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Coronavirus: Sierra Leone’s President Julius Maada Bio commissions Covid-19 Care and Treatment Facilities, recognises Partner Interventions in Healthcare Systems
African Press Organization
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July 2, 2020
His Excellency President Dr Julius Maada Bio has commissioned Covid-19 care and treatment facilities, the pilot distribution of equipment and uniforms to healthcare workers in Bo, southern Sierra Leone, where he also praised the interventions of...
Coronavirus - Sierra Leone: At least a third of the world’s schoolchildren unable to access remote learning during school closures, new UNICEF report says
African Press Organization
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August 28, 2020
“For at least 463 million children whose schools closed due to COVID-19, there was no such a thing as remote learning,” said Henrietta Fore, UNICEF Executive Director. “The sheer number of children whose education was completely disrupted for...
Coronavirus - Sierra Leone: International Monetary Fund (IMF) Executive Board Approves US$143 Million Disbursement to Sierra Leone to Address the COVID-19 Pandemic
African Press Organization
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June 3, 2020
Download logo The COVID 19 pandemic is taking a heavy toll on Sierra Leone’s economy, jeopardizing hard-won gains since the Ebola health crisis; The IMF approved the disbursement of US$143 million under the Rapid Credit Facility to support the...
IMF Executive Board Approves US$143 Million Disbursement to Sierra Leone to Address the COVID-19 Pandemic
International Monetary Fund
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June 3, 2020
June 3, 2020 The COVID 19 pandemic is taking a heavy toll on Sierra Leone’s economy, jeopardizing hard-won gains since the Ebola health crisis. The IMF approved the disbursement of US$143 million under the Rapid Credit Facility to support the...
Coronavirus - Sierra Leone: Government of Japan announces 2020 grant of USD 254,545 for malnutrition treatment in Sierra Leone
African Press Organization
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May 12, 2020
Download logo The Government of Japan has committed a new contribution of USD 254,545 to improve the coverage of critical Severe and Acute Malnutrition treatment services and thereby reduce child mortality in Sierra Leone. This commitment was...
ICRC President: All parties to an armed conflict have non-negotiable legal obligations to ensure water remains accessible during war
International Committee of the Red Cross
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May 26, 2025
Mr. Chair, Excellencies, esteemed colleagues, Water is an issue of immense humanitarian concern that cannot be emphasised enough and cannot be placed high enough on states’ agendas. I thank the Permanent Mission of Slovenia and co-sponsors for...
Baker-Polito Administration Awards $4.2 Million to Support Recycling and Waste Reduction Programs for Communities and Regional Groups
Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection
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November 15, 2022
BOSTON — To mark America Recycles Day, the Baker-Polito Administration today announced $4.2 million in grant funding to 270 municipalities and regional solid waste districts across the Commonwealth. The grants, made available through the...
IMF Executive Board Concludes 2019 Article IV Consultation with Sierra Leone
International Monetary Fund
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April 6, 2020
April 6, 2020 The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) completed the 2019 Article IV consultation[1] with Sierra Leone on April 3, 2020. At the same time, the Board also completed the second review of Sierra Leone’s performance...
IMF Executive Board Completes Second Review of Sierra Leone’s Extended Credit Facility
International Monetary Fund
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April 3, 2020
April 3, 2020 IMF approves disbursement of US $21.13 million (SDR 15.555 million) to Sierra Leone. This disbursement underscores the Fund’s ongoing commitment to help the country tackle any potential economic fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic....
WTO Secretariat briefs members on Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies, Fish Fund
World Trade Organization
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May 22, 2025
WTO Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies Opening the information session on 22 May, Deputy Director-General Angela Ellard said: “This session has been organized in response to the calls from many members for collaborative efforts to facilitate the...
Sierra Leone : Request for An Extended Arrangement Under the Extended Credit Facility-Press Release; Debt Sustainability Analysis; Staff Statement; and Statement by the Executive Director for Sierra Leone
International Monetary Fund
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December 18, 2018
Author/Editor: International Monetary Fund. African Dept. Publication Date: December 18, 2018 Electronic Access: Free Full Text. Use the free Adobe Acrobat Reader to view this PDF file Summary: Sierra Leone is a fragile state. Since emerging from...
Court rules Sierra Leone government policy banning pregnant girls from attending school is a breach of human rights
EIN Presswire
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December 12, 2019
West Africa’s top court orders Sierra Leone to revoke a ban on pregnant girls in school, ruling it's a discriminatory violation of the right to equal education. ABUJA, NIGERIA, December 12, 2019 /EINPresswire.com/ -- The Economic Community of...
Fast and fair: Building climate justice in food systems
RUAF
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October 14, 2022
The world is changing fast. From climate, to pandemics, to inter-state conflict, numerous crises at the local, national and global scales are consequences of the disproportionate and unjust use of our planet’s resources, the unequal distribution...
International Monetary Fund (IMF) staff completes 2019 Article IV and Second ECF Review Mission to Sierra Leone
African Press Organization
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November 15, 2019
Download logo The Sierra Leone authorities and IMF mission concluded discussions, reaching staff-level agreement on economic policies to pave the way for the IMF Executive Board to consider the second review under the ECF‑supported program; while...
His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed discusses fostering relations with President of Sierra Leone
African Press Organization
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October 30, 2019
Download logo His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, today received Julius Maada Bio, President of Sierra Leone at Qasr Al Bahr in Abu Dhabi, and reviewed...
Sierra Leone: United States Embassy congratulates First Cohort of Intermediate Disease Detectives
African Press Organization
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July 30, 2018
On Friday, July 27, Charge d’Affaires Tomekah L. Burl attended the graduation ceremony of the first cohort of the Intermediate level of the Field Epidemiology Training Program (FETP). The FETP—run by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and...
Entrepreneurship and Waste Management in Sierra Leone to fight Unemployment and Clean Cities
African Press Organization
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October 18, 2019
With a 60 percent rate of youth unemployment, Sierra Leone suffers among West Africa’s highest levels of joblessness. One result: youth migrate, often irregularly. To address this, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) Sierra Leone,...
USAID Administrator Mark Green's Meeting with the Honourable Mohamed Juldeh Jalloh, Ph.D., Vice President of the Republic of Sierra Leone
African Press Organization
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November 20, 2019
Download logo The following is attributable to Acting Spokesperson Pooja Jhunjhunwala: On November 19, 2019, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Administrator Mark Green met in Washington, D.C., with The Honourable Mohamed Juldeh...
IMF Staff Completes 2019 Article IV and Second ECF Review Mission to Sierra Leone
International Monetary Fund
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November 14, 2019
November 14, 2019 End-of-Mission press releases include statements of IMF staff teams that convey preliminary findings after a visit to a country. The views expressed in this statement are those of the IMF staff and do not necessarily represent...
Research Deliver Insight into Sierra Leone - Telecoms, Mobile and Broadband Market Market 2019-2025
EIN Presswire
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July 17, 2019
WiseGuyReports.com “Sierra Leone - Telecoms, Mobile and Broadband - Statistics and Analyses” report has been added to its Research Database. PUNE, MAHARASTRA, INDIA, July 18, 2019 /EINPresswire.com/ -- WiseGuyReports.com “Sierra Leone -...