By Desmond Tunde Coker The Sierra Leone Urban Research Centre on Tuesday, September 13, 2022, held a conference with policymakers, experts and communities to tackle urban housing inequalities in Sierra Leone at the New Brookfields Hotel in Freetown. The studies conducted by SLURC over the years focused on land and housing, urban health, vulnerability and resilience, livelihoods and city economy, mobility and transport, and urban services and infrastructure. The event...Read More
Sierra Leone has extended the closing of its bid round until January 27, 2023, saying it had taken the decision to handle the increased interest.By Ed Reed Top of Form Bottom of Form Sierra Leone has extended the closing of its bid round until January 27, 2023, saying it had taken the decision to handle the increased interest. The deadline for the fifth offshore round had been due on September 30,...Read More
By Joseph Winters It’s Tuesday, September 13, and Sierra Leone is giving communities veto power over large-scale industrial projects. The Parliament of Sierra Leone passed legislation recently to significantly boost the rights of rural landowners, protecting them from land grabs by large, multinational companies. Described by land governance experts as “globally unprecedented,” the Customary Land Rights and National Land Commission Acts enshrine the concept of “free, prior, and informed consent,”...Read More
By Jack Ingham Alan Wolstencroft a member of Banbury Rotary Club since 2004, first came to Sierra Leone in 2005 as a volunteer member of a Rotary Club mission team. Alan Wolstencroft initially went over to help the building projects with the Banbury Rotary Club in 2005, thinking it would be a one-off experience but has since returned to the Country a further 12 times, both with the club and by himself. Through...Read More
By Ibrahim S.Bangura Over thirteen local guitarists have received free lessons on improving their skills in playing the guitar by, Enrique Torres Palma, a renowned Spanish guitarist. The classes have been held at the Ballanta Academy of Music and Performing Arts recently. The class had been initiated by Music Heals, a non-profitable organization established at Ballanta to promote music and music education of vulnerable people across the nation. It was...Read More
