By EnergyPortal Sierra Leone, a small West African nation, has been making strides in recent years to improve its energy market and expand access to electricity for its citizens. This is a critical step for the country, as access to reliable and affordable energy is essential for economic growth, job creation, and improved living standards. […]
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Sierra Leone, known for its white sand beaches, lush rainforests and unique foundation as a colony for freed slaves, will hold general elections on June 24, reports AFP – Agence France Presse. Here are five things to know about the mineral-rich West African nation, whose name derives from the Portuguese words for “Lion Mountains”. Sierra
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Infinitum Energy Group, a developer of global power projects, has tabled a bid to create a waste-to-energy power plant in the capital city of Freetown that aims to add 30 megawatts to Sierra Leone’s energy supply and sell electricity generated by refuse back to the government. The ambitious plan is to rid the city of
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Sierra Leoneans are mourning the demise of a 400-year-old beloved ancient tree in central Freetown, the capital city of Sierra Leone, that was widely regarded as a treasure and national symbol because of its historic connection to the liberated slaves who founded the West African country. Click to read the full article about the giant
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Directorate of Relief and Response of the National Disaster Management Agency (NDMA) in collaboration with UNICEF, UNDP, FCC, CONCERN, SLRCS, CARITAS and the Sierra Leone Police has conducted a needs assessment and registration of the affected victims of the Susan’s Bay Fire Incident. Director of Communications, Mohamed L. Bah, told journalists at the scene
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The Government of Iceland through its Ministry of Foreign Affairs has committed to supporting the Government of Sierra Leone’s programme, ‘Improving Access to Climate Resilient Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) Services for Improved Livelihoods and Child-Friendly Environment in Rural Fishing Communities’, according to African Business. The project will improve water and sanitation services in 16
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Mongabay’s Ashoka Mukpo visited the Sherbro estuary, a sprawling riverine ecosystem of mangroves among coastal fishing villages on the coast of Sierra Leone in April of this year. See details in this video documentary. It is suffering the impacts of climate change, much like other coastal communities in West Africa. A USAID project financing the
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The Board of Directors of the African Development Fund on Monday 12 December 2022 announced the approval of $12.16 million in additional grant funding for the Rice Agro-Industrial Cluster Project in Sierra Leone. The project was first approved in November 2021. The Sierra Leone Rice Agro-Industrial Cluster (SL RAIC) Project, in the rural floodplain areas
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Sierra Leone and many African countries at the Cop27 in the Egyptian city of Sharm El Sheikh have called on developed nations to stop talking and start acting on promises of financial support to help them tackle the fallout from climate change. Read the original story here The continent, which is home to
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Written by Babatunde A. Ahonsi, UN Resident Coordinator in Sierra Leone Sierra Leone is among the 10 percent of countries in the world that are most vulnerable to the adverse consequences of climate change, and presently one of the least able to cope with the effects. Unpredictable weather patterns, severe flooding, mudslides, and associated crop
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