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Sierra Leone gets new vehicle number plates to curb motor crimes
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 8 September 2020: Sierra Leone Road Safety Authority (SLRSA) yesterday Monday, launched new national motor vehicle number plates at its headquarters on Kissy Road in Freetown, to help curb rising vehicle crime in the country and to make it much easier to manage vehicle data
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Source: SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH – Sierra Leone News
Ghana records 786 million foreign direct investment in the first half of 2020
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 24 October 2020: Ghana has recorded total investments of US$869.47 million, with total Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) value amounting to US$785.62 million between January to June 2020 as FDI inflow showed rare strength in the final moments of the second quarter of the
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Source: SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH – Sierra Leone News
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Driven by a Tumultuous Four Years, a Record 98 Million Americans Vote in Early Voting | BlackPressUSA
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The COVID-19 pandemic appears not to be stifling turnout for an election driven primarily by the controversial and divisive personal of Donald Trump. Younger voters who are represent the changing demographics in America are voting in record numbers in Texas. Older voters concerned
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Big Mac Racism at McDonald's | BlackPressUSA
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “Under the guise of reorganizing the way they manage the franchise system, the restaurant system across the country, they basically decimated the ranks of the African American leadership and employees,” Caruso said. “That to me is one of the most glaring act of intentional
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‘You Know Who to Vote For’ Martin Luther King’s Voting Message 56 Years Ago Today
An eerie message from Martin Luther King Jr. from 56 years ago today on October 27, 1964, has been found. The message sounds remarkably relevant to today's election. According to Executive Director Roy Wilson, Ed. D at the Martin Luther King Jr. Freedom Center, the video was recently found after
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Sierra Leone’s consumer protection laws strengthened – will consumers have faith in the justice system?
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 18 August 2020: Sierra Leoneans may be among the most discerning and 'shopping savvy' group of consumers on the continent but few understand their legal rights, let alone have confidence in the country's legal system when it comes to seeking justice after parting with their
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Source: SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH – Sierra Leone News
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ELECTION 2020: For Millions of Americans, the Future of Health Care is What's on the Ballot | BlackPressUSA
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “Right now, under the Affordable Care Act, it is your right to have access to lactation support and counseling without cost-sharing for as long as you are breastfeeding. If the ACA gets struck down, then insurers will not be required to cover it, which could have devastating
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ECOWAS urges members to collaborate in academic research
Abdul Malik Bangura: 25 July 2020: The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has urged member states to collaborate in conducting academic research. This point was raised during the discussions last Wednesday, 23rd July 2020 at the Joint Committees meeting of the Committee on
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Killing of unarmed citizens – is the Sierra Leone police above the law?
Amin Kef Sesay: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 11 August 2020: Police brutality or police violence is defined as a civil rights violation where law enforcement officers exercise undue or excessive force against a subject. This includes, but is not limited to bullying, physical or verbal
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Source: SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH – Sierra Leone News
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Disputed 2018 election in the Freetown constituency 110 to be held in December
Amin Kef Sesay: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 22 October 2020: Sierra Leone's National Electoral Commission (NEC) has finally published the date for the conduct of the controversial Parliamentary re-run bye election in constituency 110 which was marred by violence. It comes over a year after the last
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Source: SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH – Sierra Leone News
Mark Fish causes massive uproar on Twitter after #BLM comments
Bafana Bafana legend Mark Fish has caused a stir on Twitter after a string of contentious #BLM tweets left the public in shock and enraged.
