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FIRST REPUBLIC SET UP BY FREED SLAVES
After departing New York Port in 1820 the first group of freed blacks landed first in Sherbro Island in Sierra Leone and later moved on to Bushrod Island in what is today in Monrovia and established a state. By the 1847 the country declared its independence.
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Africa: A Stronger and More United Africa?
[Africa In Fact] Strong medicine: the COVID-19 effect
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All is not well at Sierra Leone’s Social Welfare Ministry
James Fallah-Williams: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 10 January 2021: I visited the Sierra Leone Ministry of Social Welfare, Gender and Children’s Affairs to see the minister regarding our container of mobility aids for disabled people in the country. The minister sat in her office, looking rather
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Source: SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH – Sierra Leone News
Sierra Leone government Chief Minister David Francis accused of massive corruption
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 15 February 2021: US based Africanist Press Media has today published another seriously incriminating report about grand corruption in the Bio-led SLPP government of Sierra Leone, as the country's anti-graft agency - the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC), is accused of waging
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Source: SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH – Sierra Leone News
Sierra Leone announces new Covid-19 travel measures as dozens of new cases are recorded  
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 02 January 2021: Last Wednesday, President Bio’s government announced that it has revised its process of screening all passengers arriving at the Lungi International Airport, following an alarming increase in the number of reported new cases in the country. This worrying
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Source: SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH – Sierra Leone News
Africa Launches Covid-19 Continent-Wide Antibodies Study | Africanews
Large Continent and Low Numbers
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Caribbean countries call for fair access to non-market finance
SANTIAGO, Chile (CMC) - Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley has told the Sixth Caribbean Development Roundtable of the UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) that middle-income countries need fair and predictable access to non-market finance based on their vulnerability.
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UCT students hold mass meetings to discuss issues, including 'financial exclusion' | News24
According to the Student Representative Council, there are around 2 500 students facing financial exclusion with a combined debt of more than R115 million.
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Sierra Leone government’s supplementary budget and the reality of Covid-19 economics
Mahmud Tim Kargbo: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 2 August 2020: With an unbelievable 5.4 percent recovered GDP in 2019, which was further projected to grow by 4.2 percent in 2020 but now expected to decline to 3.1 percent as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, Sierra Leone’s policymakers need a new
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Source: SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH – Sierra Leone News
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Boko Haram claims abduction of students in northern Nigeria
LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Rebels from the Boko Haram extremist group claimed responsibility Tuesday for abducting hundreds of boys from a school in Nigeria’s northern Katsina State last week in one of the largest such attacks in years,...
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Two-thirds of school principals are ready for 2021 academic year - survey | News24
Sixty-six percent of public school principals, surveyed by unions, say they are ready for schools to open come Monday.
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Analysis: COVID-19 Vaccines are Coming to Texas, Along with a Ranking of Who's Most Essential | Dallas Weekly
Editor's note: If you'd like an email notice whenever we publish Ross Ramsey's column, click here. If you would like to listen to the column, just click on the play button below. (Audio unavailable. Click here to listen on texastribune.org.) Who gets the first batch of vaccines? And the second, and
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Sierra Leone’s five-year MCC threshold programme ends but what success?
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 1 April 2021: President Dr Julius Maada Bio on Tuesday officially announced the formal closure of the Millennium Challenge Compact (MCC) Threshold Programme funded by the US government in 2015. The $44.4 million threshold programme was aimed at improving access to clean
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Source: SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH – Sierra Leone News
Sierra Leone’s President Bio leads the way in taking COVID-19 Vaccine
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 15 March 2021: President Dr Julius Maada Bio has today shown leadership by taking the first shot of the COVID-19 vaccine at the launching of the country’s Covid-19 vaccination programme held in State House, Freetown. The President led a throng of other high-profile
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Source: SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH – Sierra Leone News
Mines minister calls on mining companies to step up operations – SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 16 September 2020: Sierra Leone’s Minister of Mines and Mineral Resources - Timothy Kabba and his team, last week conducted a two-day familiarisation tour of three mining companies in the southern and eastern districts of the country, to discuss mining operations. The
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Source: SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH – Sierra Leone News
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72 Eastern Cape schools unable to open due to poor sanitation, DA says | News24
The DA in the Eastern Cape says the provincial education department must be held to account for 72 schools which were unable to open at the beginning of the week due to a lack of safe and appropriate sanitation.
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Sierra Leone: Nation's Tech-Aided War On Corruption
[DW] The West African nation's fight against corruption started bearing fruit when political will supported by international partners began mixing with digital technology. Can Sierra Leone be a model for the rest of Africa?
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Independence for Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone proclaimed independent.
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The moment this adopted African-American woman found out she is a Sierra Leone princess - Face2Face Africa
Sarah Culberson was born in Morgantown, West Virginia, to an African father and a White mother. She was put into foster care. A year after her first birthday, she was adopted by a White West Virginia couple. Growing up, Culberson did not know much about her ancestry and she had to deal with so
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Lifting curfew temporarily and retaining restrictions – what is the logic?
