President Julius Maada Bio is not the transformative leader he claims to be

State opening of Sierra Leone parliament tomorrow – president Bio to speak

The Office of the Clerk of Sierra Leone’s Parliament issued a statement today, informing Members of Parliament and the General Public that, President Julius Maada Bio will present a State of the Nation’s Address as required by law to Members of Parliament tomorrow, Thursday 28th May

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Source: SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH – Sierra Leone News

Coronavirus in Africa: 315,380 cases; 8,339 deaths; 150,594 recoveries

There are now more than over 300,000 confirmed cases of coronavirus across the continent, with a number of African countries imposing a range of prevention and containment measures against the spread of the

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Source: Africanews | Latest breaking news, daily news and African news from Africa

Africa: So You Think Investing in Fever Screening Can Curb the Spread of COVID-19? Think Again

Their arguments are based on an understanding of the physiology of fever, body temperature measurement, and fever prevalence in people who transmit

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Source: allAfrica.com

President Bio discusses recent violence and covid-19 with civil society leaders

He said that his government intends to continue to listen and stay engaged with every voice in the civil society space because his government believes that each voice matters and every voice would make the country’s democracy better and

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Source: SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH – Sierra Leone News

James, Makila (1957- )

Makila James is currently serving as the U.S. Ambassador to Swaziland. James was nominated by President Barack Obama early in 2012. Following confirmation by the U.S. Senate on July 31, 2012, James arrived in Mbabane, the capital of Swaziland and presented her credentials to the King of Swaziland

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Source: Black Past

Monrovia, Liberia (1821- )

Monrovia is the capital of Liberia as well as its largest city. It is located on Bushrod Island and Cape Mesurado along the Mesurado River. A 2008 census showed its population as

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Source: Black Past

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1822

Brussels Airlines hope to resume flight to Freetown next month

International flights to and from Sierra Leone were grounded by the government of Sierra Leone two months ago, in response to the rapid increase in the number of coronavirus cases in the country, which now stands at almost

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Source: SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH – Sierra Leone News

Africa: Ministry of Finance of Sierra Leone: President Akinwunmi Adesina's Transition to His Second Term Must Be Smooth to Deliver His Covid-19 Commitments to Africa

Freetown, Sierra Leone — This article is intended to highlight the recent achievements of the African Development Bank under President Akinwunmi Adesina, underscore the need for a smooth Presidential re-election, and highlight the contributions of the Bank to COVID-19 containment efforts across

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Source: allAfrica.com

Sierra leone

Current government officials

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Source: Fact Monster - Black History

Coronavirus in Africa: 202,864 cases; 5,539 deaths; 90,813 recoveries

There are now more than over 200,000 confirmed cases of coronavirus across the continent, with a number of African countries imposing a range of prevention and containment measures against the spread of the

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Source: Africanews | Latest breaking news, daily news and African news from Africa

Sierra Leone Commercial Bank urges customers to use Visa and mobile banking

As the world moves gradually away from use of paper currency to cashless transactions, which carry the convenience of safety and security from theft, management of Sierra Leone Commercial Bank, the country’s largest profitable financial service provider has urged customers to utilize the various

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Source: SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH – Sierra Leone News

Fleetwood, Christian Abraham (1840-1914)

Christian Fleetwood, soldier, choir master, clerk, and abolitionist, was born free in Baltimore, Maryland to Charles Fleetwood and Anna Marie Fleetwood on July 21, 1840. At an early age Christian Fleetwood showed signs of intelligence and quickly endeared himself to the wealthy sugar merchant John

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Parliamentary committee meets ministry of planning and economic development officials

A cross section of Sierra Leone’s Parliamentary Committee on Planning and Economic Development, on Tuesday, 9th of June, met with the Minister of Planning and Economic Development – Dr. Francis Kai-Kai, his Deputy – Dr. Robert Chakanda and members of the ministry’s staff at their Tower Hill office

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Source: SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH – Sierra Leone News

Gullah language

Gullah, also called Sea Island Creole English[1] [2] and Geechee, is a creole language spoken by the Gullah people (also called Geechees within the community), an African-American population living on the Sea Islands and in the coastal regions of the American states of South Carolina, Georgia and

