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• Archbishop Edward Tamba Charles Pays Tribute to Pope Benedict XVI

Politics /

The Archbishop of Freetown in Sierra Leone has paid tribute to Pope emeritus Benedict XVI, describing him as a loving grandfather of the Church who left a treasure for upcoming theologians. Read aciafrica.org for the original report. In his homily at the Requiem Mass of the former Pope, Archbishop Edward Tamba Charles described the late Pope emeritus […]

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$12 Million to Boost Drive for Sierra Leone’s Self-Sufficiency in Rice

Agriculture, Business, Economy, Environment, Politics /

The Board of Directors of the African Development Fund on Monday 12 December 2022 announced the approval of $12.16 million in additional grant funding for the Rice Agro-Industrial Cluster Project in Sierra Leone. The project was first approved in November 2021. The Sierra Leone Rice Agro-Industrial Cluster (SL RAIC) Project, in the rural floodplain areas

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World Bank: $100M to Strengthen Public Finance in Sierra Leone

Business, Economy, Politics /

The World Bank Group Board of Executive Directors Monday 5 December 2022 approved the Second Inclusive and Sustainable Growth Development Policy Financing (DPF) – a $100 million grant which will support the Government of Sierra Leone to improve natural resource governance, enhance inclusiveness, and strengthen accountability and transparency in public finance.   This DPF, the

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Caritas Freetown, HealeyIRF Partner to Improve Health Access

Education, Gender, Health, Politics /

The development arm of the Catholic Archdiocese of Freetown in Sierra Leone has been selected as the implementing partner of a project by the Healey International Relief Foundation (HealeyIRF), a development agency that seeks to improve health access in the West African country. Announcing the new collaboration on November 18 at a press conference, Ishmael Alfred Charles,

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President Bio Addresses UK House of Lords on Leadership in Troubled Times

Business, Economy, Education, Gender, Politics /

President Julius Maada Bio of Sierra leone is in spending four days in London, United Kingdom, first to share his leadership strategies with the House of Lords on the COVID-19 pandemic and the current global economic crisis and later to meet private sector investors, according to State House.   “As the pandemic spread and we

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Rudiger to Donate World Cup Money to Children in Sierra Leone

Education, Entertainment, Sports /

The DOHANEWS has reported that Germany’s Antonio Rudiger, also Real Madrid’s defender, has agreed to donate a portion of his World Cup winnings to help Sierra Leonean children receive life-saving surgeries. With the World Cup approaching, Rudiger says his contributions to the BigShoe charity is a “matter of honor” and that he would “like to

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