This is Africa's answer to Costa Rica — here's why
Sierra Leone — the country where Idris Elba is building an island resort — is home to quiet beaches, superb food and diverse wildlife. Our writer is entranced
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Sierra Leone — the country where Idris Elba is building an island resort — is home to quiet beaches, superb food and diverse wildlife. Our writer is entranced
Economic hardship and weak regulation push young people into sand mining, with serious environmental consequences
By Mada Augustine Ngombu The Western Area Rural District Council, Chairman Kasho Holland Cole has expressed concerns at the illegal Sand Mining taking place along beaches around the Peninsula. Holland-Cole told Politico that sand mining is only official in two places in the western rural district- John Obey and Hamilton community but admitted illegal sand mining is a daily
Sierra Leone is mining sand from its renowned beaches to fuel a construction boom, leaving the country especially vulnerable to rising sea levels.
THE SHAMEFUL LANDS AND COUNTRY PLANNING MINISTER DR. DENNIS SANDY Controversial Lands and Country Planning Minister, Dr. Dennis Sandy— a man who has embarrassed the Maada Bio Government so much and is abhorred by even ruling Sierra Leone People’s Party ( SLPP ) supporters for his callous destruction of people’s homes and seizure of lands belonging to private citizens — almost marred the much-awaited Constituency 110 Bye-elections in Freetown last Saturday and should by now have been fired by President Maada Bio. In presenting its report on the much-heated bye-elections, the Nationa...