Sierra Leone's Women Farmers Use a Custom Called Bora to Access Land - but It's Making Them More Vulnerable [analysis]
The Conversation Africa
Bora - a type of thank you gift - is a Sierra Leonean custom of respect that is often used in relation to land. For instance, informal farmers pay bora to landowners to be able to… Read more »
Influx of Weapons Into Conflict Zones Dangerous, Says UN's Adedeji Ebo
Concord
The influx of weapons and ammunition into conflict zones escalates tensions and significantly risks diversion and proliferation, even in post-conflict, says Adedeji Ebo, the Deputy… Read more »
Eight Months On, Ogun Doctors Demand Release of Abducted Colleague, Nephew
Premium Times
Mr Kolade affirmed the urgency of securing their release, noting that the ongoing ordeal revealed the worsening insecurity in the country. Read more »
Freetown Super Stars to Play Against Blaness in Gunjur Rainy Season Qualifiers
The Point
Freetown Super Stars FC will today, Wednesday, 7th August 2024 play against Blaness FC in the 2024 Gunjur 'nawettan' qualifier match at the Gunjur Upper Basic School Football Field… Read more »
Korean Rice Donation Boosts WFP School Meals and Refugee Response in Guinea-Bissau, Mauritania, and Sierra Leone
WFP
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has received a food aid contribution of 11,520 MT of rice from the Republic of Korea to meet the emergency food and nutrition needs of… Read more »
S/Leone Ex-President Bai Koroma's Bodyguard Bags 182-Yrs in Prison Over Failed Coup
Daily Trust
A former bodyguard of Sierra Leone's ex-President Ernest Bai Koroma, Amadu Koita Makalo, has been sentenced to 182 years in prison for his role in a failed coup last year. Read more »
Moice Engages MPs On Policies to Protect Filmmakers, Others
Concord
Senior officials from the Ministry of Information and Civic Education (MOICE) engaged members of the Parliamentary Oversight Committee on Information to discuss three flagship… Read more »
UNFPA, MoH, Partners Hand Over Fistula Theatre, Equipment to Bo Government Hospital
Concord
On Friday, July 20, 2024, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), in partnership with the Ministry of Health (MoH), the Government of Iceland, Haikal Foundation, and Aberdeen… Read more »