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Coronavirus in Africa: 129,452 cases; 3,792 deaths; 53,400 recoveries

There are now more than over 100,000 confirmed cases of coronavirus across the continent, with a number of African countries imposing a range of prevention and containment measures against the spread of the

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Source: Africanews | Latest breaking news, daily news and African news from Africa

Sierra Leone: Doctors Issue Strike Ultimatum Amid COVID-19 Fight

Just two days after low level Covid-19 responders went on strike, medical doctors in Sierra Leone have issued a strike notice over non-payment of allowances and

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Source: allAfrica.com

Coronavirus in Africa: 259,111 cases; 7,016 deaths; 118,748 recoveries

There are now more than over 220,000 confirmed cases of coronavirus across the continent, with a number of African countries imposing a range of prevention and containment measures against the spread of the

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Source: Africanews | Latest breaking news, daily news and African news from Africa

Coronavirus in Africa: 119,454 cases; 3,592 deaths; 48,607 recoveries

There are now more than over 100,000 confirmed cases of coronavirus across the continent, with a number of African countries imposing a range of prevention and containment measures against the spread of the

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Source: Africanews | Latest breaking news, daily news and African news from Africa

Elba, Idrissa Akuna “Idris” (1972– )

Idrissa Akuna “Idris” Elba is a British actor best known for his roles in The Wire and Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom. He has been nominated four times for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in miniseries or Television Film which he won one and was nominated five times for a Primetime

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Source: Black Past

Sep

6

1972

Liberia

Tolbert was ousted in a military coup on April 12, 1980, by Master Sgt. Samuel K. Doe, backed by the U.S. government. Does rule was characterized by corruption and brutality. A rebellion led by Charles Taylor, a former Doe aide, and the National Patriotic Front of Liberia (NPFL), started in

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Source: Fact Monster - Black History

Apr

12

1980

Africa: Rohr - I'll Make Eagles Champions of Africa Again

Super Eagles Coach Gernot Rohr said he made sacrifices in his new contract with Nigeria in order to guide the country to a fourth Africa Cup of Nations

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Source: allAfrica.com

Peace, unity, national security and respect for Sierra Leone’s judiciary

I immediately had my Office put out a statement to dis-associate my person from that social media audio making threats to national security as part of supposed protests against my

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Source: SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH – Sierra Leone News

President Bio’s address – thoughts, words and deeds

Claims that the mining sector is set to attract new investors, with various projects completed or in the throes of completion would also have to await the end of COVID-19 to see the effect of the actions

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Source: SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH – Sierra Leone News

Parliamentary committee meets ministry of planning and economic development officials

A cross section of Sierra Leone’s Parliamentary Committee on Planning and Economic Development, on Tuesday, 9th of June, met with the Minister of Planning and Economic Development – Dr. Francis Kai-Kai, his Deputy – Dr. Robert Chakanda and members of the ministry’s staff at their Tower Hill office

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Source: SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH – Sierra Leone News

Treason trial – Palo Conteh speaks as defence opens its case

The central allegation by the State against Major Alfred Palo Conteh is that he committed treason when he entered a public place – State House on 19th March 2020, with a gun, allegedly intended to kill the president at

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Source: SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH – Sierra Leone News

Is Sierra Leone’s Chief Minister the problem?

Recently, I was researching and desperately finding credible information about the Office of the Chief Minister when I stumbled on information about how the Chief Minister, Professor David Francis, in 2015 endorsed a new book published by one of the leading and internationally recognised mediators

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Source: SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH – Sierra Leone News

Sierra Leone’s new internal affairs minister Panda-Noah takes oath of office

David Maurice Panda-Noah, Sierra Leone’s newly appointed Minister of Internal Affairs, yesterday took his oath of office in the presence of President Dr Julius Maada Bio at State House, in accordance with Section 57 (Act No. 6) of the 1991 Constitution of Sierra

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Source: SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH – Sierra Leone News

Afro-Caribbean

Afro-Caribbeans are Caribbean people who trace at least some of their ancestry to West Africa in the period since Christopher Columbuss arrival in the region in 1492. Other names for this ethnicity include African-Caribbean (especially preferred among the United Kingdom branch of the