Rodney Michael: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 31 October 2020: There has been no vocal advocate and supporter of Sierra Leone's (National Covid-19 Emergency Response Centre (NACOVERC) than me. I have defended and supported them in public and in privately  and written several articles in support of their
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Source: SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH – Sierra Leone News
How To Use Activated Charcoal Like A Pro | BlackDoctor.org - Where Wellness & Culture Connect
There are many ways to use activated charcoal. It is becoming more popular for its health benefits – think anti-aging, gut health, toxin removal and so much more. But, if you’re new to the trend you may be wondering, ‘where do I begin?’ For five ways to use the popular potent natural treatment like
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High-level Guinean delegation meets President Bio in Freetown
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 8 February 2021: A high-level delegation led by the Guinean Minister of Foreign Affairs and Guineans Abroad, Dr Ibrahim Khalil Kaba, today conveyed a letter from Guinea’s President Alpha Conde to President Dr Julius Maada Bio at State House in Freetown. The Guinean team
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New water harvesting systems for seven schools
Ahead of the start of the 2020/2021 academic year, work is far advanced to improve drought management and sanitation systems at seven infant and primary schools in St Ann, Hanover, St James and Westmoreland.
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Sierra Leone’s democracy: A focus on public trust in state institutions
Rev. Gibrilla Kargbo: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 04 April 2021: Given the current realities in Sierra Leone, it would appear as if the trust of the governed in the governors is a scarce commodity, thus the need to assess the situation and examine the key issues concerning public trust in state [Read
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Source: SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH – Sierra Leone News
Appeals court judges reject State’s attempt to derail Palo Conteh’s case
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 02 December 2020: Sierra Leone Judiciary's Appeals Court yesterday Tuesday, rejected an attempt by the State Prosecutor to derail former minister of defence – Retired Major Palo Conteh's appeal hearing. According to report by Awareness Times, the legal manoeuvre by the State
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Source: SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH – Sierra Leone News
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Why Birmingham City Schools Moved Start Date to Sept. 8 from Aug. 24
By Barnett Wright The Birmingham Times  Students in Birmingham City Schools will begin the 2020-21 academic year on Tuesday, September 8, the day after Labor Day, instead of the previously planned August 24, school officials announced this week. The Birmingham Board of Education approved the change
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Storming of the United States Capitol
Ambassador Maria Brewer: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 08 January 2021: The United States Congress has completed its Constitutionally mandated count of the Electoral College vote and affirmed the election of Joseph R. Biden, Jr. and Kamala D. Harris.  They will be sworn into office and a peaceful
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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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Thousands of businesses to benefit from electronic cash registers in Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 21 October 2020: Sierra Leone’s Minister of Finance, Jacob Jusu Saffa, on Monday commissioned five thousand Electronic Cash Registers (ECR) which will be rolled out immediately across hotels and supermarkets in the country. The National Revenue Authority (NRA) last
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Source: SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH – Sierra Leone News
Legacies of Sir Banja Tejan-Sie – Sierra Leone’s last Governor General
Alhaji Amadu D Tejan-Sie Esq: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 13 August 2020: The 8th day of August marks the 20th anniversary of the death of my immediate elder brother, my mentor Sir Banja Tejan-Sie Esq., GCMG, second Speaker of the Sierra Leone House of Representative, former Chief Justice, and the last
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Makeni earth tremor could be a natural warning sign – Op ed
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UN High Commissioner for Refugees commits to sustainable solutions to Nigeria’s forgotten displacement crisis
Ghana’s President Akufo-Addo champions economic self-sufficiency for Africa’s transformation
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BADEA invests $65 million to improve Sierra Leone’s educational infrastructure
ADB and AU launch landmark initiative to eradicate malnutrition across Africa
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Sierra Leone’s civil servants should maintain professionalism – Op ed
APC-SLPP rivalry intensifies, raising concerns for Sierra Leone’s political stability
Sierra Leone public urge President Bio to declare state of emergency on sexual and gender-based violence
Imminent cabinet reshuffle sparks anxiety in Sierra Leone’s government circles
Deputy opposition Leader urges Parliamentary action to combat corruption in Sierra Leone
ACC reacts to report of the tribunal on the auditor-general and deputy auditor-general
President Bio says Sierra Leone remains committed to upholding the principles of international law
ECOWAS and Media Foundation for West Africa discuss strategy to Promote democratic governance in West Africa
China stops short of Africa debt relief as it pledges more cash, says Reuters
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Democracy under siege? Society’s eternal vigilance is key – a rejoinder
China’s President Xi Jinping and President Bio commit to strengthen Cooperation
AfDB president praises Saudi Arabia for billions of dollars of investment in Africa
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NRM demands APC Leadership adhere to 2022 Constitution or face serious repercussions
Sierra Leone’s main opposition party blasts government Free Education initiative for failing the poor
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