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Biden Administration Pressures Sierra Leone On Abortion Policy

The Biden administration pressures Sierra Leone to change abortion laws for foreign aid, sparking controversy and protests.

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Ebola: how a vaccine turned a terrifying virus into a preventable disease

The Ebola virus devastated west Africa in 2014, claiming over 11,000 lives in Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea.

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Historic climate change advisory: what the case before the International Court of Justice might mean

The International Court of Justice, the world’s highest court, held hearings in mid-December 2024 on the legal obligations that governments have under international law to protect the environment and limit climate change. It’s the biggest case the court has ever heard. The court is expected to hand down a legal…

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Migrant workers in Lebanon are trying to return home after alleged abuses and then war

Hundreds of migrant workers in Lebanon are waiting to be repatriated after the ceasefire ending the war between the Lebanon-based Hezbollah and Israel went into effect last month

The Independent UK

Girl, 11, rescued off Italian coast after three days clinging to tyre tubes

Girl from Sierra Leone is only person rescued after shipwreck that is feared to have killed more than 40 people

The Guardian - UK

Five years since its inception, a US development agency competes with China on global projects

Since its inception in 2019, a U.S. development agency has created a portfolio of more than $50 billion worth of projects in 114 countries, including a trans-Africa railway corridor, a power plant in Sierra Leone, and solar panel manufacturing in India

The Independent UK

Sierra Leone Launches Nationwide Ebola Vaccine Campaign

Sierra Leone launches nationwide Ebola vaccine campaign targeting 20,000 frontline workers after devastating 2014 outbreak.

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Sierra Leone Wins Breeders' Cup Classic At Del Mar

Sierra Leone wins Breeders' Cup Classic, Chad Brown nears record, thrilling performances and upsets in horse racing event.

The Guardian - UK

City of Troy pays price for slow start in Breeders’ Cup Classic

City of Troy finished eighth in the Breeders’ Cup Classic after a slow break from the stalls in a race won by Sierra Leone, another Coolmore horse

The Guardian - UK

Sierra Leone claims Breeders’ Cup glory as City of Troy flops – as it happened

City Of Troy’s audacious challenge for the Breeders’ Cup Classic was over almost before it had begun

The Independent UK

Solar power companies are growing fast in Africa, where 600 million still lack electricity

Companies that bring solar power to some of the poorest homes in Central and West Africa are said to be among the fastest growing on a continent whose governments have long struggled to address some of the world’s worst infrastructure and the complications of climate change

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Sierra Leone is working to transform its food system, but it faces mounting challenges

One of the most pressing issues facing humanity is the need to transform food systems to become more equitable, environmentally sustainable, able to deliver healthy diets for all, and also more resilient to disruptions.

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Gangs’stories: The Sierra Leonian gangster who gave up violence and drugs for poetry

For the past five years, the GANGS project, a European Research Council-funded project led by Dennis Rodgers, has been studying global gang dynamics in a comparative perspective. When understood in a nuanced manner that goes beyond the usual stereotypes and Manichean representations, gangs and gangsters arguably constitute fundamental lenses through…

The Guardian - UK

Michaela DePrince obituary

American ballerina who defied the odds of her early childhood in wartorn Sierra Leone to perform with top dance companies

The Independent UK

Ballerina Michaela DePrince, whose career inspired many after she was born into war, dies at 29

Ballet dancer Michaela Mabinty DePrince, who came to the United States from an orphanage in war-torn Sierra Leone and performed on some of the world’s biggest stages, has died

The Guardian - US

Trailblazing ballerina Michaela Mabinty DePrince dies at 29

Sierra Leone-born DePrince, who moved to US as a child, danced with Boston Ballet and performed with Beyoncé

The Independent UK

Michaela DePrince death: Ballet star who danced for Beyoncé dies at 29

DePrince was orphaned by the war in Sierra Leone before moving to the United States

The Conversation

Sierra Leone’s women farmers use a custom called bora to access land – but it’s making them more vulnerable

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 farm on their land.

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