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Dele Ogun: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 29 September 2020: This paper was delivered by Dele Ogun (Photo), Convenor of the Fatherland Group at the 19th anniversary celebration of the African Voice Newspaper on 19th September 2020. I was a boy of 7 when I came to Britain in 1969 from my home in
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OP-ED: Uplifting Americans with Sickle Cell Disease
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The most exciting news is that the National Institute of Health’s is making progress on genetic therapies for SCD that are potentially curative. While these treatments are not available to everyone, there is real promise that more accessible genetic cures could give people living
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AARP Polls Reveal Top Concerns for Voters 50 and Older | BlackPressUSA
NNPA NEWSWIRE —Officials said AARP’s robust Protect Voters 50+ campaign is designed to reach these voters in each state to make sure they know how to cast a safe and secure ballot. Even though 90 percent of older Americans believe that the country has become too divided, AARP’s battleground state
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Govt choke-hold on mobile money will prove costly – experts
Staff Reporter ZIMBABWE is likely to miss on the US$51 billion mobile money market in Africa due to the government’s repressive and harsh policies, analysts have said. Statistics from the GSMA show that Sub-Saharan Africa will remain the fastest growing region in terms of mobile money, with a CAGR
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US embassy in Freetown warns of security alert for Freetown and Makeni
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 4 October 2020: The U.S. embassy in Freetown, Sierra Leone today published a security alert advising its staff and American citizens to avoid the central districts of Freetown the country’s capital, and Makeni in the north – hometown of the former president Ernest Bai
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Social media use and abuse in Sierra Leone
Lamin Costo Daramy: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 31 August 2020: Social media is the new means of communication that has taken over our lives. We go online basically for most of the things we want, but most importantly to keep abreast of things happening  -from news, shopping and travel to everyday
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Source: SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH – Sierra Leone News
COMMENTARY: Is the Economy Rebounding? | BlackPressUSA
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Hundreds of thousands of small businesses, including 40 percent of Black-owned companies, have closed, resulting in permanent job loss. Some of the hardest-hit industries include the leisure industries — travel, dining, and more.
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ECOWAS mediation team upholds sanctions on Mali as new leader sworn in
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 26 September 2020: Mali’s new president was sworn in yesterday, Friday, after five weeks of uncertainty following a military led coup which saw the overthrow of Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta. The new president who is 70-year-old former Defence Minister - Bah Ndaw (Photo above in
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Source: SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH – Sierra Leone News
President Bio suspends public officials accused of corruption by commission of inquiry
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 5 October 2020: President Bio has today suspended all civil servants and public officials accused "of acting improperly with respect to the use of public funds" by the Commission of Inquiry. Two of those affected by the president’s decision, are his minister of agriculture
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Georgia: Coronavirus claims 6,000 lives over Labor Day weekend | BlackPressUSA
ATLANTA DAILY WORLD — As of Sunday, Sept. 6, Georgia ranked 10th nationally for the total number of deaths from COVID-19. According to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, only heart disease and cancer have killed more Georgians this year.
