July 2022

ECOWAS names new President

Omar Alieu Touray,  has been named President of the Economic Commission for West African States (ECOWAS) for a four-year term, according to the Commission. Touray candidacy as the new President of the ECOWAS Commission (2022–2026) was unanimously endorsed by the Authority on July 3 during the 61st Ordinary Summit of the ECOWAS Heads of State and […]

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2,500 locals in Falaba receives WFP cash-based transfer

The World Food Programme (WFP) has completed its first round of conditional cash-based transfers in Falaba district as part of the cross-border, UN Peacebuilding Fund project, reaching 500 participating households which have 2,500 residents, half of them women, the UN Agency report states. The transfers were made to facilitate the construction of small-scale irrigation systems

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Fulbright fellow pays courtsey call on SLAJ, Editors’ Guild on Fake-news

Fulbright Fellow, Professor Michael M. Epstein, Tuesday, July 12 paid a courtesy on the President of Sierra Leone Association of Journalists (SLAJ), Ahmed Sahid Nasralla- Monk, and the President of the Guild of Editors Donald Theo Harding. During both meetings, Professor Epstein expressed his support to help the media in the fight against fake news

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‘Urgently amend nationality laws that discriminate sex’- Equality Now 

Equality Now is calling on countries globally to urgently amend nationality laws that discriminate on the basis of sex. According to a press report, a quarter of countries still have nationality laws that discriminate against women. Everyone has the right to be born with a nationality and to be secure in their human right to

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Rossiya Segodnya hosts virtual conference discussing Africa’s Food Security

Sputnik parent company Rossiya Segodnya held a virtual roundtable discussion on Tuesday between Russian and African diplomats, analysts, and officials to discuss the subject of “Global Challenges to Food Security.” Specialists discussed a range of topics related to the current food security crisis threatening the planet as it relates to both Africa and the wider

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ECOWAS Commission bridges knowledge gap of 25 journalists on trade advocacy

There is a knowledge capacity gap on the part of non-state actors, particularly media practitioners in holding public actors accountable for their commitments to the smooth implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of trade instruments. As a result, the requisite changes at the national and regional levels are inadequate, resulting in low citizen mobilization; weak regional markets

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UN ASG/DED reaffirms UN Women’s commitment to support Sierra Leone’s achievement of Agenda 2030

The Assistant UN Secretary-General (ASG) and UN Women Deputy Executive Director, Ms. Asa Regner, have said the United Nation’s Women’s Office is committed to supporting Sierra Leone in achieving Agenda 2030. Sierra Leone has made tremendous strides to achieve gender parity, the Gender Minister, Manty Tarwallie, said to the visiting #UNWomen team during a bilateral

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