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Source: BlackHistory.com

Liberia

Liberia /l aɪ ˈ b ɪər i ə/ ( listen), officially the Republic of Liberia, is a country on the West African coast. It is bordered by Sierra Leone to its west, Guinea to its north and Ivory Coast to its east. It covers an area of 111,369 square kilometers (43,000 sq mi) and has a population of

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Source: ThoughtCo

Jul

26

1847

Sierra Leone to reopen schools for exams

Sierra Leone will temporarily reopen schools next month to allow registered students to sit for the public examinations, the government announced on

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Source: The East African

Africa: COVID-19 - Tabichi Calls for Long Term Education Plan for Africa

The 2019 Global Teacher Award winner Peter Tabichi has joined African top tutors to address education among the poor during the Covid-19

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Source: allAfrica.com

President Bio discusses recent violence and covid-19 with civil society – Point of view

Sierra Leone journalists are dependent on government officials for information on host of emerging

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Source: SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH – Sierra Leone News

Coronavirus in Africa: 135,375 cases; 3,923 deaths; 56,401 recoveries

There are now more than over 130,000 confirmed cases of coronavirus across the continent, with a number of African countries imposing a range of prevention and containment measures against the spread of the

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Source: Africanews | Latest breaking news, daily news and African news from Africa

Coronavirus in Africa: 66,319 cases; 2,344 deaths; 23,143 recoveries

There are now more than over 60,000 confirmed cases of coronavirus across the continent, with a number of African countries imposing a range of prevention and containment measures against the spread of the

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Source: Africanews | Latest breaking news, daily news and African news from Africa

Sierra Leone: Freetown Just Implemented a New Tax System That Could Quintuple Revenue

In the next few weeks, residents of Freetown are expecting to receive new property tax bills as part of a revamped and more progressive

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Source: allAfrica.com

Coronavirus in Africa: 84,521 cases; 2,759 deaths; 32,322 recoveries

There are now more than over 80,000 confirmed cases of coronavirus across the continent, with a number of African countries imposing a range of prevention and containment measures against the spread of the

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Source: Africanews | Latest breaking news, daily news and African news from Africa

the Mayflower of Liberia

The first organized emigration back to Africa begins when 86 free African Americans leave New York Harbor aboard the Mayflower of Liberia. They are bound for the British colony of Sierra Leone, which welcomes free African Americans as well as fugitive slaves.

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Source: Blackfacts.com

Feb

6

1820

List of ethnic groups of Africa

The ethnic groups of Africa number in the thousands, each generally having its own language (or dialect of a language) and culture. The ethnolinguistic groups include various Afro-Asiatic, Khoisan, Niger-Congo and Nilo-Saharan

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Source: Black Past

Mar

3

2014

Africa: Women and Children Will Pay For This Pandemic – Unless We Act

Resources to deal with the pandemic are often diverted from women’s health services, with lasting effects on their children, their families, and their

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Source: allAfrica.com

This Day in History - May 25

1961: US President John F Kennedy asks the nation to work toward putting a man on the moon by the end of the

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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com

Kenya: Finally, Time Ripe for Rugby League

"We engaged the world governing body, International Rugby League Federation (IRL) for acceptance as a new rugby league member but we had still not been officially registered as a sports organisation in Kenya," explains adding that without local recognition, IRL couldn't engage them meaningfully so

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Source: allAfrica.com

Dr Sylvia Blyden refused bail by magistrate

Sierra Leone’s former minister of social welfare in the Koroma-led APC government, who was arrested by police and has been in detention for the past three weeks, appeared at the magistrate court today, where many expected her to be granted

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Source: SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH – Sierra Leone News

Royal African Company

Chartered in 1672, the Royal African Company was a royally chartered company which had a legally based monopoly on English trade to West Africa until 1698. The monopoly specifically extended through five thousand miles of the western coast from Cape Sallee (in contemporary Morocco) to the Cape of

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Source: Black Past

Nigeria stands by AfDB president Akinwunmi Adesina[Morning Call]

President of the African Development Bank AFDB Akinwunmi Adesina is in the

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Source: Africanews | Latest breaking news, daily news and African news from Africa

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