The island of Nyangai off the coast of Sierra Leone is on the frontline of climate change. More frequent and intense weather has eroded Nyangai to a nubbin. But the crisis now unfolding on Nyangai is on a different scale. Over the past decade, the island has shrunk from roughly 2,300 feet long to just 560, according to The Atlantic. Today, Nyangai is disappearing before their very […]
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Sierra Leone-born Foday Dumbuya combines classic British tailoring with West African influences to make the office—and the pitch—more stylish places. Originally published by Bloomberg and Mint Lounge. A constellation of celebrities and pop stars sat in the front row in February as fashion brand Labrum showed off its latest collection inside London’s Tate Britain museum. But it
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Dr. Fatima Maada Bio, First Lady of Sierra Leone, has been bestowed with the esteemed “WOMAN OF THE YEAR AWARD” by the prestigious Global Woman Award. This recognition, presented by Professor Pauline Long, CEO of the Global Woman Award, signifies Dr. Maada Bio’s exemplary dedication to championing the rights and welfare of women and girls
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Freetown Mayor Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr was last week recognised by the Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship as an “Outstanding Public Social Intrapreneur of the Year 2023”, a sister organisation of the World Economic Forum and a leading global platform that promotes social innovation. As a Schwab Foundation Awardee, Aki-Sawyerr was invited to attend the “Leadership For
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By Agnes Aineah Caritas Freetown, the development and humanitarian arm of the Catholic Archdiocese of Freetown in Sierra Leone has completed a training programme that was designed to equip a section of the Sierra Leone Police (SLP) with skills to handle cases of sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) they are presented with. Executive Director of Caritas
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New African Society (NAS), a youth-led Sierra Leone-based organization, is working for the development of self-sufficient communities to alleviate generations of poverty within the country. The organization offers services that promote the advancement of agricultural projects within the region, seeking to remedy a lack of opportunity for socioeconomic mobility and food insecurity. “We have identified the
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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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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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Photo Credit: Photo credit: Parker Diakite Kadiatu “KK” Kamara is Sierra Leone’s only female surfer. She is ranked as a top surfer in West Africa after coming in second place at her most recent competition in Liberia. She didn’t know she would make it this far. Statistically speaking, becoming a professional surfer wasn’t supposed to be
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Film star Idris Elba, who is leading the construction of a smart city in Sierra Leone, says he took on the project to change the stereotypical perception of Africa. Elba is building the eco-city on the rural Sherbro Island off the coast of West Africa along with Siaka Stevens, a grandson of Sierra Leone’s former
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