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
Africa Sierra Leone A nationwide curfew has been declared, following massive anti-government protests in the capital, Freetown, and other areas of the country where hundreds took to the streets against inflation and the rising cost of living
Africa Sierra Leone Parliament has passed a new law called 'The Tobacco and Nicotine Act, 2022' that bans smoking in public places in an attempt to eliminate tobacco consumption
Africa Sierra Leone In early July, the Cabinet approved a decision to draft a law conferring a constitutional right to safe abortion, which has yet to be passed
Africa Sierra Leone President Julius Maada Bio recalled that his government unanimously supported a law decriminalising abortion in the country; current abortion law dates back to 1861 and it allows the procedure only if the mother's life should be at risk
Africa Sierra Leone A new family of banknotes has been introduced, removing three zeros from the lion, in an attempt to restore confidence in the inflation-hit national currency
Africa Sierra Leone Fatmata Binta, a female chef native of Sierra Leone and repository of Fulani culinary traction, triumphed at the 7th edition of the Basque Culinary World Prize, a prestigious award given to those who have managed to combine sustainability and catering
Africa Sierra Leone President Maada Bio, and the accompanying delegation, visited Lusail Stadium, one of the stadiums of the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022, on the sidelines of his current visit to the State of Qatar
Africa Sierra Leone A delegation from the US government's Millennium Challenge Corporation has been warmly welcomed in the country; the bilateral meetings aim at advancing the development of the country's first compact program, a grant designed to facilitate economic growth