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Nigeria Starts First Domestic Container Shipping Line
The Maritime Executive
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Clarion Shipping West Africa is starting what it calls “Nigeria’s first fully indigenous container liner,” as it looks to build regional trade and improve service versus the transshipment options of the major carriers. The company celebrated the...
QNET Launches Anti-Scam Campaign to Combat Fraud and Brand Misrepresentation in Sierra Leone
Sierraloaded
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June 17, 2025
QNET, a global lifestyle and wellness-focused direct selling company, has launched its “QNET Against Scams” campaign in Sierra Leone. The initiative aims to educate the public and raise stakeholder awareness about fraudulent activities misusing...
Deforestation in Sierra Leone threatens chimps, humans
RTE Ireland
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June 17, 2025
Esther and Rio, two orphaned baby chimpanzees, clung tenderly to their caregiver's chest at a sanctuary inside one of Sierra Leone's flagship national parks, where unprecedented deforestation and illegal urban encroachment pose a risk to both...
Air Sierra Leone Commences Full Commercial Flights Between London and Freetown
Sierraloaded
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June 16, 2025
Air Sierra Leone has announced the launch of full commercial flight operations between London and Freetown, effective today Monday, June 16, 2025. The inaugural flight is set to depart from Gatwick International Airport at 23:00 LT and is expected...
In the Hills Above Freetown, a Chimp Sanctuary Is Fighting for Its Existence
New Lines Magazine
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June 25, 2025
On a quiet afternoon atop the rainforest hills that sit above Freetown, the capital of Sierra Leone, Bala Amarasekaran leaned against the railing of the sanctuary he built from scratch. His eyes scanned the treetops where rescued chimpanzees swung...
Sierra Leone Ranks 8th And 13th Globally for U.S. Student, Tourist and Business Visa Overstays
Sierraloaded
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June 12, 2025
Bryan David Hunt, the United States Ambassador to Sierra Leone, has announced the imposition of new travel restrictions on Sierra Leone by the U.S. government. Speaking during an interview on AYV’s Wake Up Sierra Leone programme, Ambassador Hunt...
SLPP Politician Dies in Ghastly Accident While Traveling to Kenema for Women’s Election
Sierraloaded
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June 25, 2025
The Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP) is mourning the tragic death of Mr. Foday Kallon, a dedicated and long-serving member, who was killed in a road accident today in Senehun, Kamajei Chiefdom, Moyamba District. Kallon was part of an SLPP staff...
Keep your America, Mr Trump, and we’ll keep our Africa
Al Jazeera
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July 4, 2025
On June 16, The New York Times disclosed that United States President Donald Trump is considering broadening his travel ban list to include as many as 36 additional countries, most of them African – including my country, Zimbabwe. Twelve days...
Sierra Leone Police to Decentralize Uniform Production And Distribution for Officers
Sierraloaded
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June 10, 2025
The Inspector General of Police (IGP), William Fayia Sellu recently visited the Sierra Leone Police (SLP) Garment Factory to assess its facilities and announce plans for significant upgrades aimed at improving service delivery. During his...
Sierra Leone Faces Multiple US Visa Troubles
News Watch Sierra Leone
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June 9, 2025
Sierra Leone Faces Multiple US Visa Troubles By Bobor Dan Kamara The US Embassy Freetown on 9th June 2025, acting upon the presidential proclamation, suspended the insurance of tourist, business, student, and exchange visitor nonimmigrant visas...
Abdul Kargbo Denies Chief Minister Sengeh’s Claims of Calling for Air Sierra Leone’s Suspension
Sierraloaded
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June 14, 2025
The All People’s Congress (APC) Parliamentary Leader, Abdul Kargbo, has categorically denied allegations made by Chief Minister Dr. David Moinina Sengeh, who claimed that he urged for the cessation of operations of “Air Sierra Leone” due to safety...
Travel bans and global sport
Trinidad Express
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It is probably too late to consider removing the United States as a host of next year’s football World Cup. And in any event, it is unlikely that Gianni Infantino, the president of FIFA, the governing body of world football, would even contemplate...
WAES: From $208b trade to economic rebirth in West Africa by Omoniyi Joshua
Eagle Online
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July 4, 2025
At the heart of the West Africa Economic Summit (WAES) 2025, held at the International Conference Centre in Abuja, lies a bold ambition: to significantly increase intra-regional trade within the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS),...
Sierra Leoneans decry U.S. travel ban as violation of rights, freedoms
Macau Business
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June 7, 2025
Sierra Leoneans have voiced their strong opposition to the recent partial travel ban imposed by U.S. President Donald Trump, arguing that such measures infringe on their rights to freedom of movement and education. Trump’s executive order, issued...
Fifty Years of Gowon’s Overthrow, by Eric Teniola
Prompt News Online
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July 4, 2025
Tuesday, July 29,2025 will be the 50th anniversary of the overthrow of General Yakubu Gowon GCFR. He was overthrown in a bloodless military coup on the same Tuesday, July 29, 1975. Most of us remember where we were at 6.00 a.m. on Tuesday, July...
Sierra Leone Faces U.S. Travel Ban: Is Drug Trafficking the Hidden Factor ?
Cocorioko
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June 7, 2025
🇺🇸 Sierra Leone Faces U.S. Travel Ban: Is Drug Trafficking the Hidden Factor? 🇸🇱 By FODAY MORRIS Frequency Modulations 44.4 Date: June 7 2025 On June 6, 2025, President Donald Trump signed a sweeping executive order banning citizens from 12...
Secondary School Pupil Reportedly Drown at Aberdeen Beach
Sierraloaded
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June 23, 2025
A report on Sunday, June 22nd 2025, stated that a pupil from the Sierra Leone Muslim Brotherhood S.S.S 1, Ibrahim I. Bangura commonly called Super, drowned at the Aberdeen Beach. The report disclosed that Ibrahim, together with his colleagues, had...
Sierra Leone’s Flying President: A Critical Examination of the Reason for the Head of State Travel Patterns
Sierraloaded
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June 7, 2025
In my three decades of academic engagement with West African politics, I have seldom encountered a leader as preoccupied with international travel as the President of Sierra Leone. The frequency of his overseas engagements raises significant...
Ministry of Youth Affairs Launches UGO Fellowship Program for Sierra Leonean Students
Sierraloaded
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June 12, 2025
The Ministry of Youth Affairs in Sierra Leone is inviting applications for the UGO Fellowship Program 2025. This fully funded initiative, in collaboration with the Universal Greening Organization (UGO), aims to empower young Sierra Leoneans aged...
Jamaican travellers reminded to get Yellow Fever vaccine
Loop News
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The Ministry of Health & Wellness is reminding Jamaicans of the importance of getting vaccinated and showing proof of Yellow Fever vaccination when travelling to and from affected countries. All persons older than one year, who are travelling from...