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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President Julius Maada Bio today unveiled the government’s white paper on the reform of Sierra Leone’s 1991 Constitution, approving significant proposals and announcing the immediate implementation of some of them. “Rather than shy away from the hard-hitting recommendations of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission as my predecessor did, I have actively implemented them because I
…WIMSAL Must Go Beyond Statements The launch of WIMSAL’s new safeguarding policy is welcome, but as a graduate with a bachelor’s degree in mass communication from Fourah Bay College and a woman working in Sierra Leone’s media space, I am left asking a more uncomfortable question: what exactly does “action” mean if we are unwilling
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Osman Foday Yansaneh (R) and Lansana Dumbuya (L) The High Court’s interim injunction against Osman Foday Yansaneh and Lansana Dumbuya is more than another legal headache for Sierra Leone’s main opposition party. It strikes at the very machinery the APC needs to prepare for 2028. The order, as reported in the local media, prevents the
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Published by The UnPopulist Last week, Great Britain got a new prime minister who wants to change how Parliament gets elected. Andy Burnham, the new Labour Party leader, just became the most powerful person in British politics calling for proportional representation, an electoral system in which the number of seats won by each party reflects their
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Sierra Leone has advanced discussions with Sanitation and Water for All (SWA) towards the launch of the country’s Heads of State Initiative on water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH), following a bilateral engagement between the Minister of Water Resources and Sanitation, Dr. Sao-Kpato Hannah Isatta Macarthy, and SWA’s Acting Chief Executive Officer, Sitali Muyatwa, on the
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Sierra Leone has highlighted the importance of strengthening national systems for tracking water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) financing as a critical means of accelerating progress towards Sustainable Development Goal 6 (SDG 6), which seeks to ensure the availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all. Speaking during a session on monitoring SDG 6
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By Alfred Kanu, Boston, Massachusetts, USA Perhaps the most human moment in President Bio’s address came when he asked Parliament to imagine how today’s decision might look to people who have not yet been born. “The decision before you will not end with the vote. It will be remembered by generations yet unborn,” he told
His assertion… has reawakened the debate about which electoral system might work for Sierra Leone. Sierra Leone’s Vice President, Dr. Mohamed Juldeh Jalloh, has described the Proportional Representation (PR) system as one of the world’s most widely used electoral models, saying it promotes inclusive representation and ensures that all segments of society have a voice
By Mohamed Juldeh Jalloh A few years ago, government leaders in developing countries worried about debt, unemployment, or the next election. Today, the answer is usually all of them at once, compounded by climate shocks, food and fuel crises, and rising debt obligations, while development assistance becomes less predictable and citizens rightly continue to expect
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A Sierra Leone woman got the attention of the president when she broke a world record. Mary Yongai became a local celebrity when she performed the most cosmetic makeovers in 24 hours (one artist). The 26-year-old gave beauty transformations to a total of 111 women when she took on the challenge in Freetown, Western Area, Sierra
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The IMF’s support is designed to make Sierra Leone’s economy more resilient, lift living standards, and fight poverty through structural reforms and focused social programs. Sierra Leone will receive $248.5 million in financial support from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to boost its economic resilience. Announced on October 31, the funding comes through a 38-month Extended Credit Facility,
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