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Sierra Leone Government Releases APC Sheriff, Other Political Prisoners Under National Unity Agreement
Sierraloaded
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August 14, 2025
The Government of Sierra Leone has released several prisoners, including Alpha Sheriff, as part of the ongoing implementation of the Agreement for National Unity signed in October 2023. APC Sheriff was arrested in connection with the November 26...
Sierra Leone Deaf Football Squad in Doubt for West Africa Championship Due to Lack of Funds
Sierraloaded
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August 14, 2025
With just days remaining before the 13th West Africa Deaf Football Championship begins in Abuja, Nigeria, Sierra Leone’s national Deaf football team is facing uncertainty over participation due to insufficient funding. According to information...
Sierra Leone Among Newcomers in Longines World Rankings
Blood-Horse - Kentucky
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August 14, 2025
Sierra Leone (120), last year's champion 3-year-old male in the United States, got back to his winning ways when he took the Whitney Stakes (G1). He came into the Whitney having finished second to Mindframe (120) in the Stephen Foster Stakes (G1).
US Ambassador Swears In Eight New Peace Corps Volunteers to Serve in Sierra Leone
Sierraloaded
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August 15, 2025
The United States Ambassador to Sierra Leone, Bryan David Hunt, has welcomed eight newly sworn-in Peace Corps Volunteers who will contribute to strengthening health and education initiatives across the country. Speaking at the swearing-in...
“No Sierra Leone Government in 23 Years Has Produced a Real Development Plan” – Africanist Press’ Chernoh Bah
Sierraloaded
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August 15, 2025
Chernoh Alpha M. Bah, editor of the Africanist Press, has claimed that since 2002, no government in Sierra Leone has produced a genuine national development plan of its own. In a public post, he explained that all governments over the last two...
Charities join forces to tackle drug use in Sierra Leone
Gibraltar Broadcasting Corporation
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Action4Schools, well known for the work they do in Sierra Leone, have joined with another charity based there, Spark2Action. Their aim is to tackle the spread of synthetic drug Kush, with the introduction of rehabilitation programmes. Joe Boxall...
Ministry of Health Holds National Discourse on Sierra Leone’s MPOX Response
Sierraloaded
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August 15, 2025
On Thursday, 14 August 2025, the Ministry of Health hosted a one-day National Discourse on MPOX Response at the Atlantic Hotel in Aberdeen. The event brought together media representatives, civil society organizations (CSOs), development partners,...
£900,000 EU-Funded Youth Empowerment Project Launched in Sierra Leone
Sierraloaded
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August 14, 2025
During International Youth Day celebrations on August 12, 2025, at Bintumani Conference Hall, ActionAid Sierra Leone and the Centre for Coordination of Youth Activities (CCYA) launched the €900,000 EU-funded Youth Action for Good Governance and...
High Vaccine Acceptance in Sierra Leone Highlights Role of Trust, Messaging, and Misinformation
ContagionLive
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More than 80% of adults in Sierra Leone said they would accept COVID-19 vaccines for themselves or their families, according to a study presented at the 2025 Annual Conference on Vaccinology Research. The study surveyed 2,146 adults to assess...
New Egyptian Ambassador Expresses Interest in Supporting Vocational Training in Sierra Leone
Sierraloaded
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August 14, 2025
The newly appointed Ambassador of the Arab Republic of Egypt, H.E. Rasha Poliman Mohin Eldin, has expressed interest in supporting vocational institutions during a courtesy call on the Minister of Technical and Higher Education, Dr. Ramatulai...
Sierra Leone’s APRM Charts Bold Path Forward Under MoPED Leadership
Sierraloaded
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August 13, 2025
The African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) in Sierra Leone is moving forward under the Ministry of Planning and Economic Development (MoPED), following a Presidential directive on June 19, 2025, that repositioned the APRM to strengthen governance...
Three Sierra Leone Police Officers Dismissed Over Armed Robbery in Rokel Community
Sierraloaded
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August 14, 2025
Three police officers have been dismissed from the Sierra Leone Police Force due to their alleged involvement in an armed robbery that took place in Rokel Community, located east of Freetown. This action is part of ongoing efforts to hold those...
Whitney Champ Sierra Leone Back Among World’s Best In Longines Rankings
Thoroughbred Daily News - New Jersey
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August 14, 2025
Off his late heroics in the GI Whitney Stakes at Saratoga Race Course Aug. 2, Sierra Leone (Gun Runner) once again cracked the LONGINES World's Best Racehorse Rankings. Owned by Peter Brant, Mrs. John Magnier, Michael Tabor, Derrick Smith,...
World Food Prize Foundation Youth Institutes Expand Across Africa, Established in Sierra Leone
Ethical Marketing News
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August 14, 2025
The World Food Prize Foundation has established its first Youth Institute in Sierra Leone, advancing its mission to engage the next generation of leaders in food security across Africa. The inaugural program was held on July 14, 2025, and marks a...
YOK 7 Urges Sierra Leone Parliament to Prioritize Kush Crisis Over Chants at First Lady
Sierraloaded
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August 14, 2025
Sierra Leonean rapper YOK 7 has publicly urged Parliament to prioritize addressing the pressing Kush crisis rather than engaging in chants at the First Lady, emphasizing the need for urgent national focus on critical issues. The rapper and Noble...
U.S. Government Releases 2024 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices in Sierra Leone
Sierraloaded
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August 14, 2025
The U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor has released its 2024 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices, highlighting both progress and ongoing concerns in Sierra Leone. While there were no credible reports of...
Sierra Leone Government Launches Cotton Tree Civic Education Strategy at AFS Youth Assembly in the U.S.
Sierraloaded
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August 12, 2025
The Government of Sierra Leone has officially unveiled its Cotton Tree National Civic Education Strategy (2024–2030) during a prominent side event at the 30th AFS Youth Assembly in the United States. The keynote address was presented by Mr....
Pre-war evils we fought at the UN have crept back into Sierra Leone’s body politic- Part 1
Sierra Leone Telegraph
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August 13, 2025
Kabs Kanu: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 13 August 2025: One of the bloodiest conflicts ever in Africa was the rebel war in Sierra Leone from 1990 to 2002. The war which devastated the country’s already crumbling infrastructure also killed over 150,000...
Event organised to strengthen the mission in Sierra Leone
Neos Kosmos
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August 14, 2025
An event to strengthen the mission in Sierra Leone will be held this Sunday (17 August) at the holy church of St Panteleimon in Dandenong. The event will begin with a divine service between 7.30 and 10.45am, presided over by Bishop of Sierra...
Sierra Leone Teachers Union Warns Payroll Suspension of Over 4,000 Teachers Could Disrupt September School Reopening
Sierraloaded
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August 12, 2025
The Sierra Leone Teachers Union has issued a stern warning, cautioning that the suspension of over 4,000 teachers from the payroll could jeopardize the planned reopening of schools in September. The union expressed concern that many of the...