As the world wraps up the 16-days annual Gender Based Violence (GBV) activism, the Anglican Church has once again joined forces in calling on the nation to refrain from any acts of violence, stressing that any violent skirmishes are tantamount ...
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“We welcome France’s continuous demonstration and determination to Champion Peace and Security in Africa” says President Koroma at the France-Africa Summit
Dec 7, 2013
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President Dr Ernest Bai Koroma has on Friday 6th December said at the Peace and Security Summit hosted by the French President Francios Hollande at the Élysée in Paris, that Africa is looking forward to much firmer and collaborative ties ...
The BBC reports – Nelson Mandela has died
Dec 5, 2013
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According to the world’s greatest and most respected news organisation, the BBC, South Africa’s first black president and anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela has died, South Africa’s president says. Mr Mandela, 95, led South Africa’s transition from white-minority rule in the 1990s, after ...
Sierra Leone President Ernest Koroma makes major diplomatic service changes as Omrie Golley is appointed Ambassador to South Korea
Nov 30, 2013
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THE GENERAL PUBLIC IS HEREBY INFORMED THAT IN REVIEWING THE OVERALL GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE, IT HAS PLEASED HIS EXCELLENCY THE PRESIDENT DR. ERNEST BAI KOROMA TO ANNOUNCE THE FOLLOWING AMBASSADORIAL AND OTHER STATUTORY APPOINTMENTS, SUBJECT TO THE APPROVAL OF PARLIAMENT AS ...
Kenya – New Urban Agenda for Africa – UN-Habitat invites journalists to Press Briefing
Nov 29, 2013
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NAIROBI, Kenya, November 28, 2013 – African Press Organization (APO) –The United Nations Human Settlements Programme, UN-Habitat wishes to invite journalists to a Press Briefing to discuss an upcoming conference on a New Urban Agenda for Africa to be held in ...
Access to health care remains challenging in the north of Mali
Nov 28, 2013
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GENEVA, Switzerland, November 28, 2013 – African Press Organization (APO) – In Mali, despite a certain political normalization, the armed conflict that has been under way for almost two years makes access to health care difficult for people living in the north. ...
President Koroma describes the just concluded third African-Arab Summit held in Kuwait city as a huge success
Nov 26, 2013
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President Ernest Bai Koroma has said in Kuwait that government under his administration has initiated many reforms through the Agenda for Change, during his first term in office and now progressing forward with the Agenda for Prosperity, which has ushered ...
UN Envoy for Somalia concludes visit in Puntland – electoral process on track but some issues still to be addressed
Nov 23, 2013
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MOGADISHU, Somalia, November 23, 2013 – African Press Organization (APO) – The UN Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Nicholas Kay concluded today a three-day visit in the Federal State of Puntland with stops in the cities of Garowe, Galkayo and Bosasso ahead ...
Radio as a platform for democratic discourse in Sierra Leone
Nov 20, 2013
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Abstract Radio is a popular parameter to measure the existence of participatory democracy in contemporary Africa. Radio serves as a platform for wider debates on state governance. Both state and non-state actors use radio as a sphere to discuss decision-making ...
ECOWAS steps up humanitarian assistance to Mali
Nov 19, 2013
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ABUJA, Nigeria, November 19, 2013 – African Press Organization (APO) – The ECOWAS Commission will present Mali with about half a million US dollars in food aid within the next few weeks to support populations adversely affected by that country’s political and ...
Sierra Leone President Koroma says “We will take action to establish innovative funding mechanism for agriculture and agro-processing”
Nov 14, 2013
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Closing Address by His Excellency the President Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma Conference On Setting the vision for Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation in promoting Agriculture, Fisheries and Industrial Development in Sierra Leone Bintumani Hotel 13 November 2013 Courtesies, We mandated ...
Burkina Faso receives $11.5 million to increase forest carbon sequestration and reduce rural poverty
Nov 13, 2013
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Washington, DC, November 13, 2013/ – With African Development Bank (AfDB) (http://www.afdb.org) support, Burkina Faso has received an $11.5 million grant from the Climate Investment Funds’ (CIF) Forest Investment Program (FIP) (https://www.climateinvestmentfunds.org/cif/node/5) to undertake the Gazetted Forests Participatory Management Project ...