Africa Sierra Leone Betting on education to grow the country is President Maada Bio's political strategy, with the recent allocation of 22% of the state budget - one of the highest in the world - to schools to enable the abolition of school fees that burden families
Africa Sierra Leone Amnesty International appealed to the government to keep on ensuring the protection of the human rights of people living near the Meya Mining diamond mine
Africa Sierra Leone Africell, a Sierra Leone-based mobile phone company, recently donated beach cleaning equipment worth thousands of dollars to two top clean-up organisations at its Lumley Beach Road branch
Africa Sierra Leone Four of the country's top lawyers have filed an appeal to the Supreme Court against President Bio's directive to change the voting system
Africa Sierra Leone President Julius Maada Bio addressed over 500 final year students, graduates and young entrepreneurs from across the country, challenging them to be innovative and focused
Africa Sierra Leone 29 billion Lions (€1,6 million) have been disbursed for the renovation of 538 primary schools in the form of grants through the Sierra Leone Free Education Project by the Ministry of Basic and Higher Secondary Education
Africa Sierra Leone The Ministry of Basic and Higher Secondary Education, through the Sierra Leone Free Education Project, will support 583 schools in the form of renovation/maintenance grants in all 16 districts
Africa Sierra Leone In a brief text message, Freetown Mayor Yvonne Aki Sawyerr informed some acquaintances that she was arrested and detained for several hours by the Police Criminal Investigation Department on charges of obstructing law enforcement activities
Africa Sierra Leone CrossBoundary Energy has commissioned a 236 kWh solar plant and a 389 kWh battery storage system at the plant of forestry plantation developer Miro Forestry, in Tonkolil
Africa Sierra Leone Among winners of Global Mayors Challenge 2021-2022, Freetown was awarded $1 million, technical support and coaching for 3 years; #FreetownTheTreeTown project wants to develop a community-wide tree-planting model to counter impacts of deforestation
Africa Sierra Leone The country will delay abandoning old currency until next spring, central bank said; on 1/07, the country removed 3 zeros from its banknotes in an attempt to restore confidence in inflation-hit currency, but old and new notes remain in circulation
Africa Sierra Leone UN human rights experts recently called for tougher measures to prevent and sanction female genital mutilation in the country following the prosecution of the death of a 21-year-old student
Africa Sierra Leone Seagrass meadows were first documented in Sierra Leone in 2019, but pollution, illegal fishing and lack of information pose a major threat, explains marine biologist Lynette John