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Jul 2, 20206 min read
Prescribing a cure for Sexual and Gender-based Violence in Sierra Leone
By Chief Superintendent of Police, Mira Dumbuya Kadijatu Madinatu Saccoh was only five years old when her childhood was snatched from her...
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Jun 29, 20205 min read
IDRISS ELBA'S Year of Return
By Fayia Sellu The last time Sierra Leone made world news, managed a few moments of global attention, was for declaring rape a national...
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Jun 29, 20202 min read
REMOTE LEARNING IN A PANDEMIC: GIRLS AT THE SENGBE PIEH ACADEMY RECEIVE RADIOS FROM PROJECT PIKIN
By Joseph Kaifala Every disaster in Sierra Leone unravels a series of other tragedies. When I heard of a pandemic ravaging places with...
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Jun 24, 20202 min read
LAUNCH OF POLICY BRIEF ON COVID-19 AND THE WORLD OF WORK
By António Guterres ninth Secretary-General of the United Nations "The world of work cannot and should not look the same after this...
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Jun 19, 20204 min read
SICKLE CELL: A PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUE
By Kadie Emma Deen Sickle cell disease is a group of blood disorders typically inherited from a person's parents. The most common type is...
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Jun 15, 20203 min read
CHILD LABOUR
By Femi Best Leone Mar 2019 "children are engaged in the worst forms of child labour in Sierra Leone, in diamond mining, commercial...
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Jun 13, 20205 min read
Post Card to my daughter on racial injustice
By Abubakarr Talib Jalloh Forgive me, dear Afsatu My heart is heavy. I am weighed by my mother’s sickness; she has been hospitalized and...
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Jun 1, 20205 min read
DISPATCH TO MY 17-MONTH-OLD BLACK SON WHO LOOKS LIKE GEORGE FLYOD
By Osman Benk Sankoh Dear OBS Jr, On Memorial Day, Monday, 25 May 2020, a 46-year-old Minnesota man, George Floyd, was killed by a...
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May 26, 20204 min read
Sierra Leonean Woman Whose Limbs were Severed by Rebels Sources Funds for Amputees Impacted by COVID
By Mariatu Kamara Lockdowns are helping a lot of countries flatten the curve of the coronavirus pandemic. But for some war-wounded or...
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May 2, 20203 min read
DISTRICT FOCUS Koinadugu District: Kabala
Background Kabala is the capital of Koinagugu District in the Northern Province of Sierra Leone. Surrounded by a mountainous landscape,...
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Apr 29, 20201 min read
POEM - Mama Salone at 59
By Sallieu Sankoh (Center) 27 April 2020 In 1961, you fought for independence Growing up as a humble girl-child With admiration and...
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Apr 27, 20202 min read
THE SIERRA LEONEAN FEMALE CHIEF YOU DON'T KNOW
By Joseph Kaifala March 2020 Madam Tembi Yeva was a respected chief. She held Mocassi, Benduma, Kawayo and Jagma under her dominion. When...
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Apr 1, 20205 min read
Sisters in arms…the incredible journey of the moiwo sisters
An Intriguing story of two Sisters with split loyalties to the British and Sierra Leonean Armies.
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Mar 23, 20204 min read
Corporate Social Responsibility
The role of SMEs in reversing the trend of unemployment in Sierra Leone through Social Enterprises and Corporate Social Responsibility By...
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Feb 22, 20204 min read
Lost Childhood: Yabom, The 17-year-old Breadwinner
By Osman Benk Sankoh 17-year-old Yabom Kargbo of Cole Tong New Site, off theWestern Rural District Town of Waterloo, had told herself...
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Feb 20, 20202 min read
Earthbag Bungalow: Saving Lives through Tourism at Lokomasama
By Osman Benk Sankoh - Sep 2019 The northern chiefdom headquarter town of Petifu in the Lokomasama Chiefdom in Sierra Leone does not have...
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Dec 1, 20197 min read
Making Salone Destination Numero Uno…Do Tourism Right
By Fayia Sellu - Dec 2019 The beaches are a fantastic chance to get it right. The good hing about Sierra Leone emerging to the game a...
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Dec 1, 20194 min read
UNRECOGNISED: THE KING'S GIFT MAKER
By Franklyn Margao Sheku Bernard knows too well what life is with and without physical disability. He also knows when to dream, and like...
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