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CAF bars Sierra Leone from AFCON

December 4, 2018 Khalid Al Mouahidi 0

Sierra Leone football team has been disqualified from the preliminaries for the 2019 African Nations Cup finals. The fate of the West African country was […]

Sierra Leone revokes $400 million airport deal with China

October 13, 2018 Geraldine Boechat 0

Sierra Leone’s government has terminated a $400 million deal to build a new airport with Chinese labor and loans, Reuters reported. The plan had repeatedly […]

Rapper Akon eyes solar investment program for Sierra Leone

October 1, 2018 Geraldine Boechat 0

Popular African-American Singer, record producer and philanthropist, Aliaume Damala Badara Akon Thiam has promised to provide 5,000 solar street lights and 2,500 traffic lights to […]

Burkina Faso: Fears of resurgence of female genital mutilation

September 19, 2018 Geraldine Boechat 0

Equality Now, a women’s rights organization, is calling on the Burkinabe government to toughen its efforts in the fight against Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) in […]

AfDB approves $15 million Equity Investment to boost SME growth in West Africa

September 7, 2018 Steven Addamah 0

The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank has approved a $15 million equity investment in Verod Capital Growth Fund III, a private equity […]

Corruption: Sierra Leone’s former regime under fire

July 11, 2018 Khalid Al Mouahidi 0

Sierra Leone’s new regime will launch a commission to investigate accusations of widespread corruption under President Ernest Koroma. The President has directed the Attorney-General and […]

Security, trade, anti-corruption top African leaders’ meeting in Mauritania

July 4, 2018 Khalid Al Mouahidi 0

The 31st summit of the African Union (AU) ended on Monday in Mauritania with the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), anti-corruption and security on […]

Single African Air Transport Market agreement signed by 26 countries

May 29, 2018 Khalid Al Mouahidi 0

Twenty-six African countries out of the 55 members of the African Union have committed to the establishment of the concept of a Single African Air […]