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ECOWAS · Freetown

Inside the Drug Epidemic Creating ‘Zombies’ in West Africa

67% Center coverage: 3 sources

The highly addictive drug kush has left teenagers with sores eating away at their legs.See the Story

Freetown, Western Area · Freetown

Criminal Camp - Post-Crime Rancunes: Sierra Leonean Woman Violently Assaults Prison Guard

Already sentenced last November to one month's imprisonment for lack of a health card, P. A. James, a Sierra Leonean national, is again facing justice. This time, she is accused of having violently assaulted a prison guard, whom she accuses of humiliating treatment suffered during her previous incarceration at the women's detention centre of Liberty 6. The prosecution demanded three months' imprisonment, according to L. Observer, present at the …Read Article

Corruption · Freetown

The peace that starves, silences and betrays Sierra Leone

Alpha Amadu Jalloh: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 04 July 2025: How do you define peace in a country where children die because hospitals lack oxygen? How do you rank as peaceful a nation ruled by fear, intimidation, corruption and hunger? How do you tell a mother who sleeps on a hospital floor with her malnourished child that she lives in one of the most peaceful countries in Africa? To those who ranked Sierra Leone the fifth most peaceful country in…Read Article

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At Planned Sierra Leone’s National Pilgrimage, Catholic Bishops Hope to Foster “path of conversion”

Catholic Bishops in Sierra Leone (CBSL) have expressed optimism that the planned National Pilgrimage scheduled for November 21 will be an opportunity for the people of God in the West African nation to seek not only the “path of conversion” but also national cohesion. In a letter inviting Sierra Leoneans to participate in the pilgrimage to Mile 91, which is 91 miles from Freetown, the country’s capital, the CBSL president explains that the initi…Freetown, Western Area · FreetownRead Article

Winnie Kiiza Receives 2025 Nalafem Award for Intergenerational Leadership

Freetown, Sierra Leone  – Hon. Winnie Kiiza, former Leader of the Opposition in Uganda’s 10th Parliament and long-time advocate for inclusive governance, has been awarded the prestigious 2025 Nalafem Award for Advancing Intergenerational Co-Leadership at the Nalafem Summit in Freetown, Sierra Leone. The award recognises Kiiza’s enduring legacy of value-driven, inclusive leadership and her commitment to mentoring young leaders across the continen…Freetown, Western Area · FreetownRead Article

PRESIDENT MAADA BIO MEETS FORMER LIBERIAN PRESIDENT ELLEN JOHNSON SIRLEAF TO DISCUSS ECOWAS LEADERSHIP - Smart News Liberia

FREETOWN – The newly elected Chairperson of the Authority of Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), President Julius Maada Bio of Sierra Leone, has announced a productive meeting with former Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf. The meeting, which took place at the State House in Freetown, highlighted discussions on regional cooperation and leadership under ECOWAS. President Bio, who recently…ECOWAS · FreetownRead Article

Finance And Logistics Head Of Department – Sierra Leone At Action contre la Faim France

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About : Action contre la Faim Created in 1979, Action contre la Faim is a non-governmental organization that fights against hunger. Its charter of humanitarian principals- independence, neutrality, non-discrimination, free and direct access to victims, professionalism, transparency – has been part of its identity for 45 years. Its mission is to save lives by eliminating hunger through the prevention, detection and treatment of under-nutrition, p…Freetown, Western Area · FreetownRead Article

Hill Station - architecture and the altitudes of Empire

Hill Station: architecture and the altitudes of Empire, curated by Ed Lawrenson and Killian O' Dochartaigh, explores the architectural history of colonial era health segregation in Freetown, Sierra Leone, and its connections to the growth of the British Empire and tropical medicine.Health · FreetownRead Article

𝐌𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐒𝐢𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐚 𝐋𝐞𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐝… 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐁𝐢𝐨 𝐔𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐢𝐥𝐬 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐎𝐧𝐞 - Global Times Newspaper

President Julius Maada Bio on Friday, 27th June, 2025 officially unveiled the magnificent Chapter One multi-purpose complex in Freetown. It’s one of a kind in Africa. It is owned by one of Sierra Leone’s most successful indigenous entrepreneurs, Mr. Fasally Tarawally. In his opening remarks, President Bio called on other Sierra Leonean businessmen to imitate …Julius Maada Bio · FreetownRead Article

Debt, dependency and dissent : Unmasking Sierra Leone economic quandary – Cocorioko

*DEBT, DEPENDENCY AND DISSENT: UNMASKING SIERRA LEONE’S ECONOMIC BIND* By Mahmud Tim Kargbo Saturday, 28 June 2025 “For decades, wealth and income have been redistributed upward, with minimal protest by the working classes who were harmed by that redistribution. During 2022, working classes in many countries were no longer willing to defer their needs in the wake of that redistribution. Labour militancy, unionisation and strikes have all been re…Freetown, Western Area · FreetownRead Article

Catholic Archbishop in Sierra Leone Urges Realistic Sex Education Programs at Marriage to Curb “contraceptive culture”

Archbishop Edward Tamba Charles of the Catholic Archdiocese of Freetown in Sierra Leone  has called for faith-based, realistic sex education programs targeting couples preparing for marriage. Speaking at the 7th edition of the Strengthening Families Conference that the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the West Africa Area organized, Archbishop Tamba lamented that the reported growing acceptance of “contraceptive culture” is eroding…Archbishop · FreetownRead Article

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