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AfDB Takes Agricultural Transformation Discourse to India, Cradle of Green Revolution

28/02/2017 CEN

February 28, 2017 – Agriculture, agri-business and agro-industries will dominate the knowledge events of the 2017 Annual Meeting of the African Development Bank Group scheduled to take place from May [Read more]

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Insight Into What Legal Aid Board is Doing for Children in Sierra Leone

23/02/2017 Joseph Dumbuya, Registrar at the Sierra Leone Legal Aid Board

Since the Legal Aid Board started operations in May 2015, it has amply demonstrated commitment to protecting the rights of children through the provision of legal services, legal education and [Read more]

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Kailahun Women Express Determinations to Gain Grounds in Decision Making

23/02/2017 Alhaji M. Kamara

Women in Kailahun District have recently disclosed they want to elect 18 Parliamentarians and 8 female Councillors in the upcoming 2018 Presidential and Local Council elections. This disclosure was made [Read more]

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NASSIT and Cathedral School Saga Continues

23/02/2017 Saidu Bah

The Anglican Diocese Mission has expressed concerns over damages done to their Cathedral Primary School adjacent to a site where market stalls are under construction by NASSIT. In 2015, a [Read more]

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Teenage Abuser Sentenced for 27 Months Without Any Fine Option

23/02/2017 CEN

The Ministry of Social Welfare, Gender and Children’s Affairs (MSWGCA) today 21st *February* 2017, has continued to follow up on the topical matter of an assaulted girl child whose case [Read more]

Africa

What the Rest of Africa Can Learn From The Gambia’s Transition to Democracy

21/02/2017 Romola Adeola

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] The tensions that followed the historic electoral defeat of Gambia strongman President Yahya Jammeh has been a litmus test for democracy in Africa beyond the tiny West African nation. [Read more]

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Ambassador Kamara Remembered and honored in Kuwait

21/02/2017 M.B. Jalloh, Press Attache, the Gulf States

Following the passing away of H.E. Ambassador Ibrahim Bakarr Kamara on Wednesday 8th February 2017, the Sierra Leone Mission in Kuwait  opened a Book of Condolence at the Chancery from [Read more]

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From Law to Action: The Local Content Agency Act 2016

18/02/2017 By Sonkita Conteh, Director, Namati Sierra Leone

Idrissa was disappointed. His village was promised jobs if they leased their land to the palm oil company. “The company told us that every family that gave land to them [Read more]

Africa

IAEA Helps Burkina Faso Scale Up Fight Against Tsetse Flies

17/02/2017 CEN

Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso – Burkina Faso today inaugurated the largest insect rearing facility in West Africa to apply a nuclear technique to suppress the tsetse fly, an insect harmful to [Read more]

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President Koroma Announces Election Date, But There Are More Challenges Ahead

16/02/2017 Othman Sheriff

President Koroma has finally announced a date for presidential and legislative elections. But many people, including constitutional lawyers, are frowning at it on the grounds that he was sworn in [Read more]

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Ho. Sylvia Blyden to Address Parliament on Corruption Allegations

10/02/2017 CEN

There is a saying that whatever goes round comes round. Dr. Sylvia Blyden is another example of such.  She was appointment as Minister of Social Welfare, Gender and Children’s Affairs [Read more]

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CELEBRATING S.B.B. DUMBUYA AT 80 — The Teacher Who Formed a Generation

29/11/2025

This week, Mr. Sheku Badara Bashiru Dumbuya, affectionately known to thousands of former pupils simply as SBB, turned 80 years old.   Eighty is a milestone that invites reflection—not only [Read more]

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CONVERTING MINES MINISTER MATTIA’S OP-ED ON SIMANDOU INTO ACTION

25/11/2025

When Minister Julius Daniel Mattia wrote his op-ed on Guinea’s Simandou 2040, he was not just offering congratulations across a friendly border. His words carried the rhythm of an older [Read more]

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THE WOMAN PRESIDENT. NEXT.

25/11/2025

Two important questions women (and men allies), especially those in politics, should and must ask in preparation for Sierra Leone’s 2028 elections are these: 1) If there are no SLPP, [Read more]

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Beyond Inspiration: Mining Governance in Sierra Leone and the Missed Lessons of Simandou 2040

25/11/2025

On 12 November 2025, I read with interest an op-ed reflection shared on WhatsApp by Sierra Leone’s Honourable Minister of Mines and Mineral Resources, Julius Daniel Mattai, titled “Mining a [Read more]

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