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Sierra Leone’s Timber Industry Miro Receives $24 Million Support from United States Government
Sierraloaded
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June 27, 2025
Ambassador David Bryan Hunt recently visited Miro Forestry, a company dedicated to environmentally-friendly timber production, highlighting the positive impact of U.S. investment in the region. The U.S. Government, through the U.S. International...
Leecon Poultry Company opens new hatchery to boost Sierra Leone’s local meat production
Food Business Africa Magazine
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June 30, 2025
SIERRA LEONE – A newly opened hatchery by Leecon Poultry Company is set to shift Sierra Leone’s poultry meat production away from imported chicks toward locally bred stock. The facility, established in partnership with the African Poultry...
Sierra Leone Commercial Bank Signs Strategic Partnership With Republic Bank Ghana
Sierraloaded
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June 26, 2025
Sierra Leone Commercial Bank (SLCB) has taken a significant step toward regional integration and institutional strengthening by signing a technical cooperation agreement with Republic Bank Ghana. This strategic partnership aims to enhance SLCB’s...
As Nations Lag on Climate Action, Cities Across the World Step Up
Mother Jones
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July 8, 2025
A community farm on a vacant lot in Quezon City, Philippines, March 2021.Ezra Acayan/Getty Via Grist Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. This story was originally...
Sierra Leone Signs Landmark MOU for First U.S.-Backed LNG Terminal in West Africa
Sierraloaded
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June 25, 2025
The Government of Sierra Leone has signed a groundbreaking Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Ceca and AG&P to establish the region’s first U.S.-backed Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) terminal. The signing was conducted by Hon. Dr. Kandeh Kolleh...
Sierra Leone Advances Pandemic Preparedness With Operationalisation Of The Pandemic Fund
MENAFN
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June 25, 2025
(MENAFN- APO Group) Sierra Leone has entered a critical phase in strengthening its pandemic preparedness and response capacities, officially flagging-off the operationalisation of the Pandemic Fund. This milestone signals the country's continued...
Leotech Partner with Freetown Innovation Lab, Skill Pool to Transform Plastic Waste into 3D Printing Solutions
Sierraloaded
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July 7, 2025
In a pioneering move toward sustainable innovation, Leotech has successfully implemented a capacity-building workshop titled “The Circular Economy Pathway to Additive Manufacturing (Waste for 3D Printing)” in collaboration with Freetown Innovation...
Gender-Discriminatory Nationality Laws are Fueling Poverty & Violence Against Women
Inter Press Service
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July 16, 2025
Democracy, Featured, Gender, Global, Headlines, Human Rights, IPS UN: Inside the Glasshouse, TerraViva United Nations Opinion Maithreyi Kamalanathan is Global Media Coordinator, Equality Now NEW YORK, Jul 16 2025 (IPS) - Around a quarter of...
Balancing Adaptation and Mitigation: The Agricultural Sector under the UN Climate Change Regime
EJIL: Talk!
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July 7, 2025
The climate change regime has been one focal point of international law over the past year, as the International Court of Justice (ICJ) has undertaken the task of addressing the questions presented as part of the advisory proceedings on climate...
Idris Elba to Lead Sherbro Island Eco-City Project Backed by Sierra Leone’s Government
Bella Naija
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June 28, 2025
Idris Elba is embarking on one of the most ambitious development projects in West Africa, transforming Sierra Leone’s Sherbro Island into a sustainable eco-smart city that will serve as a model for innovation, tourism, and inclusive economic...
Sierra Leone Government Set to Ban Lead Paint Over Health Hazards
Sierraloaded
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June 23, 2025
The Environmental Protection Agency Sierra Leone (EPA-SL), in collaboration with the Lead Exposure Elimination Project (LEEP), recently hosted a Stakeholder Workshop and Press Conference at the Family Kingdom to announce new regulations aimed at...
Sierra Leone’s President Bio takes over ECOWAS Chairmanship, sparking questions
Sierra Leone Telegraph
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June 23, 2025
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 23 June 2025: President Bio of Sierra Leone was yesterday elected Chairman of the Authority of Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) at the ECOWAS summit in Abuja. The first...
Sierra Leone: Bio Resumes as New ECOWAS Chairman
The News (Nigeria)
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June 23, 2025
President Bio delivering his acceptance speech *First Time Chairmanship Position for Sierra Leone as a Founding Member *His acceptance *Huge Tasks Ahead Abubakar Hashim President Julius Maada Bio has officially resumed ECOWAS Chairman today, for...
Traditional Chinese medicine training program launched in Sierra Leone
Xinhua News Agency
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FREETOWN, June 27 (Xinhua) -- The 26th batch of the Chinese medical team to Sierra Leone held a training course on traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) techniques in Freetown, the capital of the western African country, from Thursday to Friday. With...
Sierra Leonean President takes over from Tinubu as ECOWAS Chairman
Point Blank News
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June 23, 2025
128 By Myke Agunwa The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has elected President Julius Maada Bio of Sierra Leone as the new chairman of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government. The 67th Ordinary Session ended with the...
Idris Elba gets Sierra Leone Parliament green light for “dream” eco-city island
Ghana News Agency
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June 27, 2025
By Stanley Senya Accra, June 27, GNA-Actor and philanthropist Idris Elba and Sherbro Alliance Partners (SAP) have been formally granted approval by the Parliament of Sierra Leone to lead the regeneration of the beautiful Sherbro Island and...
Sierra Leone’s Bio Succeeds Tinubu as ECOWAS Chairman
Daily Trust
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June 22, 2025
The Economic Community of West African States, (ECOWAS) has elected President Julius Maada Bio of Sierra Leone as the Chairman of the Authority of Heads of State and Government of the community. He succeeds Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu who was...
EPA Strengthens Ties With Sierra Leone Judiciary to Combat Environmental Crimes
Sierraloaded
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June 27, 2025
The Executive Chairman and senior staff of the Environment Protection Agency, Sierra Leone, paid a courtesy visit to the Honourable Chief Justice, Komba Kamanda, and senior judges to strengthen the agency’s growing partnership with the judiciary....
Sierra Leone: A destination awakening with soul, sea and story
Graphic
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June 21, 2025
I touched down in Sierra Leone just after 8 a.m. last Monday, and it didn’t take long to realise this wasn’t going to be an ordinary arrival. Unlike most capital cities, where you’re greeted with tarmac and traffic, arriving in Freetown means...
Climate Mobility in Focus: Highlights From MR2025
State of the Planet
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June 30, 2025
In mid-June, over 400 academics, policymakers and practitioners attended MR2025: Mobility, Adaptation, and Wellbeing in a Changing Climate, hosted by the Columbia Climate School in partnership with the Global Centre for Climate Mobility and the...