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A move towards online exams gathers pace in Africa
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 20 July 2020: Learning-software company signs partnership deal that enables remote, paperless examinations. New Leaf Technologies, which provides best-of-breed learning software and services to corporations, training companies and educational institutions throughout Africa
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Source: SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH – Sierra Leone News
Sierra Leone parliament debates new laws to replace seditious libel law
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 17 July 2020: There is at long last, a ray of hope in Sierra Leone for journalists as members of parliament yesterday debated the repeal of Part 5 of the Public Order Act of 1965 (Act No.46 of 1965) which has been used by politicians of varying [Read More]
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Source: SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH – Sierra Leone News
A debate over identity and race asks, are African Americans ‘Black’ or ‘black’? - African American News Today - EIN News
who popularised the term “African American” in an effort to the African slave trade. African American acknowledges that. Any term she wrote, was whether African Americans needed a new label Jackson’s campaign brought African American into popular use in
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Palo Conteh is not guilty of treason says Jury
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 01 July 2020: “Mr Foreman, members of the jury, I need not remind you that in a criminal trial the accused bears no burden: the Prosecution charged him and brought him here and therefore, the law requires that they should prove his guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. [Read
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Source: SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH – Sierra Leone News
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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President Bio receives National Electoral Commission's 2019 Report
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 13 July 2020: The National Electoral Commission (NEC) has today presented its 2019 Annual Report to President Dr Julius Maada Bio at State House, in line with Section 33 (12) of the 1991 Constitution of Sierra Leone. Acting Chief Electoral Commissioner, Edmond Sylvester
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Source: SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH – Sierra Leone News
IN MEMORIAM: John Lewis, an American Hero and Moral Leader Alongside Martin Luther King, Jr., Dies at 80 | BlackPressUSA
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The 1965 Selma march was led by John Lewis. Lewis was perhaps the last remaining voice of moral authority from the civil rights era. Voting rights remains a challenge in the U.S. Lewis was on the front lines of that effort which was resisted by white racists in the South attempting
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Freetown Correctional Centre publishes report into Pademba Road prison riot
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 8 July 2020: Following the aftermath of the rioting that took place on the 29th April, 2020, at the Freetown Correctional facility, Pademba Road, leaving several prisoners dead, injured and serious destruction to buildings and property, Officers of the Freetown Correctional
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Source: SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH – Sierra Leone News
OP-ED: STOP THE KILLING OF BLACK AND BROWN PEOPLE!! | BlackPressUSA
THE AFRO — While we may not have large numbers of Klan members and other racist organizations openly active today, those original members are people’s grandparents, uncles, aunties and cousins who still live to this day and have invested that racial hate in their offspring! This racial hatred has
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Speculation grows over date of next election in Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 28 June 2020: Speculations are growing across the political divide in Sierra Leone, after a leading pro SLPP government newspaper – Global Times, published a story recently stating that the next general and presidential elections will be held in 2024 – not 2023 as
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Source: SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH – Sierra Leone News
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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MDAs attend seminar to help improve public service delivery in Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 9 July 2020: Sierra Leone’s Ministry of Planning and Economic Development, yesterday engaged with key officers of ten government departments, agencies parastatals, commissions and state-owned enterprises, in a one-day seminar aimed at helping MDAs  accelerate effective
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Source: SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH – Sierra Leone News
Meteorological agency calls for action to avert mudslide disasters in Freetown
Lawrence Williams: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 24 June 2020: Sierra Leoneans should brace up for frequent thunderstorms and heavy winds this rainy season, resulting from the direct impacts of climate change on the environment. The likely unprecedented nature in which these occurrences will take place
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Source: SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH – Sierra Leone News
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Police Have a License to Kill - The New Journal and Guide
The Graham decision in 1989 changed the focus—from the individual citizen to the police officer. The Court interpreted the Fourth Amendment to protect police officers, not black people. Continue reading Police Have a License to Kill at The New Journal and Guide .
