Sierra Leone Telegraph: 22 September 2024: The UK Government, in partnership with the Ugandan Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development, launched a £5million clean cooking programme to support clean cooking. The two-year programme has three major components: Establish a high-impact Clean Cooking Unit in the Ministry of Energy and Mineral [Read More]
James Kamara-Manneh: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 18 September 2024: In February 2024, the streets of Freetown witnessed the introduction of Waka Fine buses – a project widely hailed as a government initiative meant to ease transportation challenges for the ordinary Sierra Leonean. These buses, proudly branded with the national colours of [Read More]
New study finds ten cities alone across three continents, from Bogotá (Colombia) and Amman (Jordan) to Freetown (Sierra Leone) and Karachi (Pakistan) should prepare for significant climate migration in coming years Sierra Leone Telegraph: 18 September 2024: The groundbreaking new research has set out the scale and impact of climate [Read More]
Reuters: Siera Leone Telegraph: 9 September 2024: China stopped short of providing the debt relief sought by many African countries last week, but pledged 360 billion yuan ($50.7 billion) over three years in credit lines and investments. The Forum for China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) launched in 2000 took on an enhanced [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 5 September 2024: Dr Akinwumi Adesina, the president of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB), has praised Saudi Arabia for its generous “support, dedication and friendliness” to Africa where it is supporting a host of projects touching virtually all aspects of people’s everyday life on the continent. [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 5 September 2024: The UN chief underlined the global body’s support for this partnership in remarks to the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation Summit. Leaders from some 50 African countries are expected to attend the Summit, which has been held every three years since 2000. Debt hampers development [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 4 September 2024: The Government of Sierra Leone has yesterday signed a $50 million agreement with China National Technical Import & Export Corporation to establish a SMART Sierra Leone Project. The signing took place on the margins of the FOCAC Summit in Beijing which President Bio is [Read More]
Adamon Mukasa and Anthony Simpasa: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 27 August 2024 The implementation of the United Nations’ Agenda 2030 for sustainable development and the African Union’s Agenda 2063, hinges on Africa’s ability to mobilize sufficient and timely financial resources. The recently released African Economic Outlook (AEO) 2024 report by the [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 27 August 2024: Former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo has stated that the widespread poverty in Africa is man-made and not an act of God, according to Punch Nigeria newspaper report, as the former president calls on African leaders to stop accepting Western ideas that do not work [Read More]
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