Sierra Leone Telegraph: 29 January 2022: Yesterday, Friday 28 January 2022, President of Sierra Leone – Dr Julius Maada Bio pronounced Antonio Rüdiger as ‘Brand Global Sierra Leone Football Ambassador’ and handed him the country’s diplomatic passport, at a ceremony attended by family members, well-wishers and government officials held in [Read More]
Nestlé: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 29 January 2022: Nestlé has announced a new plan to tackle child labour risks in cocoa production. At the center is an innovative income accelerator program, which aims to improve the livelihoods of cocoa-farming families, while also advancing regenerative agriculture practices and gender equality. A cash [Read More]
Dr Dennis Bright: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 28 January 2022 Most Sierra Leoneans who have been following the steady rise of NGC in the political theatre of Sierra Leone will recall that since March 2018 we have been monitoring the prices of basic food items in local markets, items such as [Read More]
CHRDI: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 27 January 2022: Gender-based inequalities in the Sierra Leonean society are highly evident among the many risks of gender-based violence that women and girls face. Violence against women and girls (VAWG) is rooted in unequal power relations that are further reinforced by social and gender norms [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 26 January 2022: The BBC has begun the search for a future star of African journalism with the launch of the seventh BBC World News Komla Dumor Award. The search for the next worthy winner of the Komla Dumor Award was launched online via Zoom today, 26 [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 26 January 2022: Mayor of Freetown – Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr spoke yesterday at the launch of the Waste Collection Management Association. Tricycle groups have organised themselves into an association, to support the growth of their businesses and ensure sustainability of this model of household waste collection in Sierra [Read More]
ACC Public Relations Office: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 25 January 2022: Sierra Leone has again, for the third time in three years, progressed upwards in Transparency International’s Global Corruption Country Rankings, moving from 117 in 2020 to 115 out of 180 countries surveyed in the 2021 Transparency International Corruption Perception Index [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 25 January 2022: Baroness Scotland, Secretary-General of the Commonwealth was in Freetown yesterday, where she held discussions with Mayor Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr about the outstanding work of the Mayor and staff at the Freetown City Council in transforming the City. Speaking after her meeting with the Commonwealth Secretary-General, [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 25 January 2022: Despite being blessed with abundant oil and gas resources, Africa’s production has been on the decline, representing a challenge for the continent as moves to initiate a COVID-19 economic recovery and address energy poverty. With exploration restricted due to reduced capital for fossil fuel [Read More]
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