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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…the Report Did Not Say Anything New By Paul Baxter, Elections Expert I have just glanced through the final observation report that the European Union has issued, and indeed it makes an interesting reading. Here are my quick highlights: 1. The June 2023 multi-tier elections were generally calm and peaceful. This lends credence to Sierra
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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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Over the past two weeks, Mayor-elect Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr has come under attack on Social Media and, by way of official reprimand, by the supervisory Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development of the Government of Sierra Leone, for her international engagements; while refusing to take up office in Freetown, the country’s capital city. As
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America is a sovereign State, with full rights to determine their visa and immigration policies. They can choose to include anything in the mix of their discretions regarding who travels to the U.S. If they have chosen to include elections, what’s there to worry about? In fact, we would love to have an engagement with
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