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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
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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LIVESTREAM REPLAY — "AM I BLACK ENOUGH?": THE FALLOUT OVER JOE BIDEN'S COMMENTS TO CHARLAMAGNE THA GOD | BlackPressUSA
VIDEO — NNPA's Dr. Nsenga K. Burton and Dr. Mark D. Cunningham discuss the impact of celebrity, opinion, social media and politicizing Blackness.
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White Motorist Charged with Murder of Black St Paul Man | BlackPressUSA
NNPA NEWSWIRE — In his statement to police, Watertown resident Anthony Trifiletti claimed that after driving away, he “unintentionally” followed Lewis. Lewis pulled over and Trifiletti pulled over behind him and when Lewis got out of his car, presumably to ask why the 25-year old was following
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#FIYAH! LIVESTREAM REPLAY — ZIGGY MARLEY | BlackPressUSA
In celebration of Black Music Appreciation Month, we present eight-time GRAMMY winner, Emmy winner, author, philanthropist, and reggae icon, Ziggy Marley! Marley has released thirteen albums to much critical acclaim. His early immersion in music came at age ten when he sat in on recording sessions
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COSAS shuts down schools in Alexandra to save learners
'We can’t risk learners’ lives by sending them to school. As COSAS we are declaring a total shutdown of all schools.'
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Thousands View NNPA’s First Virtual Convention
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “This represents a tremendous step forward for the Black Press of America. We note that during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Black Press of America has been able to overcome many of the obstacles that the pandemic continues to present. We plan to rebroadcast the virtual
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Education department: Cabinet will decide whether schools close or open
Distancing itself from an online survey, the Department of Basic Education says cabinet will decide the fate of schools.
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Kandeh Yumkella’s Garden of Eden Syndrome theory  on corruption Op ed
Oswald Hanciles: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 30 June 2020: Tuesday, 23rd of June, 2020, in his spacious air-conditioned  office with luxurious brownish sofas  in a 1970s-built  building on Sir. Samuel Lewis Road at Aberdeen, Westend of Freetown, Sierra Leone, I met with Hon. Kandeh Yumkella (popularly
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Source: SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH – Sierra Leone News
National Schools Nutrition Programme back on track bar a few hiccups
Despite the Department of Basic Education saying that the school feeding programme is back on track, civil rights bodies are not convinced.
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DBE Minister decries ongoing vandalism of schools
DBE Minister Motshekga noted in her media briefing on the state of readiness of schools to receive yet more learners that vandalism still presents major challenges to her department.
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The decline of global remittances puts rural families at risk
Pedro de Vasconcelos: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 09 June 2020: The economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic has led to the loss of millions of jobs in the developed and developing world. Migrant workers are among the most directly affected. They work in economic sectors adversely impacted by the
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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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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
Camille Cosby Opens Up to the Black Press in an Exclusive Historic Interview | BlackPressUSA
NNPA NEWSWIRE — "This is a pivotal time, in our nation's history, to force positive changes within all of our institutions which are rampant with racist behaviors – federal and state, healthcare, education, corporations, including corporate media, Wall Street – which is appropriately named because
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Peace and justice are two sides of the same coin
Abdulai Mansaray: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 7 July 2020: Since the former Defence, and Interior Minister was arrested and charged, among others with treason, the trial-by-social-media and in the court of public opinion has been in overdrive. The court of public opinion had tried him and given its own
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Source: SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH – Sierra Leone News
IMF supports Freetown City Councils property tax reforms
Amin Kef Sesay: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 02 July 2020: Implementation of Property Tax Reforms by the Freetown City Council, under the leadership of  Mayor Yvonne Aki-Sawyer has become a highly topical issue with some in favour of and others against saying the timing is not right, as the nation
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Source: SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH – Sierra Leone News
African economic and social awakening: Lessons from Singapore
Leoncio Amada NZE NLANG: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 25 June 2020: With 1.2 billion people and the youngest population on the planet, the African continent has great potential and much room for improvement to become one of the most vibrant economic centers globally. To achieve this, the continent will
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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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African destinations meet to plan growth and sustainable future for tourism
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 9 June 2020 Recovery and resilience were the central themes as the members of the World Tourism Organization’s Regional Commission for Africa (CAF) met for the 63rd time today. (Photo: Aberdeen Beach, Freetown, Sierra Leone).  Reflecting the extraordinary circumstances, the
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Source: SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH – Sierra Leone News
Coronavirus Africa: UNWTO adapts agenda for Africa to accelerate tourism recovery
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 30 June 2020: Yesterday, member States of the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) from across Africa, shared their priorities for tourism against the backdrop of COVID-19. (Photo above: Ivory Coast gears up for billions of dollars investment in tourism).  As with every other
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Source: SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH – Sierra Leone News
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Sierra Leone Commercial Bank  boosts government’s Covid-19 response with Le500 million
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 03 July 2020: The Sierra Leone Commercial Bank (SLCB), the most profitable and one hundred percent Sierra Leonean owned bank, yesterday boosted the work of the country’s National Covid-19 Emergency Response Centre (NACOVERC), with the sum of five hundred million Leones
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Source: SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH – Sierra Leone News
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Tragedy strikes in Gauteng leaving two learners and one teacher dead
Gauteng MEC Panyaza Lesufi has expressed sadness following the death of two learners and one teacher in the province this week.
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In memory of our departed Michael Alphonso Kalley – twelve months on
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 27 June 2020: Today, 27th June 2020, marks the first anniversary of the departure of our beloved father, brother, grandad, uncle, cousin, and friend – Mr  Michael Alphonso Kalley, who sadly passed away in Freetown  on the 27th of June 2019, aged 66. Michael was a long-time
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Source: SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH – Sierra Leone News
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Police Murder of George Floyd Sparks Uprisings Across America | BlackPressUSA
NNPA NEWSWIRE — National Newspaper Publishers Association Chair Karen Carter Richards and NNPA President and CEO Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr., and numerous other Black Press of America newspaper publishers have expressed outrage over Floyd's murder and concern about the rampant killings of African
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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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#FIYAH! — 6.6.20 — ONE-ON-ONE with KEITH ELLISON, MINNESOTA ATTORNEY GENERAL | BlackPressUSA
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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
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