Flood Victims Continue To Languish

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Flood Victims Continue To Languish

The flood victims, since their relocation 15th November 2015 by the former APC Bai Koroma led government continues to live in very deplorable and appalling condition. Life' struggle is on a daily basis not only to find food but also lack access to clean drinking water, toilet facilities, school, and marketplace. Millions of US dollars in international aid poured into the country. Also, millions of Leones and local supplies donated to the victims of the flood in 2015.

By Sylvester Samba

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Ghana Working On Petroleum Transportation Infrastructure Master Plan

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Ghana Working On Petroleum Transportation Infrastructure Master Plan

The quest to make Ghana a petroleum hub has begun as the government is currently working on a Petroleum Transportation Infrastructure Master Plan, aimed at enhancing the pace of infrastructure construction to serve the sub-Regional petroleum industry, the Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, has said.

By Benson Afful

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Human Relief Foundation (HRF) Feeds Vulnerable People In Sierra Leone

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Human Relief Foundation (HRF) Feeds Vulnerable People In Sierra Leone

A humanitarian organization based in the United Kingdom and France, has in collaboration with International Islamic Youth League Sierra Leone and the Government of President Julius Maada Bio donated large quantities of food items to about five hundred (vulnerable homes) at Six Mile on the outskirts of the capital city of Freetown and Port Loko district in Northern Sierra Leone.

By Sylvester Samba

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Egypt Host 1st African Anti-Corruption Forum

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Egypt Host 1st African Anti-Corruption Forum

Egypt Host 1st African Anti-Corruption Forum as Africa loses over US$50 Billion.

According to the Mo Ibrahim Foundation, corruption costs Africa over US$148 billion per annum – ‘equivalent to 50% of tax revenue and 25% of African GDP.’ Mostly through Illicit transactions by multinational corporations through corrupt practices, continue to deprive countries much needed financial resources.

By Sylvester Samba

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Banking, Real Estate & Technology, Headquartered in Rwanda

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Banking, Real Estate & Technology, Headquartered in Rwanda

Mara’s technology ventures capitalizes on the rapidly growing smartphone and internet markets creating a suite of platforms that are tailored locally.

Why Africa? “The Lion Awakes: Adventures in Africa’s Economic Miracle” by Ashish J. Thakkar is the true story of today’s Africa, one often overshadowed by the dire headlines. Traveling from his ancestral home in Uganda, East Africa, to the booming economy and (if chaotic) new democracies of West Africa, and down to the “Silicon Savannahs” of Kenya and Rwanda, Ashish J. Thakkar shows us an Africa that few Westerners are aware exists.

By Theo Edwards

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Pregnant School Girls Await ECOWAS Court Decision

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Pregnant School Girls Await ECOWAS Court Decision

In suit no. ECW/CCJ/APP/22/18, the Women Against Violence and Exploitation In Society (WAVES) and Child Welfare Society, Sierra Leone (CWS-SL), who are acting on behalf of the Pregnant Adolescent School Girls in Sierra-Leone, described the policy as grossly unlawful, discriminatory, against the interest of the victims, a violation of their rights to education and non-discrimination.

By Sylvester Samba

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ECOWAS member-states with potential to developing renewable energy

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ECOWAS member-states with potential to developing renewable energy

As part of its "Regional Off-Grid Electrification Project (ROGEP)," the ECOWAS Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (ECREEE) organize a regional validation workshop for the Draft Standards for Electrodomestic Appliances and Regional Standard for Plug and Play Solar Home Systems Kits. May 21 – 22, 2019 in Plateau at the Hotel Fleur de Lys - Dakar, Senegal.

By Sylvester Samba

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Prison Watch (SL) Concern Over Juvenile Detention Center

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Prison Watch (SL) Concern Over Juvenile Detention Center

The President of Sierra Leone grants Presidential Pardon to 10 juveniles. Through the advocacy group, Prison Watch Sierra Leone, in collaboration with the current Director Public Prosecution (DPP), Easmon Nathanael Ngakui. Mr. Ngakui subscribed to the Oat 15th February 2019.

As of 16th May, 2019, the detention population in the juvenile centers include the following; Remand Home at Kingtom house fifty-five boys and two girls, Approved School, Wellington, twenty-three boys and two girls and the Bo Remand Home is housing fourty-one boys.

The Juvenile clemency executed by the President was the first in the history of the republic.

By Sylvester Samba

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Sierra Leone New Minerals Policy Meet International Standards

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Sierra Leone New Minerals Policy Meet International Standards

Since 1930, Sierra Leone is yet to benefit from its mineral endowment due to bad governance and disorganized structures in the mineral sector.

Initiatives relevant to mineral sector governance and management captures recent developments in the mining sector in Sierra Leone and position the mineral sector at the heart of achieving Sierra Leone’s long-term vision for sustainable growth and transformational development.

World Bank through the Extractive Industries Technical Assistance Project (EITAP) providing both financial and technical support.

By Sylvester Samba

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PWD’s Petitions Sierra Leone Parliament, Others

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PWD’s Petitions Sierra Leone Parliament, Others

The disable petitioners who came mainly from Milton Margai School for the Blind, Sierra Leone National Association of the Deaf, and Hard of Hearing (SLNAD) among other institutions called on the above stakeholders in those institutions they represent to make additional efforts on Road safety enforcement. They also pleaded with authorities to see the reason now to amend the current Road Traffic Acts and Regulations in order to guarantee their safety whenever they are accessing those roads.

By Sylvester Samba

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