Thirteen years old Ibrahim Fornah sells second-hand clothes in the streets of Freetown so he could contribute to the buying of school materials ahead of the reopening of schools in September this year. Fornah told me that he spends the whole of the day in the streets of Freetown on an empty stomach, noting that […]
Child exploitation, child labor continues unabated in SL Read More »
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
ECOWAS Commission bridges knowledge gap of 25 journalists on trade advocacy Read More »
Two housemates have been evicted from the housemate salone season 3 the game get yagba reality tv program on Sunday 19 June 2022 after four weeks in the home. Munah Mimi Zayat and Mitchell Abdul Koroma [M-Posh] were kicked out of the Housemates Salone Season 3 reality program on Sunday. Juliana Conteh, Nohmi George, Francis
Orange Foundation SL honored the International Day of the African Child with Disable Kids around the country on Thursday, June 16, 2022. This year’s festival has as its subject the abolition of harmful behaviors affecting children. Children from the Milton Margai School for the Blind, the National School for the Deaf, the Albinism family, teachers
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The Artisanal Gold Council is preparing to change artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) by establishing cooperatives in mining communities and utilizing mercury-free gold processing facilities owned and managed by these communities.. In Sierra Leone, artisanal and small-scale gold mining has emerged as one of the most important extractive sectors. It is estimated that
AGC strives to transform gold mining activities through cooperatives Read More »
It took nearly two hours from Bo City to Lablama, a gold mining hamlet on the outskirts of Sierra Leone’s Southern Province.Approximately 200 meters off the Kangari Hills Forest Reserve gangs of artisanal gold miners clusters around pits frantically searching for gold as if it were the California Gold Rush of the 1800s.One of the
Environmental, Health threat…
Mercury in Gold mining increases Read More »
Sierra Leone’s leading commercial institution, the Sierra Leone Commercial Bank, with a reputation for promoting many worthy human and social causes, has thrown its weight behind the popular African Young Voices (AYV) media Housemate Salone Season 3 show as an official sponsor and also with its promotion “SUPPORT U HOUSEMATES”. During the promotion period, existing
SLCB LAUNCHES ‘SUPPORT U HOUSEMATES’ PROMOTION Read More »
Sierra Leone faces many challenges in improving the welfare of the population, but increased investment in education provision and quality skills can help more Sierra Leoneans access formal opportunities which could lead to improvement in living standards and reduction of poverty, according to the new World Bank Sierra Leone Poverty Assessment launched today 5 December 2022
