News
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Boys are sexually molested too! The “trivialized victims” of sexual abuse in Sierra Leone
By Nasratu Kargbo
Content Warning: This story contains descriptions of sexual abuse
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Kamakwie residents demand medical doctors
By Sorie Ibrahim Fofanah
Residents in the Karena District `headquarter town of Kamakwie, have called on the government to dispatch at least two medical doctors to the northwestern district.
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Sierra Leone raises health alarm over plastic waste
By Abdulai Fasineh Dumbuya
Officials of the Government of Sierra Leone have expressed grave concern over the direct environmental and health threats posed by plastic waste to the life and livelihoods of Sierra Leoneans, including marine life.
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Develop Africa, Freetown City Council and GEED Foundation Deliver 100,000 Pencils to 10,000 Pupils in Sierra Leone
The Year of the Pencil campaign has equipped young learners with essential tools to support early-grade education across Freetown, Sierra Leone.
Business
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Reports slam Sierra Leone tax authority over Le 17.4 billion in revenue losses
By Tanu Jalloh
Budget Advocacy Network (BAN), supported by National Endowment for Democracy, has released its analyses of Sierra Leone’s Audit Service reports on the activities of the country’s National Revenue Authority (NRA) for 2011 and 2014.
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‘Made in Sierra Leone’
By Tanu Jalloh
Very soon Sierra Leone will have, as a policy directive or legislation, some incentives to boost local production and introduce trade regulations that encourage consumers to patronise goods manufactured in country - ‘Made in Salone’.
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Risks amidst strong mining outlook for Sierra Leone
By Tanu Jalloh
In its latest risk and industry analysis BMI Research, based in London, has revealed that Sierra Leone has further cemented the West African region’s strong mining outlook after Shandong’s planned investment of $700 million.
It however warned of a danger that ore prices could moderate by end of this year or early next year which could even put the whole investment at risk, possibly a blow that could weaken “an economy that has only recently started recovering from the Ebola crisis.”
