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President Ruto accepts credentials of 9 envoys, pledges to advance mutual interests
Citizen TV Kenya
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September 3, 2025
President William Ruto meets with nine envoys at State House on September 3, 2025. Photo/PCS Audio By Vocalize President William Ruto has received and accepted the credentials of nine envoys beginning their tour of duty in Kenya. at State House,...
Six African nations in Abuja to study Nigeria's data protection model
Punch
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September 8, 2025
Six African nations, including Botswana, Eswatini, Mozambique, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, and The Gambia, are currently in Abuja for a Data Governance Study Trip hosted by the Nigeria Data Protection Commission. This study trip forms part of a...
Experts urge coordination to sustain West Africa’s health gains
Premium Times
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September 8, 2025
Experts at the 2nd ECOWAS Lassa Fever International Conference (ELFIC2025) have called for stronger multi-sectoral coordination to sustain health security gains in West Africa. Speaking at the opening of the conference in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire,...
Kao Denero Praises President Bio Over Guinea President amidst Yenga Dispute
Sierraloaded
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September 4, 2025
In a recent Facebook post, renowned hip-hop artist Kao Denero expressed his admiration for Sierra Leone’s President Bio while playfully imitating Guinea’s President Dumbuya in the context of the ongoing Yenga dispute between the two nations....
‘An Incredible Horse Sale’: $3.3-Million Gun Runner Colt Leads Keeneland September Opener
Thoroughbred Daily News - New Jersey
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September 8, 2025
by Jessica Martini, Christina Bossinakis and Jill Williams LEXINGTON, KY – Led by a $3.3-million son of Gun Runner, the Keeneland September Yearling Sale powered through a record-setting opening session Monday in Lexington. When the dust had...
The Gambia hosts ECOWAS Minister of Justice
Realnews Magazine
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September 4, 2025
Africa ECOWAS Ministers of Justice convened in Banjul, The Gambia, to validate two critical instruments of the Community Court of Justice, from 29th – 30th August, 2025. The meeting, convened under the auspices of the ECOWAS Commission and hosted...
Norwegian government backs Sheffield’s MOPO with £5m
BusinessCloud
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September 4, 2025
EnviroTechInvestmentSheffield tech firm MOPO has secured £5m funding from Norfund, the Norwegian government’s international climate-related fund. MOPO is at the forefront of sustainable energy access via its solar-powered battery rental model,...
Education at Risk: Freetown Mayor Presses Government Over Unpaid School Subsidies
Sierraloaded
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September 3, 2025
With schools across Sierra Leone preparing to reopen, concerns over the government’s commitment to its flagship Free Quality Education (FQE) initiative are once again in the spotlight. Freetown Mayor, Her Worship Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr, has urged the...
Chris Kamara and Nick Hewer back international school campaign
Nottingham Evening Post
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September 4, 2025
International children’s charity Street Child has launched its Back to School campaign, urging the public to help get children around the world back into education. More than 60 million primary school-aged children worldwide are currently out of...
Sierra Leone, Mindframe Lead Loaded Jockey Club Gold Cup Field
Yahoo Sports
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The reigning Champion 3-Year-Old Colt Sierra Leone got back in the win column last out in the local Grade 1 Whitney on Aug. 2, and looks to keep his momentum rolling in Sunday’s G1, $1 million Jockey Club Gold Cup, a 10-furlong test for...
Sierra Leone Customs Officers Complete AfCFTA Trade Training
News Ghana
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August 28, 2025
Sierra Leone customs officials completed a three-day capacity building programme focused on implementing trade rules under both ECOWAS and continental African trade agreements. The training workshop in Freetown concluded yesterday as part of...
U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services, July 2025
U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis
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September 4, 2025
Explanatory Notes Goods (Census basis) Data for goods on a Census basis are compiled from the documents collected by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and reflect the movement of goods between foreign countries and the 50 states, the...
The Inconvenient Truth with Professor Douglas BOATENG: Hypocrisy, false piety, and good governance rarely coexist peacefully
Business and Financial Times
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September 3, 2025
…Bridging faith and governance to transform religiosity into a genuine platform for progress across Africa and beyond A society that claims to be God-fearing but thrives in hypocrisy is like a church roof that leaks when it rains, because it...
Sheffield clean energy tech business backed by Norwegian Government climate fund
Yorkshire Business Insider
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MOPO has secured new investment (image credit: MOPO) A Sheffield-based energy technology company that provides clean, reliable energy to underserved communities in Sub-Saharan Africa has secured a £5m investment from Norfund, the Norwegian...
Footballer to Face High Court on Alleged Possession of Kush
Sierraloaded
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September 8, 2025
Footballer Mohamed Kamara is scheduled to appear before the High Court after being charged with multiple counts related to illegal drug possession and trafficking, raising concerns over drug-related offenses involving public figures. Kamara made...
2025 Ebola virus outbreak: Facts, FAQs, and how to help
World Vision - Washington State
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September 8, 2025
Ebola, or Ebola virus disease, is a highly contagious and potentially deadly illness caused by ebolaviruses. It has gained worldwide attention because of severe outbreaks in Central and West Africa. While Ebola can devastate families and...
Olawepo-Hashim: Zoning of 2027 Presidential Ticket to South By PDP Can’t Stand Test of Time
This Day
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September 4, 2025
Astute businessman and prominent member of the main opposition party, the People’s Democratic Party, Gbenga Olawepo-Hashim, in this interview speaks about salient national issues including recent decision of PDP National Executive Committee to...
World Health Organization's (WHO) Investment Of More Than USD 300,000 To The 'Enhanced Mpox Response Campaign' In Sierra Leone Contributes To A 50% Decline In Mpox Cases
MENAFN
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August 29, 2025
(MENAFN- African Press Organization) Download logo A WHO-supported house-to-house Mpox nationwide campaign in Sierra Leone, valued at a cost of USD 300,000, has significantly reduced the number of Mpox cases countrywide by 50% in one month. This...
President Trump, do not take your eyes off Sierra Leone: The president there is threatening to plunge the whole region back to war
Cocorioko
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August 27, 2025
Screenshot PRESIDENT TRUMP, SIERRA LEONE’S PRESIDENT MAADA BIO IS WORKING TOWARDS BRINGING CHAOS BACK TO THE COUNTRY AND WEST AFTICA . WE NEED SERIOUS U. S OVERSIGHT TO PREVENT ANOTHER HUMANITARIAN DISASTER By Kabs Kanu Firstly, thank you very...
Antonella Bundu – A Voice for Justice, From Sierra Leone to Tuscany
Sierra Eye Magazine
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August 29, 2025
1 When Antonella Bundu was born in Florence on 4 December 1969, no one could have predicted that she would one day make history in Italian politics. The daughter of an Italian mother and a Sierra Leonean father who came to Florence in the 1960s on...