government led by Prime Minister Albert Margai, when the Public Order Act of 1965 was introduced in Sierra Leone, with some very strong condemnation of the sections relating to the Criminal Libel Law. Many
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Source: SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH – Sierra Leone News
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Reliable data - private sector’s first line of defence against pandemic
Memuna Forna: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 14 July 2020: Sierra Leone’s private sector is used to surviving crises, but COVID-19 will test many businesses to the limit. In every crisis, accurate, up-to-date information is one of the first lines of defence. Invest Salone’s COVID-19 information portal is
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Source: SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH – Sierra Leone News
Dr. Manal Ghazzawi of Sierra Leone bags prestigious award
Amin Kef Sesay: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 28 June 2020: One of Sierra Leone’s most outstanding female pharmacists and entrepreneurs in Sierra Leone, Dr. Manal Ghazzawi, is the latest and proud recipient of one of the world’s prestigious awards, bestowed on her by Women in Africa Entrepreneur
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Source: SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH – Sierra Leone News
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