By Sulaiman Sesay When he was a child, Sahr Laminnever imagined life without feet. He pictured himself growing up into a young man, married, raising children, and loving life. But when the civil war broke out in 1991, and all these simple dreams were cut off. Sahr Lamin was a young boy in diamond-rich […]
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By Sulaiman. Sesay With funding from the Aids Healthcare Foundation, the National Commission for Children (NCC) has on Tuesday 25th October 2022, commemorates post-International Day of the Girl Child. The theme for this year’s commemoration is “Girls! Our time is now -our rights, our future.” The commemoration also saw the Launching of a campaign titled
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Col. Mamady Doumbouya, head military junta in Guinea, who recently announced a 39-month transitional period before elections, today visited President Julius Maada Bio, a man who, in 1996, transferred power from a military regime to a democratically elected govt in the small West African nation. State House did not exactly communicate details of the
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Minister of Basic and Senior Secondary Education, Dr Moinina David Sengeh, says the decision taken by universities to conduct entrance examinations for students after getting their requirements is a reflection of the successes of the Free Quality School Education (FQSE). “No matter where one sits on the discourse of education transformation in Sierra Leone,
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· 2022 WJP Rule of Law Index® finds rule of law fell globally for 5th consecutive year · Authoritarian trends and some pandemic pressures continue in majority of countries · Sierra Leone’s score increased, ranks 16th out of 34 regionally WASHINGTON (26 October 2022) – For the fifth year in a row, the rule of law
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President of the Diamond Exporters Association of Sierra Leone, Fasally Tarawally, Tuesday 18 October 2022, hosted a high-powered delegation from the Kimberley Process Certification, KPC, scheme to discuss ways to engage and appeal to the Government of Sierra Leone to lower tax rates for diamond exporters. The KPC scheme was established in 2003 to prevent
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Following the aftermath of the August 10 protests in different parts of Sierra Leone, police have intensified their search for individuals whom they accuse of collaborating with one so-called Adebayor living in Holland that is doing his worst to make the country ungovernable. Since the events of that day, news keeps filtering of instances of
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