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Source: ThoughtCo

This Day in History — June 4

1994: Five Iraqis and a Kuwaiti are sentenced to death in Kuwait for plotting to kill former US President George H W Bush with a car bomb during his visit to Kuwait in

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Royal African Company

Chartered in 1672, the Royal African Company was a royally chartered company which had a legally based monopoly on English trade to West Africa until 1698. The monopoly specifically extended through five thousand miles of the western coast from Cape Sallee (in contemporary Morocco) to the Cape of

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Source: Black Past

A Brief History of the African Country of Liberia

Date of Independence: July 26,1847

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Africa: Commemorative Message By His Excellency Dr. Hage G. Geingob President of the Republic of Namibia, On the Occasion of the 57th Africa Day - the Africa We Want

Fifty-seven years ago, the Organization of African Unity (OAU) was formed in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia with the primary aims of encouraging political and economic integration among member states, as well as eradicating colonialism and neo-colonialism from the African

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Coleridge-Taylor, Samuel (1875-1912)

Born on August 15, 1875 to a physician from Sierra Leone and an Englishwoman, musical composer and conductor Samuel Coleridge-Taylor grew-up in Holborn, England. He revealed his musical talents at the age of five, began studying the violin at the age of seven, and entered the Royal College of

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Source: Black Past

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1875

Fighting for Freedom on Both Sides of the American Revolution

Alan Gilbert, University of Denver political scientist and anti-racist activist, is the author of Black Patriots and Loyalists: Fighting for Emancipation in the War for Independence, one of the few works that examines the free and enslaved blacks who joined the American Patriots and the British

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Source: Black Past

AME Church History Is a Story of Perseverance

The AME Church not only faced the obstacle that all new churches encounter -- lack of funds -- but a second barrier that proved a constant threat: racial

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Source: ThoughtCo

Coronavirus in Africa: 267,818 cases; 7,219 deaths; 123,054 recoveries

There are now more than over 260,000 confirmed cases of coronavirus across the continent, with a number of African countries imposing a range of prevention and containment measures against the spread of the

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Source: Africanews | Latest breaking news, daily news and African news from Africa

Liberia

Lying on the Atlantic in the southern part of West Africa, Liberia is bordered by Sierra Leone, Guinea, and Côte dIvoire. It is comparable in size to Tennessee. Most of the country is a plateau covered by dense tropical forests, which thrive under an annual rainfall of about 160

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Source: Fact Monster - Black History

Apr

12

1980

Nigeria

Nigeria, one-third larger than Texas and the most populous country in Africa, is situated on the Gulf of Guinea in West Africa. Its neighbors are Benin, Niger, Cameroon, and Chad. The lower course of the Niger River flows south through the western part of the country into the Gulf of Guinea. Swamps

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Sierra Leone: Opposition Member Dr Sylvia Blyden Detained Again

Dr Sylvia Blyden, a leading member of the main opposition All People's Congress (APC) is back in jail in Freetown after her bail was

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Source: allAfrica.com

Africa: In The Fight Against COVID-19, Africa is The Unsung Continent

Many thought Africa would become the next high-risk area, but when COVID-19 eventually arrived on the continent, most of the dire predictions were way

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Source: allAfrica.com

DRC declares end of Ebola outbreak in east

The second-largest Ebola outbreak on record is over after nearly two years and more than 2,200 deaths, Democratic Republic of Congo said on Thursday, even as a separate flare-up of the virus continued elsewhere in the

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Source: The East African

SLAJ president speaks about the diffculties facing SLAJ amid COVID-19

In his address to members of SLAJ, the erudite President of the Association, Ahmed Sahid Nasralla, congratulated members, more especially the surviving founding members, namely – Hon. Ibrahim Ben Kargbo (MP), Mrs. Bernadette Cole, Mr. Christo Johnson and

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Source: SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH – Sierra Leone News

President Bio discusses recent violence and covid-19 with civil society – Point of view

Sierra Leone journalists are dependent on government officials for information on host of emerging

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Source: SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH – Sierra Leone News

Coronavirus in Africa: 225,126 cases; 6,051 deaths; 102,912 recoveries

There are now more than over 220,000 confirmed cases of coronavirus across the continent, with a number of African countries imposing a range of prevention and containment measures against the spread of the

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