Environment

More Abuses at Socfin Plantations in Sierra Leone, Cameroon

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The investigators found pollution of rivers, lakes and lagoons in both Sierra Leone and Cameroon that they said could be linked to the company’s activities. In Sierra Leone, they also reported that the company doesn’t always apply measures to mitigate air pollution as proposed in the environmental, social and health impact assessment carried out when the plantation […]

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Can Mirrors Help Fight Threat of Extreme Heat?

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The project began its first installation in Freetown. It aims to mitigate the impacts of the extreme heat facing the region. According to one resident, it is already changing lives. About half a million people in Freetown live in densely populated informal settlements or shanty towns. By Jake Wood, BBC News NIShare When the inside of your

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Sierra Leone Must Confess Sins Against Environment

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Archbishop Edward Tamba Charles of the Catholic Archdiocese of Freetown in Sierra Leone has challenged citizens of the West African nation to treat their abuse of the environment as an “ecological sin”, which must be confessed. In his Sunday, March 17 homily during the Lenten Pilgrimage of his Metropolitan See, Archbishop Tamba Charles expressed concern that people are

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Idris Elba ‘dreams big’ with Sierra Leone Eco-city Plan for Sherbro Island

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By David Waddell, BBC News Hollywood actor Idris Elba has a “big dream” for Sierra Leone, the West African nation where his father was born – to regenerate a beautiful island off its coast and turn it into an eco-friendly “smart city”. “Originally we went there thinking how could we bring tourism to the most

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NACE-SL Joins TJNA at Alternative Mining Indaba In South Africa

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Coordinator of the National Advocacy Coalition on Extractives in Sierra Leone, NACE-SL, Cecilia Mattia, is attending the Alternative Mining Indaba, AMI, that started Monday 5th and will end on Wednesday 7th February 2024 in Cape Town, South Africa. She joins the Tax Justice Network Africa (TJNA), her partners and sponsors for this trip, and other

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Salone Delegation Visits Falklands On Fisheries, Conservation

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A delegation from Sierra Leone headed by Mrs. Princess Dugba, Minister of Fisheries and Marine Resources together with Ms Harriet Mathews, Director General Africa and the Americas at the Foreign and Development Office are currently in the Falkland Islands as part of a program to share fisheries, environment and conservation policies experiences. The purpose of

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U.S. Gives $450,000 To Preserve Old Fourah Bay College in Sierra Leone

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The United States through the U.S. Ambassador’s Fund for Cultural Preservation (AFCP), is announcing a $450,000 grant awarded to implementing partner World Monuments Fund (WMF) for the continued stabilization of Old Fourah Bay College in Freetown. This grant will support the completion of emergency stabilization on the historic building, installation of a new roof, and

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