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BBC Announces Major New Focus on Africa

07/06/2012 Othman Sheriff

The BBC has today announced its first-ever dedicated daily TV news programme in English for African audiences. The new programme, BBC Focus on Africa, brings together the expertise of the [Read more]

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Partnering to Advance Safe Motherhood in Sierra Leone: Miss Sierra Leone USA Women’s Leadership and Scholarship Pageant 2012

07/06/2012 Othman Sheriff

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE The Miss Sierra Leone USA Women’s Leadership and Scholarship Pageant 2012 (a production of the nonprofit MSLDC Inc.) is honored to announce that Victoria Secrets Supermodel, Selita [Read more]

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Top Bankers Honored During the African Development Annual Meetings

07/06/2012 Othman Sheriff

ARUSHA, Tanzania, June 6, 2012/ — Africa's Top Bankers gathered in Arusha, Tanzania,  to celebrate the 6th edition of the African Banker Awards, under the patronage of the African Development [Read more]

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Critique Column

The ACC Boss’s Presentation at the Commonwealth Regional Conference Raises More Questions than Answers

05/06/2012 Othman Sheriff

Mr. Joseph Kamara, Commissioner of the Sierra Leonean anti-graft agency, recently made a presentation at the Commonwealth Regional Conference for heads of anti-corruption agencies at the Zambezi Sun Hotel in Livingstone, Zambia.  [Read more]

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A Second Air Tragedy in the West Coast Within 48 Hours

03/06/2012 Othman Sheriff

A passenger plane carrying 153 passengers between Abudja and Lago has crashed in a residential area, no hope for survival.  Authorities have declared three days of national mourning for the [Read more]

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A Cargo Plain Crash-landed in Accra, Ghana – 10 People Dead

03/06/2012 Othman Sheriff

A cargo plane has crash-landed in Ghana's capital Accra, hitting a bus full of passengers, officials say. Ten passengers on board the bus were reported to have been killed while [Read more]

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Verdict Against a Dictator: Mubarak Sentenced for Life

02/06/2012 Othman Sheriff

CAIRO — Ousted Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and his former interior minister, Habib al Adly, were sentenced to life in prison for complicity in the killing of protesters during the [Read more]

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Japan Pledges $1 Billion for African Private Sector Development Through AfDB’s Initiative

01/06/2012 Othman Sheriff

  PRESS RELEASE   AfDB President Kaberuka thanked the Japanese Government for their continued support   ARUSHA, Tanzania, May 31, 2012/ — Japan's Senior Vice Minister of Finance, Yukihisa Fujita, [Read more]

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

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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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