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Match-fixing investigation launched as 187 goals scored across two games in Sierra Leone

Two first division football matches in Sierra Leone after being investigated after a remarkable 187 goals were scored.

Evening Standard

Gastronomy gong given to Fulani chef supporting women in West Africa

Fatmata Binta has tried many different jobs, but this one definitely fits her like a glove. The chef, born in Sierra Leone, now based in Ghana has placed Fulani cuisine at the heart of her pop-up restaurant and a foundation for women in rural areas of West Africa. For her…

Radio France Internationale

S.Leone slashes 'zeros of shame' from banknotes

Freetown (AFP) - Sierra Leone on Friday introduced a new family of banknotes, stripping three zeros off the leone, in a bid to restore confidence in the inflation-hit national currency.

AFP

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Welsh war surgeon helping to save lives on the frontline in war-torn Ukraine

Dr David Nott has worked in some of the dangerous conflict zones in the world including Afghanistan, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Chad, Iraq, Libya, Haiti, Gaza and Syria

Wales Online

Poor countries forced to cut public spending to pay debts, campaigners say

Exclusive: Debt Justice calls on UK to use power to make private lenders take part in effective relief scheme

The Guardian - UK

Soaring living costs in Sierra Leone could push children out of education

In March, the price of fuel rose from 12,000 leones to 15,000 leones which has seen food, public transport and other basic commodities become more expensive

Evening Standard

Nigeria 2-1 Sierra Leone: Victor Osimhen powers Super Eagles to unconvincing AFCON qualifier victory

Nigeria flattered to deceive in their AFCON qualifier win over Sierra Leone on Thursday.

Evening Standard

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Nigeria 2-1 Sierra Leone LIVE! Osimhen goal - AFCON qualifier result, match stream and latest updates today

Nigeria vs Sierra Leone - LIVE!

Evening Standard

Nigeria vs Sierra Leone: AFCON qualifier prediction, kick off time, TV, live stream, team news, h2h today

Nigeria host Sierra Leone today to begin their qualification campaign for the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations.

Evening Standard

Hundreds of runners brave 30C heat for Sierra Leone marathon in aid of Street Child

The UK charity has now built more than 700 schools in some of the most remote areas of Sierra Leone

Evening Standard

British runners heading out to Sierra Leone for ‘world’s craziest marathon’

British runners are heading out to Sierra Leone for the “world’s craziest marathon” on Sunday.

Evening Standard

Northumbria Healthcare send ultrasound machines to Sierra Leone to help set up vital new maternity hospital

Three ultrasound machines are winging their way

Chronicle Live

In Sierra Leone, football offers hope to amputees

Freetown (AFP) - On a sun-drenched Sierra Leone beach, a one-legged man balances on his crutches and fires the ball past a one-armed goalkeeper.

AFP

Bid to overturn Sierra Leone loitering laws that activists claim ‘criminalise poverty’

Citing claims of violence and rape by police, lawyers and activists mount legal challenge to laws brought in under British rule

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The Newcastle United academy in Sierra Leone that needs help as fan site bids to raise funds

NUFC Blog are raising money for a football academy in Sierra Leone - one of the poorest countries on the planet

Al Jazeera

Coated in hope and penury: The story of Sierra Leone’s artisan miners

Artisanal miners in the West African state are struggling for crumbs in the $250m annual diamond industry.

AFP

'We need help': Sierra Leone faces hardship amid Ukraine war

Freetown (AFP) - Iyesatu Turay, who lives in a sprawling slum of corrugated-iron shacks in Sierra Leone's capital Freetown, says she doesn't have enough food to feed her family.

Manchester Evening News

Amadou Bakayoko on Sierra Leone goal, awards & Bolton Wanderers season climax aim

The Wanderers attacker is the club's second highest top scorer behind Dapo Afolayan and has recently scored his first goal in international duty for Sierra Leone

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The mystery of Africa's low Covid death rates

FREETOWN, Sierra Leone: There are no Covid fears here.

The Guardian - UK

Agnes Labor obituary

Other lives: Educationist and politician in Sierra Leone who began her teaching career in Leeds in the 1950s

ABC News

Finding cultural pride through football – why the African Cup NSW means so much to these women

The African Cup NSW is a long-running community tournament, but for the first time in 2021 — women were able to take centre stage.

Reuters

African leader asks Europe of COVID response: 'Are we equal?'

Sierra Leone's leader challenged Europeans on Thursday to remember there are "human beings on the other side" in Africa who have been left behind in the unequal global response to COVID-19.

Al Jazeera

In Sierra Leone’s swamps, female farmers make profits and peace

After conflict with mining companies, some female farmers have adapted to work on an overlooked yet abundant ecosystem.

Daily Mirror

Northern Irishman Johnathan McKinstry on his epic managerial journey that spanned Africa

Johnathan McKinstry's remarkable coaching career has included managing multiple African nations, to spells in Lithuania, Bangladesh and the US, now he shares his remarkable journey so far

The Guardian - UK

Illegal overfishing by Chinese trawlers leaves Sierra Leone locals ‘starving’

As illegal industrial-scale fishing by foreign fleets pillages fish populations, despairing coastal communities say they feel powerless

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