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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]

Critique Column

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]

Latest Post

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]

Latest Post

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]

Latest Post

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]

Latest Post

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]

Latest Post

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]

Breaking News

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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Did Jaiama Sewafe Get an Early “Salmafo” from The SLPP Bio Government?

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It is early days into the Holy Ramadan Month, during which Muslims all around the world are required to fast from dawn to dusk, throughout the month. As one of [Read more]

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The Paradox of Donald Trump’s Foreign Policy for Africa.

01/03/2026

When Donald Trump referred to African countries, Haiti and El Salvador as shithole nations during a meeting on the 12 January 2018, the whole of Africa’s 1.55 billion people was [Read more]

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YAD Concludes Annual TVET Graduation in Grand Style

26/01/2026

On January 23rd and 24th, 2024, YAD added another chapter to its ongoing youth and women’s empowerment initiatives by hosting its annual TVET graduation in a spectacular fashion. Each year, [Read more]

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The Silence of the Lambs: Why Sierra – Leone’s Legal Guardians Must Not Stand Aside: Comparative Lessons and Constitutional Theory for a Critical Moment

25/01/2026

n Sierra Leone’s debate over the 2025 Constitutional Amendment Bill, the most troubling feature is not the substance of the proposals themselves but the silence that has settled around them. [Read more]

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