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Why supporting rural women’s agency, empowerment and influence in local governance is essential humanity

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We can hear the women singing before we even arrive at Konta Bana Community in Port Loko District. “All ooman – comot nah do. All ooman comot nah do” – all women come outside. We […]

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Why the EU is taking Europe Week 2021 celebrations to a much wider audience – bringing messages on its values, principles and development cooperation with Sierra Leone – with #TheEUandMe Roadshow and Pop-Up Photo Exhibition (3-10 May 2021)

May 2, 2021 memuna 0

This week (from 3 to 10 May), an unusually distinctive looking coach will be touring Sierra Leone’s highways and byways. Its unmistakable blue and yellow branding and European flag will instantly identify it with the […]

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Europe Week 2021 – PRESS RELEASE

May 1, 2021 memuna 0

Look out for Ami and Ahmed as they tour Sierra Leone with us on #theEUandMe Roadshow and Pop-Up Photo Exhibition. You can follow them on Facebook @EUinSierraLeone from 3 – 10 May 2021

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Look out for Ami and Ahmed and the EU and Me Road Show – Sierra Leone 2021

May 1, 2021 memuna 0

At dawn on Monday 3rd May, Ami and Ahmed and ‘The EU and Me Roadshow and Pop-Up Photo Exhibition’ will set-off from Freetown on a journey of discovery around the country, finding out more about […]

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JOURNALISTS AND SIERRA LEONE’S BUSINESS COMMUNITY DISCUSS THE IMPORTANCE OF BETTER BUSINESS REPORTING FOR ECONOMIC PROGRESS

April 1, 2021 memuna 0

Over 80 business people and journalists registered for the Sierra Leone Association of Journalist’s (SLAJ) interactive dialogue on Friday 26th March, to discuss how to improve business and economics reporting in Sierra Leone. At the […]

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Be part of shaping the future of business and economics journalism in Sierra Leone

March 25, 2021 memuna 0

Register in advance for this meeting:https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIuf-uprzspHNSV0r_EPRIVQ3tTFZ4fLPrF After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

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DO YOU WANT TO HELP SHAPE THE FUTURE OF BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS JOURNALISM IN SIERRA LEONE?

March 22, 2021 memuna 0

The Good Economics of Telling Better Economics Stories – an Interactive Dialogue (26th March – 9-11.30am via Zoom) is part of the Sierra Leone Association of Journalists’ 50th Anniversary programme. It will bring together representatives […]

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Buy art to support AdvocAid’s women’s services in Sierra Leone

March 9, 2021 memuna 0

Talented lawyer and artist, Lotta Teale, is holding a flash auction of five of her paintings of Sierra Leone to mark International Women’s Day. 100% of profits will go to AdvocAid’s work supporting women and […]

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Bring your own water; bring your own blood. The perils of giving birth in Sierra Leone

February 24, 2021 memuna 0

Bring your own water! Bring your own blood! Filth encrusted speculum supplied. Sierra Leone’s doctors return to their country to make a difference. These are the conditions under which they are forced to work, and […]

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Annihilation by deforestation: How the pursuit of short-term “gain” will be the death of a country – by Sonkita Conteh, Director, Namati Sierra Leone

February 10, 2021 memuna 1

2019 was a terrible year for Sierra Leone’s forests. According to the 2020 annual pubic finance audit report, more than 10 million slow-growing, rosewood trees were shipped out of the country.  Approximately two hundred thousand […]

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    Jobless growth has been the development story in Sierra Leone, as in too many parts of Africa. Although our growth has been respectable – even astronomical in the pre-Ebola iron ore boom years – it [...]

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