Sierra Leone Telegraph: 24 September 2024: A global safety charity is highlighting the urgent challenge of uncontrolled waste disposal, after its latest report found 41% of households in Sierra Leone burn their waste. A World of Waste: risks and opportunities in household waste management is based on data on waste [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 23 September 2024: As the world convenes in New York this week for the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA 79), Africa’s 1.2 billion people will be counting on their participating leaders and pan-African institutions like the African Development Bank Group to lead the charge on matters critical [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 23 September 2024: The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) last week released its annual report of the main trends in international biodiversity finance. The report measures contributions towards the finance target 19(a) of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF), which calls for developed countries to [Read More]
Mackie M. Jalloh: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 22 September 2024: In an era where food systems face increasing threats from climate change, geopolitical tensions, and global disruptions, the need for more resilient and sustainable agricultural practices has never been more urgent. Sierra Leone, like many nations across Africa, is grappling with [Read More]
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]
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