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New NGO in Sierra Leone launches national recruitment campaign
TFSL: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 8 July 2020: Sierra Leone aspires to be a place of equal opportunity, yet where children are born still too often determines their educational and life trajectories. Educational inequality limits the life prospects of millions of children. 4 out of 5 children within
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Source: SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH – Sierra Leone News
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Essence Responds to Toxic Culture Allegations; Names New Interim CEO
Black-owned media giant Essence Communications, which publishes Essence magazine, has responded to allegations made by an anonymous group of women that it created a toxic work culture for employees with
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World Bank approves $50 million grant to improve quality of  education in Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 30 June 2020: The World Bank Board of Executive Directors yesterday approved a $50 million grant to support the Government of Sierra Leone’s flagship program for Free Quality School Education launched in 2018. According to the World Bank, the Free Education Project will
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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
Congress Moves George Floyd Justice in Policing Act Measure Forward | BlackPressUSA
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “We call it the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act, and I call it historic because this is the first time in many years that Congress has taken up a bill dealing with policing and I’m sure it is the first time that Congress has introduced such a bold transformative piece of
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NGC concludes COVID-19 sensitization in the South East region of Sierra Leone
Anthony Kamara: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 26 June 2020: Following a five-day visit to the southeast of Sierra Leone, Hon. Kandeh Yumkella leader of the national Granf Coalition (NGC) in parliament, has completed his coronavirus disease sensitization tour. The visit took him and party representatives
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Source: SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH – Sierra Leone News
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Gives a Green Light to Predatory Payday Lenders
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “There is never a good time to enable predatory loans carrying 400% interest rates,” noted Mike Calhoun, President of the Center for Responsible Lending (CRL), “but this is the worst possible time. The pain caused by the CFPB gutting the payday rule will be felt most by those who
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Detention of Dr. Sylvia Blyden dents president Bio’s global image
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 16 July 2020: When international human rights organisations start calling on a Head of State to respect the civil and human rights of citizens in accordance with the country’s constitution, then questions must be asked about the direction the country is heading. Early this
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Source: SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH – Sierra Leone News
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Palo trial defense counsel takes state prosecutors to task on criminal procedure
Sierra Leone Telegraph court reporter: 09 June 2020: As the case for the State came to a close yesterday, Adrian Fisher, who has commandeered the role of the Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) and leading the prosecution in the Palo Conteh treason trial, informed the court that after calling 13
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Source: SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH – Sierra Leone News
Ziggy Marley Will Receive the Black Press 2020 Global Icon Award and Make a Virtual Appearance at the 2020 NNPA Convention | BlackPressUSA
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Ziggy Marley, the oldest son of the Reggae Icon Bob Marley, recently appeared on a livestream interview with the Black Press that was reached more than 1.7 million people around the world. The socially conscious singer is being honored for his outstanding achievements in the
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Keep energy central in pandemic recovery plans – says Kandeh Yumkella
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 02 July 2020: Dr. Kandeh Yumkella, MP for Constituency 062 – Samu Chiefdom, joined global energy leaders at a virtual high-level summit to take stock of the impact of the coronavirus disease on the Africa’s energy, oil, and gas sectors. The Africa Ministerial Roundtable
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Source: SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH – Sierra Leone News
IN MEMORIAM: Leaders reflect on the life of Congressman John Lewis
THE CHICAGO CRUSADER — On Sunday, March 7, 1965 in Selma, Alabama, Lewis and fellow activist Hosea Williams led hundreds of marchers across the Edmund Pettus Bridge. They were on their way to the state capitol fighting for the right to vote. On the other side of the bridge were the Alabama State
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African Union Commission congratulates newly elected President of the Republic of Malawi
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 29 June 2020: Following the announcement last Saturday of presidential election results in Malawi by the country’s electoral commission, the African Union Commission has published this statement, congratulating the winner Dr Lazarus McCarthy Chakwera: “The Chairperson of
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Source: SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH – Sierra Leone News
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
British government expresses concern for human rights in Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 9 July 2020: The Sierra Leone Telegraph has seen a letter written by the UK Minister for Africa James Duddridge,  expressing serious concern about the treatment of Sierra Leone’s former Minister of Social Welfare, Gender and Childrens Affairs Dr. Sylvia Olayinka
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Source: SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH – Sierra Leone News
The Impact of COVID-19 in Our Community: Let's Not Put Our Health at Risk | BlackPressUSA
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) cite several possible reasons that Black Americans are more affected. One is that many of us live in more highly populated areas where it’s more difficult to practice physical distancing from one another. Many of us also live in
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