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UDP Willoughby Won't Contest Freetown
Channel 7 Belize
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He was soundly rejected in Port Loyola the last general election - and now Phillip Willoughby may have saved himself the humiliation in Freetown. Willoughby today announced that he is pulling out of the Freetown Convention which he had entered his...
Behind the facade: Wealth, poverty, and the loss of empathy in Sierra Leone – Op ed
Sierra Leone Telegraph
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August 22, 2025
Dr. Columba Michael Joe Blango: Sierra Leone Telegraph: I have spent the past five weeks in Sierra Leone, mostly in Freetown, with short journeys to other parts of the country. The picture I carry with me is layered, contradictory, and deeply...
Political Defeat Is Not the End — ABANTU Inspires Women Leaders
News Ghana
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August 22, 2025
ABANTU for Development, a women’s rights organisation, with support from the African Women’s Development Fund (AWDF), has begun implementing a project titled “Strengthening Activism for a Gender-Responsive Elections 2024 in Ghana.” As part of the...
Lawyers' Rights Watch Canada updates on recent UN Human Rights Council session
Canadian Lawyer
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This statement lamented the harassment, threats, prosecution, and obstruction of lawyers advising Crimean Tatars, Ukrainians, and civil society actors in politically sensitive cases. The statement stressed that disciplinary bodies disbarred such...
Political machinery triumph when a united minority act against a divided majority – Op ed
Sierra Leone Telegraph
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August 22, 2025
Abdulai Mansaray: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 22 August 2025: As the Fatima Bio and the SLPP “Coco Roas” saga rumbles on, Sierra Leone’s social media has been unrelenting with every two pence thought you can imagine. It is easy to see how this issue...
GBA refutes claims of snubbing President Mahama at 2025 Annual Conference
GhanaWeb
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August 22, 2025
The Ghana Bar Association (GBA) has dismissed reports suggesting that it failed to invite President John Dramani Mahama to its upcoming 2025 Annual Conference in Wa, Upper West Region. 'Your bias against President Mahama is clear' – Dafeamekpor...
How Sierra Leone beat back mpox
The Economist
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August 21, 2025
Pictures of sore, blistered genitals have gone viral in Sierra Leone in recent months. The gruesome photos showing symptoms of mpox have helped persuade Sierra Leoneans that the virus, which spreads mainly through close physical contact and causes...
Meeting Between Minister For Foreign Affairs IWAYA And Chief Minister SENGEH Of Sierra Leone
MENAFN
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August 21, 2025
(MENAFN- African Press Organization) Download logo On August 21, commencing at 10:40 a.m. for approximately 15 minutes, Mr. IWAYA Takeshi, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan, held a meeting with Dr. David Moinina SENGEH, Chief Minister of the...
2025 Mining Week: Nigeria’s reaffirming place in global practice – Minister
Blueprint Newspapers Limited
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August 22, 2025
The Ministry of Solid Minerals Development is set to reposition the mining industry by acknowledging past achievements even as it projects into the future. This assertion was made on Thursday in Abuja by the minister Dr Dele Alake who was...
Women officers bring invaluable perspectives to peacekeeping: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh
The Statesman (India)
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August 22, 2025
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday said that women officers bring invaluable perspectives and approaches to peace operations. Singh was interacting with the women officers of 15 countries alongside India. The officers are participating in a...
India News | Defence Minister Interacts with Global Women Peacekeepers Participating in UN Women Military Officers Course 2025
Latestly
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August 22, 2025
New Delhi [India], August 22 (ANI): Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday interacted with the women officers of 15 countries alongside India, who are participating in a nearly two-week-long United Nations Women Military Officers Course...
India Hosts Global Women Peacekeepers at UN Military Officers Course 2025
Bharat Shakti
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August 22, 2025
In a display of global cooperation and commitment to gender-inclusive peacekeeping, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh interacted with women military officers from 15 countries, who are currently participating in the United Nations Women Military...
World Food Prize launches youth leadership program in Sierra Leone
Des Moines Register - Iowa
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For more than 30 years, The World Food Prize has sought to enlist young people to help solve problems of world hunger. Now it's extending those efforts abroad to countries where hunger is an ever-present threat. The World Food Prize Foundation,...
President Boakai Reaffirms Commitment to Youth Leadership as PYPP Graduates Class XI
Liberian Observer
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The President’s Young Professionals Program (PYPP) on Wednesday, August 20, graduated its 11th cohort of fellows, marking another milestone in Liberia’s efforts to groom ethical, skilled, and patriotic young leaders for public service. Delivering...
President Bio’s outright lies and exaggeration exposed
Sierra Leone Telegraph
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August 20, 2025
Alpha Amadu Jalloh: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 20 August 2025: Two weeks ago, August 7, 2025, President Julius Maada Bio delivered his speech during the State Opening of Parliament. He presented what he called the “Big Five” priorities of his...
Sahara Endgame: Not MINURSO or MANSASO, but a More Coercive UN Security Council
Morocco World News
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August 23, 2025
Marrakech – Everyone is talking about Africa Intelligence’s report claiming that a new mission, MANSASO, will replace MINURSO and usher in the “final phase” of the Sahara resolution. On the surface, it seems convincing, presenting a historic and...
Pre-war evils we fought at the UN have crept back into Sierra Leone’s body politic
Cocorioko
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August 16, 2025
Screenshot PRE- WAR EVILS WE FOUGHT AT THE UN HAVE CREPT BACK INTO SIERRA LEONE’S BODY POLITIK : PART 1 By Kabs Kanu Former Minister Plenipotentiary and Coordinator for Africa in the UN Security Council Reform Negotiations One of the most bloody...
Some Freetown residents call Munroe ‘a good minister but not a good MP’
The Tribune (Bahamas)
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August 21, 2025
Minister of National Security Wayne Munroe KC speaks to reporters outside the House of Assembly on July 30, 2025. Photo: Dante Carrer/Tribune Staff By KEILE CAMPBELL Tribune Staff Reporter kcampbell@tribunemedia.net SOME residents of Freetown...
‘I wrote my latest album while pretending to be the Prime Minister’s kidnapped husband’
Metro
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August 21, 2025
Ashley Thomas endures a turbulent journey in Netflix’s thriller series Hostage (Picture: Ollie Upton/Netflix) ‘So you were getting kidnapped and writing music at the same time?’ I ask. ‘Yeah, but it was good. This is what I worked for,’...
Sierra Leone’s Justice Minister Clarifies Koroma’s Trip Abroad Is a Medical Necessity, Not a Penalty
Sierraloaded
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August 17, 2025
Sierra Leone’s Attorney General Alpha Sesay assures the treason trial of former President Ernest Bai Koroma will not harm national relations, emphasizing that legal proceedings are guided strictly by the law. The AG stressed that the unfolding...