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Office of the VP Hosts National Youth Employment and Entrepreneurship Fair

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The Government of Sierra Leone is organising its first National Youth Employment and Entrepreneurship Fair, NYEEF, that will create a space for networking and learning for over 500 young women and men aged 18-35, drawn from across the country.   This three-day event, which will be held from 15-17 November 2022, at the Freetown International […]

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Diamond Exporters Association President Hosts KPC Delegation in Sierra Leone

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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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ECOWAS Commission bridges knowledge gap of 25 journalists on trade advocacy

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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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Housemate boots 2

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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

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Orange commemorates IDAC with disable kids

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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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AGC strives to transform gold mining activities through cooperatives

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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

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Environmental, Health threat…
Mercury in Gold mining increases

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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

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SLCB LAUNCHES ‘SUPPORT U HOUSEMATES’ PROMOTION

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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

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Sierra Leone Has Opportunity to Increase Growth but Faces Challenges in Improving Citizens’ Welfare

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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

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