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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
My government will provide nurses with two sets of uniforms free of charge – said president Bio
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 03 July 2020: President Dr Julius Maada Bio was in Bo, southern Sierra Leone yesterday, where he visited the newly refurbished Covid-19 care and treatment facilities, and distributed much needed equipment and uniforms to healthcare workers. Praising the interventions of
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Source: SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH – Sierra Leone News
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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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Head of UN in Sierra Leone meets president Bio at State House
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 23 October 2020: Newly appointed United Nations Resident to Sierra Leone – Mr. Babatunde Ahonsi, last Thursday called on President Dr Julius Maada Bio to present his letter of appointment by the UN Secretary General. ”It is with utmost humility and great honour that
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Source: SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH – Sierra Leone News
Push Back by Republicans After Trump Floats Idea of Delaying Elections
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Early on July 30, Trump tweeted, "With Universal Mail-In Voting (not
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Makeni - A time bomb
Bamine Charlie Boye: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 19 July 2020: Let me start by expressing my sympathy to the families of those who lost their lives in the unfortunate incident that took place in Makeni yesterday Saturday and Friday. Let me also hasten to make it known that I am against [Read More]
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Source: SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH – Sierra Leone News
IMF and Guinean authorities agree economic policies and reforms
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 28 October 2020: President Alpha Conde, 82, won the hotly contested presidential election held last week, according to official results announced Saturday, setting the stage for a controversial third term. He will remain in office to oversee the country’s post-covid economic
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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
If voting changes anything they will make It illegal
Abdulai Mansaray: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 31 October 2020: There is a seeming temptation for people to assume that what is going on in American politics is a far-flung concern for Americans and Americans only. Wrong. As we painfully watch Donald Trump taking the butcher’s knife to the entrails of
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Source: SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH – Sierra Leone News
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NAMI and Designer Kenneth Cole Team to Fight Mental Illness
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “Especially during this time of isolation, uncertainty, and tragedy, it is vital that no one feels alone in their mental health journey,” emphasized Daniel Gillison, the CEO of the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI). “The COVID-19 crisis shines a spotlight on our need for
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On This Day: What happened on 21 November?
We look back on this day in history and remember the people and events that shaped the world we live in today. Every day is worth remembering.
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I almost took my own life because of the ACC – says professor unjustly criminalised
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 13 September 2020: A university professor from Nigeria, who has lived and worked in Sierra Leone for several years, last year became the subject of gross abuse of human rights and injustice in the hands of the Sierra Leone Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC), after he  was
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Source: SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH – Sierra Leone News
Government must do more for epilepsy sufferers in Sierra Leone
Memuna Forna: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 11 November 2020: On Tuesday 3rd November, the Director of Non-Communicable Diseases at Sierra Leone’s Ministry of Health and Sanitation announced that it is planning to make epilepsy a health priority. (Photo above: Health workers receive training).  The
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Source: SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH – Sierra Leone News
EXCLUSIVE OP-ED: Time to Work Together to Strengthen Relationships Between Law Enforcement and Black Communities | BlackPressUSA
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Recent protests in communities across the country, including in my home city of Louisville, suggest that many see the blindfold worn by Lady Justice not as an indication of blind justice, but as blinders to the many issues facing our society. Chief among these issues is the current
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Female entrepreneur loses thousands of dollars investment in Sierra Leone – still no justice
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 18 October 2020: Just when she thought it was safe and the right decision to return home to Sierra Leone to invest her hard earned cash in her country of birth, Mrs Annie Metzger has witnessed all her hard work and investments gone up in smoke, as armed thugs working for a…
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Source: SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH – Sierra Leone News
Citywide Curfew as Protest continue around Chicago | BlackPressUSA
CHICAGO DEFENDER — The curfew comes as a result of escalated violence seen after peaceful protests that took place in downtown Chicago.  Mayor Lightfoot expressed her “total disgust” at the number of protesters “who came to today’s protest armed for an all-out battle.” Lightfoot added, “You
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School in Sierra Leone takes centre stage at the World Education Week
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 1 September 2020: One of Sierra Leone’s primary school - the EducAid Maronka Primary School in Port Loko, northern Sierra Leone will next month play a key part in the world’s biggest grassroots online education conference - World Education Week. EducAid Maronka Primary
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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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EU support for Kambia local council and CSOs launched in Kambia district
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 18 October 2020: Sierra Leone’s minister of planning and economic development, Dr. Francis Kai-Kai has reiterated his call for effective coordination, ownership and people cantered processes that are critical to achieving the objectives of the government’s Medium-Term
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Source: SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH – Sierra Leone News
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