The Sierra Leone Embassy in Dakar Senegal, overseeing Mauritania, Morocco on Friday 24th April, 2020 donated assorted food items and cash to Sierra Leoneans living in those countries. The assorted food items were donated to Sierra Leoneans living in Senegal whilst the cash donation was made to Sierra Leonean students in
For those charged with helping their countries both adapt to and combat climate change, understanding and being able to leverage climate information is critical. This is particularly true for Sierra Leone, recognized as the third most vulnerable country in the world to the effects of climate change. Thus, WA BiCC
Sierra Leone marked this year’s World Wetlands Day celebration with the launch of its Climate Change Adaptation Plan (CCAP), a document that WA BiCC played a key role in developing. The CCAP sets the framework for an adaptation plan that is geared towards increasing the resilience of coastal communities across
the Niger Delta’s coastal communities, oil pollution of the marine environment has depleted the fishing and water resources that people have traditionally depended on for their livelihoods. This has led to a complex pattern of conflicts in the region since the late 1990s. Oil spills, gas flaring, and other activities of oil companies
Celebrating 21 years of using the law to promote and protect the rights of women and girls in Sierra Leone Courage No other organization can boast of its achievements and if there is one word which sums up why L.A.W.Y.E.R.S has survived this long, it is courage. Courage to do the
Chelsea and Germany defender Antonio Rudiger has said that ‘Sierra Leone is home’ as he made a donation to the country’s Free Quality Education initiative. Rudiger was born to Sierra Leonean parents in Germany and has gone onto play 30 times for them. The 26-year-old made the donation of $101,000 to
Chelsea footballer Antonio Rüdiger has launched a campaign to raise money to buy face masks for market traders in Sierra Leone. Rüdiger says he hopes they will help protect them and stop the spread of coronavirus. He tweeted that his foundation would be partnering with Mary-Ann Kaikai of Madam Wokie
Bodyguard of Sierra Leone’s President Julius Maada Bio has tested positive for coronavirus. The president on Monday night announced that he was in good health despite a staffer testing positive. He also said that all his family members were in good health and none had shown coronavirus symptoms. President Bio
Institution’s primary channel for its efforts to address the crisis. ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast, April 8, 2020 — The African Development Bank Group (www.AfDB.org) on Wednesday announced the creation of the COVID-19 Response Facility to assist regional member countries in fighting the pandemic. The Facility is the latest measure taken by
enforced with the belief that the girls would encourage teenage pregnancySierra Leone on Monday overturned a ban on pregnant girls attending school in a victory for human rights activists who had fought against it for five years. The West African country introduced the ban in 2015 after a rise in
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