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Editorial: Growing mismatch between education & labour market
Business and Financial Times
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August 18, 2025
The World Bank’s latest Ghana Economic Update notes that although Ghana’s economy has expanded over the past decade, job creation has lagged sharply behind the pace of its growing workforce. Between 2012 and 2023, the working-age population grew...
Freetown Friends Extension Homemakers Club meet at the fair
The Tribune - Indiana
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August 18, 2025
The Freetown Friends Extension Homemakers Club met at 11:30 a.m. July 23 at the Jackson County Fairgrounds in Brownstown. Club President Debbie Rouse presented the lesson entitled, “Walking Off the Midway Munchies.” Club members discussed their...
‘Blue’ Johnson seeks Freetown nomination
The Tribune (Bahamas)
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August 18, 2025
ANDREW “Blue” Johnson, 53, is seeking the Free National Movement’s nomination for the Freetown constituency, currently represented by Wayne Munroe of the Progressive Liberal Party. The last FNM MP for the area was former Cabinet minister Dionisio...
THE SPLIT IN THE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH-A SPLIT OF CONSCIENCE: WHY THE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH AND GLOBAL METHODIST CHURCH IN LIBERIA MUST SETTLE THEIR DISPUTE THROUGH ARBITRATION RATHER THAN LITIGATION
Liberian Observer
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A Brief History of Methodism Methodism in Liberia is as old as the country itself. Although this protestant denomination has morphed over the centuries, it is still regarded by church historians as the first evangelical movement after the...
Namibia to host Women's T20 ICC World Cup Africa qualifier
Xinhua News Agency
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WINDHOEK, Aug. 18 (Xinhua) -- Namibia will host the International Cricket Council (ICC) Women's T20 World Cup Africa Qualifier from Aug. 31 to Sept. 6 in the capital, Windhoek, Cricket Namibia announced Monday. The qualifiers will feature eight...
*The Deadly Cost of Mistrust in Public Health Facilities: Why Connaught Hospital May Help Save Precious Sierra Leonean Lives. *
Cocorioko
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August 18, 2025
*The Deadly Cost of Mistrust in Public Health Facilities: Why Connaught Hospital May Help Save Precious Sierra Leonean Lives. * ~Dr. Mark Kapuwa Connaught Hospital, established in the 19th century and commissioned in 1912 by the Duke of Connaught,...
Rajya Sabha MP Sasmit Patra on Operation Sindoor, women’s safety, India’s digital future
ETCISO.in
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August 18, 2025
Dr. Sasmit Patra, Member of Parliament, Rajya SabhaDr. Sasmit Patra, Member of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha, National Spokesperson of the Biju Janata Dal, and Chief Whip of the party in the Upper House, is among the most articulate and active...
Are Sierra Leoneans Avoiding Connaught Hospital? The Deadly Cost of Mistrust in Public Healthcare
Sierraloaded
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August 17, 2025
Connaught Hospital in Freetown is the country’s oldest principal adult referral hospital founded in 1912. Despite being home to some of the country’s finests consultants , specialists and other highly trained and qualified professionals but many...
Pre-war evils we fought at the UN have crept back into Sierra Leone’s body politic
Cocorioko
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August 16, 2025
Screenshot PRE- WAR EVILS WE FOUGHT AT THE UN HAVE CREPT BACK INTO SIERRA LEONE’S BODY POLITIK : PART 1 By Kabs Kanu Former Minister Plenipotentiary and Coordinator for Africa in the UN Security Council Reform Negotiations One of the most bloody...
Ministry of Gender and Partners Launch NEWMAP Constitution and Strategic Plan to Empower Women in Sierra Leone
Sierraloaded
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August 16, 2025
The Ministry of Gender and Children’s Affairs, in collaboration with Campaign for Good Governance (CGG), Trocaire, and various development partners, has launched the Network of Women Ministers and Parliamentarians (NEWMAP) Constitution and...
Artificial Intelligence and Sustainability: Reforming the Reforms of Education in Nigeria
This Day
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August 17, 2025
By Tunji Olaopa I will like to ask two fundamental questions that lie at the heart of this lecture. One, what happens when we situate AI at the heart of the institutional reform of the education sector in Nigeria? And two, how does that...
Best Path Forward for Sierra Leone : Overcoming Two-Party Dominance, Politicised Development, and Systemic Corruption
Cocorioko
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August 16, 2025
Best Path Forward for Sierra Leone Overcoming Two-Party Dominance, Politicised Development, and Systemic Corruption Sierra Leone’s enduring governance challenges—two-party dominance, politicised development, elite resource capture, and systemic...
Higher Education Minister Receives UASA Retreat Report, Vows Continued Reforms
Sierraloaded
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August 17, 2025
The Minister of Technical and Higher Education, Dr. Haja Ramatulai Wurie, has received the official report from the Union of Academic Staff Association (UASA) following its national retreat held earlier this year. The presentation took place at...
Sierra Leone Marks 8th Anniversary of Devastating Freetown Mudslide
Sierraloaded
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August 14, 2025
Today, Sierra Leone commemorates the eighth anniversary of the catastrophic mudslide that struck the capital, Freetown, on the morning of August 14, 2017. Following three days of torrential rainfall, a massive mudflow from the Sugar Loaf Mountain...
US Ambassador Swears In Eight New Peace Corps Volunteers to Serve in Sierra Leone
Sierraloaded
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August 15, 2025
The United States Ambassador to Sierra Leone, Bryan David Hunt, has welcomed eight newly sworn-in Peace Corps Volunteers who will contribute to strengthening health and education initiatives across the country. Speaking at the swearing-in...
“No Sierra Leone Government in 23 Years Has Produced a Real Development Plan” – Africanist Press’ Chernoh Bah
Sierraloaded
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August 15, 2025
Chernoh Alpha M. Bah, editor of the Africanist Press, has claimed that since 2002, no government in Sierra Leone has produced a genuine national development plan of its own. In a public post, he explained that all governments over the last two...
Education boost: 28 bright students awarded scholarships worth Sh19.9 million in Bomet and Kericho
Star
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Finlays Community board of trustees chairperson Bishop Alfred Rotich presents a laptop to a beneficiary as other officials look during the event on August 14,2025/COURTESY Browns Plantations Kenya has awarded full undergraduate scholarships to 28...
Sierra Leone Government Launches Cotton Tree Civic Education Strategy at AFS Youth Assembly in the U.S.
Sierraloaded
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August 12, 2025
The Government of Sierra Leone has officially unveiled its Cotton Tree National Civic Education Strategy (2024–2030) during a prominent side event at the 30th AFS Youth Assembly in the United States. The keynote address was presented by Mr....
Sovereignty Seeks Historic Travers Triumph For Mott At Saratoga
Forbes
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LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY - MAY 03: Sovereignty #18, ridden by jockey Junior Alvarado crosses the finish line to win the 151st running of the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs on May 03, 2025 in Louisville, Kentucky. (Photo by Grace Bradley/Getty...
Africa Fest: ‘a celebration of African culture and traditions’
WMTV - Wisconsin
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August 17, 2025
MADISON, Wis. (WMTV) - Hundreds came out to McPike Park Saturday morning ready to hit the track, running and walking to raise money with Strides for Africa. Their goal is to raise $60,000 to build clean water and sanitation facilities in Ethiopia,...