Before President Koroma’s departure, Dr Omar Alieu Touray, President of the ECOWAS Commission, made two visits to Sierra Leone following the attempted coup of November 26th 2023 It is five months since Sierra Leone’s beleaguered former president Ernest Bai Koroma flew to Nigeria after a court ruling which allowed him to leave on medical grounds. […]
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Andrew Brooks examines the false comparisons that distort our understanding of developing countries and their healthcare Hospitals are worse in Africa than in any other region in the world. In Sierra Leone, they are worse than in most of Africa. The infant mortality rate of 78 deaths per 1,000 births is shocking and among the
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The rapper and presenter, 28, on coming from a massive family, avoiding Tinder and why winning a Bafta made him want to cry. Read The Guadian Living in temporary housing as a kid gave me character and hunger. We moved all over London: Victoria, Battersea, Swiss Cottage and Kilburn. Growing up that way made me hate
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President Julius Bio of Sierra Leone delivered the Third Annual Distinguished Lecture in African Studies, organized by the Centre for Africana Studies, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, United States on March 25, 2024. His lecture was entitled, “Navigating the Future: Democracy, Progressive Politics and Inclusive Development in Africa – The Sierra Leone Experience.” After the lecture, he
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By Alpha Amadu Jalloh In the vast expanse of political desert that is Sierra Leone, hope for a politically relevant and significant third party, emerged like a distant oasis – a third party that will challenge the cyclical grip of the two main political parties – SLPP and APC. Dr. Kandeh Yumkella, with his illustrious
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By David Moinina Sengeh, Chief Minister of Sierra Leone On Jan. 23, I represented my country’s government before the U.N. Security Council, where I called for a cease-fire in Gaza and justice for all parties. The following day, International Day of Education, I gave a lecture at Harvard’s Graduate School of Education on “radical inclusion,” a strategy for social
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Countries must accelerate delivery of sustainable and healthy food systems, writes Julius Maada Bio, President of the Sierra Leone Food is what sustains us – or at least it should be. But our food systems are currently failing us at both an individual and planetary level. Rather than nourishing us with healthy, affordable food, a
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A new drug called kush is wreaking havoc in West Africa, particularly in Sierra Leone where it is estimated to kill around a dozen people each week and hospitalise thousands. The drug, taken mostly by men aged 18 to 25, causes people to fall asleep while walking, to fall over, to bang their heads against hard surfaces and
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Efforts are being made by a team of Government Ministers to engage the managements of Leone Rock Metal Group LTD, formerly Kingho, and Arise IIP with a proposal that will lead to a compromise in favour of both companies regarding the management of the railway and port facilities. The companies, like any other investor seeking
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Over the last three years, the African Sahel region has witnessed a wave of coups d’état in seven countries that extend from Guinea on the Atlantic Ocean to Sudan on the Red Sea. Five military coups succeeded in five countries, in Mali, Burkina Faso, Guinea, Niger, and Gabon, while three other nations—Tunisia, Chad, and Sudan—had
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