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The only way to get rid of Maada Bio in Sierra Leone : A strong and serious opposition and people’s action
Cocorioko
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September 3, 2025
Screenshot By Kabs Kanu I had a bitter and splenetic argument today with a colleague in the diplomatic field who is following closely what is happening in Sierra Leone. He has also been reading my articles in COCORIOKO and Facebook. He told me...
EU contributes 9M euros for groundbreaking biodiversity and community development projects in Sierra Leone
World Food Programme
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FREETOWN, Sierra Leone – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has received a EUR 9 million contribution from the European Union (EU) to launch a transformative three-year project aimed at reducing biodiversity loss and improving the...
ECOWAS Fact-Finding Mission in Sierra Leone over border dispute with Guinea
Sierra Leone Telegraph
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September 2, 2025
Amin Kef Sesay: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 2 September 2025: A high-level fact-finding delegation from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)on August 26, 2025 commenced engagements with the Government of Sierra Leone over the...
Sierra Leone Passport scandal : A national betrayal
Cocorioko
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September 2, 2025
Screenshot Sierra Leone’s Passport Scandal: A National Betrayal By: Albert David. Subscribe to my Youtube Chanel “Salone Lens TV “. In a deeply troubling development, Sierra Leone finds itself at the epicenter of a scandal that threatens the very...
Why Sierra Leone’s main opposition APC must confront electoral justice to heal, unify, and prepare for power – Op ed
Sierra Leone Telegraph
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September 2, 2025
Mohamed Gibril Sesay: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 2 September 2025: Let me start with a simple observation: politics in Sierra Leone is rarely black and white. The Electoral Justice (EJ) issue is no exception. It sits in the middle of a web of...
Secondary school principals in Sierra Leone say Maada Bio’s Free Education Scheme is a big lie
Cocorioko
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September 2, 2025
SECONDARY SCHOOL PRINCIPALS IN SIERRA LEONE SAY MAADA BIO’S FREE EDUCATION PROGRAM IS A BIG LIE THE NATIONAL CONFERENCE OF PRINCIPALS OF SECONDARY SCHOOLS AND NATIONAL COUNCIL OF HEAD TEACHERS, SIERRA LEONE. +23276-643612/ +23278-024120 /...
Furor in Sierra Leone over power- sharing plans being put together by President Maada Bio
Cocorioko
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September 2, 2025
Why We MUST REJECT Power-Sharing? (Episode I) By Mira Dumbuya : Former Sierra Leone Police Superintendent 🛑 1. Self-Protection Masquerading as Reform: These laws are often designed not to empower others, but to shield the ruling elite from...
Cannibalism was a frightening fact in Sierra Leone during the 1967 General Elections
Cocorioko
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September 2, 2025
Screenshot By Yankuba Kai- Samba Many youngsters today, who were not around before the 1967 general election, are peddling the misleading information that there were no ritual killings of young girls, who were vigin by politicians and their...
Sierra Leone To Train Up To Breeders' Cup Classic Title Defense
Yahoo Sports
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Champion Sierra Leone finished a deep-closing second under Flavien Prat following a troubled trip in Sunday’s Grade 1, $1 million Jockey Club Gold Cup, at Saratoga Race Course. The 4-year-old Gun Runner had to alter course several strides out of...
Parliamentary decadence and impotence in corrupt Sierra Leone
Cocorioko
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September 1, 2025
POLITICS, CULTURE, AND PARLIAMENTARY DECADENCE IN SIERRA LEONE: A CYCLICAL HISTORY OF RISE AND DECLINE By Mahmud Tim Kargbo Tuesday, 2 September 2025 Sierra Leone’s Parliament, like its American counterpart, has moved through cycles of power,...
Business News | UPL University and Oxford India Centre for Sustainable Development, University of Oxford, Collaborate to Advance Knowledge Exchange
Latestly
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September 2, 2025
VMPL Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], September 2: UPL University of Sustainable Technology ("UPL University"), an initiative by UPL Group, and the Oxford India Centre for Sustainable Development (OICSD), based at Somerville College, University of...
UPL University and Oxford Join Hands for Sustainability Research
Chemical Industry Digest
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September 2, 2025
UPL University of Sustainable Technology (an initiative by UPL Group) and the Oxford India Centre for Sustainable Development (OICSD) at Somerville College, University of Oxford, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to strengthen...
NES Seeks Inclusive Economic Growth, Honours Shettima, Iyabo Masha, Others
Leadership
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September 2, 2025
The Nigeria Economic Society (NES) has called on stakeholders to collaborate on inclusive economic growth for the country, saying that it has concluded plans to honour Vice President Kashim Shettima and the Director of the Intergovernmental Group...
Nigerian banks lead African trade surge
Zawya
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When First Bank, Nigeria’s oldest lender, opened its first cross-border branch in Ghana in 1997, it was such a novel idea that it took seven years before United Bank for Africa (UBA) followed the example in 2004. Then the idea caught on, with...
Africa: Bank customers switch to fintechs to avoid excessive service charges
Zawya
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Banking in Nigeria continues to be frustrating for customers on a daily basis – at most bank branches, long queues of cus- tomers can be found demand- ing answers about excessive charges on their accounts. The ever-expanding list of charges,...
British and French withdrawal could be a boon for African banks
Zawya
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There has been a big changing of the guard in terms of Western banking operations in Africa in recent years. Some of the traditional British and French heavyweights have withdrawn since the Covid-19 pandemic but at least one US counterpart has...
Development Bank Chiefs to Address Mining Investment at Cape Town Summit
News Ghana
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September 2, 2025
Two senior Africa Finance Corporation executives will take center stage at next month’s African Mining Week as the continent’s development finance sector seeks to capitalize on surging global demand for critical minerals. Molebogeng Mazibuko, the...
NES seeks inclusive economic growth, honours Shettima, Iyabo Masha, others with Distinguished Fellow Award
News Diary Online
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September 2, 2025
The Nigeria Economic Society (NES) has called on stakeholders to collaborate on inclusive economic growth for the country, saying that it has concluded plans to honour Vice President Kashim Shettima and the Director of the Intergovernmental Group...
Nigeria Economic Society Seeks Inclusive Growth, Honours Shettima, Others
Leadership
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September 2, 2025
The Nigeria Economic Society (NES) has called on stakeholders to collaborate on inclusive economic growth for the country, saying that it has concluded plans to honour Vice President Kashim Shettima and the director of the Intergovernmental Group...
Sierra Leone Tops Red-Hot Renewal of Jockey Club Gold Cup
Thoroughbred Daily News - New Jersey
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August 30, 2025
Just how deep is Sunday's running of the GI Jockey Club Gold Cup at Saratoga, a 'Win and You're In' qualifier for the GI Breeders' Cup Classic in a little more than two months' time? Well, six of the eight remaining horses–GII Charles Town Classic...