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Privatisation of SALCAB – the hard facts
Amin Kef Sesay: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 14 September 2020: After running the Sierra Leone Cable (SALCAB) - an agency that controls the country’s internet gateway for over a year, without realising much returns and plunging the institution in huge debt, the agency closed its financial year 2017 with
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Source: SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH – Sierra Leone News
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Krio Descendants Yunion (KDY) celebrates 233 years heritage at global thanksgiving
Abdul Rashid Thomas & Pauline Pratt: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 8 September 2020: The arrival of the first freed slaves to Sierra Leone in 1787 after the abolition of the Atlantic slave trade which led to the creation of what became known as Freetown – the capital city of Sierra Leone, is an
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Retired Major Neill Franklin to Receive NNPA 2020 National Leadership Award | BlackPressUSA
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “Although I have received a few awards during my lifetime for various things, I tend not to think much about them. But when I was informed of my nomination for the NNPA Leadership Award, I must say that this award brought pause and thought to my daily routine,” reflected Retired
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Sierra Leone democracy must succeed – says Dr Sylvia Olayinka Blyden
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 21 August 2020: The much anticipated second audio has been released by Dr. Blyden as promised, in what she refers to as her ongoing series of audio messages to the people of Sierra Leone and the international community, about the direction she would like Sierra
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United States suspends issuing visa to Sierra Leoneans
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 23 September 2020: The United States of America has stopped issuing visas to Sierra Leonean nationals, after the government of Sierra Leone reneged on an agreement to allow Sierra Leoneans deported by the USA to return to Sierra Leone. The governments of the USA and Sierra
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Source: SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH – Sierra Leone News
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Social media and the spreading of hate politics
Abdulai Mansaray: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 28 August 2020: The advent of social media at face value, should be a blessing and a rod of enlightenment. Before social media, the manufacturing, dissemination and consumption of information was totally controlled by the few. Those were the days when whole
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Source: SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH – Sierra Leone News
Dems Wrap Historic Convention: Harris Makes History, Obama Eviscerates Trump | BlackPressUSA
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “The one Constitutional office elected by all of the people is the presidency. So, at a minimum, we should expect a president to feel a sense of responsibility for the safety and welfare of all 330 million of us – regardless of what we look like, how we worship, who we love, how
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IN MEMORIAM: In a Shock to Many, Actor Chadwick Boseman Dies at 43 | BlackPressUSA
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Boseman passed away on the anniversary of so many historic moments in African American history. August 28 is the anniversary Jackie Robinson discussed his future in the big leagues with Branch Rickey in 1945. August 28th is also the anniversary of the March on Washington in 1963.
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Eerie Apocalyptic Sky in Bay Area Raises Concerns for Residents
In addition to smoke from the August fires, the Bay Area branch of the National Weather Service noted on Twitter that lower temperatures and weaker winds compared to the last several days are allowing wildfire smoke suspended in the air to fall closer to the ground, contributing to the sky color
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ACC reacts to allegations of corruption in Sierra Leone parliament
Patrick Sandi: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 14 September 2020: The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) notes public reactions and rightful concerns on allegations of corruption within the House of Parliament in Sierra Leone, emanating from the 2019 Perceptions Survey Report commissioned in April, 2020, by
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Source: SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH – Sierra Leone News
Republican Connected Tech Firm Targeted Black Voters on Facebook for "Deterrence" | BlackPressUSA
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The digital arm of Trump’s 2016 digital team, called ‘Project Alamo’ included a team from the now defunct British company Cambridge Analytica. Two senior directors of the former Cambridge Analytica team are now working on the Trump 2020 campaign for The White House.
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Members of Congress Demand Answers About California DMV $50M Personal Data Sale
When news broke about Facebook collaborating with data mining companies during the run-up to the 2016 presidential election, it may have broken the dam. Now almost four years later, more citizens are raising concerns about their data and who’s sharing it. Several members of California’s delegation
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Another public official Charles Mambu accused of corruption seeks to clear his name
Sierra Leone: 30 September 2020: Many Sierra Leoneans as well as international donors were appalled at the devastating misappropriation of millions of dollars meant for those dying of the Ebola virus that struck Sierra Leone in 2013/2014, as thousands perished because of lack of medical care. An
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Source: SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH – Sierra Leone News
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By Nina Mendes News & Features Editor   The recent death of George Floyd in Minneapolis has sparked racial injustice outrage across the nation. Since late May, numerous peaceful demonstrations that stand in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement have taken place throughout the
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ECOWAS suspends and puts Mali on quarantine
Abdul Malik Bangura: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 21 August 2020: The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) late Tuesday 18th August 2020, published a communique on the military takeover in Mali. Mali is one of fifteen members of the regional body. Key among the decisions taken so far by
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Mississippi Congressman Bennie Thompson Honored with NNPA 2020 National Leadership Award | BlackPressUSA
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Sierra Leone Telegraph: 20 September 2020: He is one of the Anzisha Top 20 Finalists for 2020 Entrepreneurship Award. The Anzisha Prize is a competitive competition for Youths Entrepreneurs in 54 African Countries competing for a shared cash of $100,000 (one hundred thousand US dollars). This
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