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By Nasratu Kargbo Sierra Leone’s parliament has ratified a twenty-five dollar loan agreement for the Tikonkoh Kpetemba- Mattru Jong road project between the Government of Sierra Leone and the Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa (BADEA). According to the Minister of Finance Sheku Fantamadi Bagura, the agreement which was ratified on the 4th of April 2023 seeks to
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10 May 2021 at 19:52 | Contributed It was a jubilant day on April 20th this year. Dancers from nine villages welcomed their big American Guest visiting Sierra Leone and their village. Bishop Kyle Searcy is Senior Pastor of Fresh Anointing House of Worship International, Montgomery, Alabama (www.fahow.org) and Fresh Oil Fellowship of Churches International. Children in Moselolo and surrounding villages have no access to school. The nearest schools are 5-10 miles away. They are subjected to child labor, domestic work, child abuse through childhood marriages and other problems such as ...
India to provide a US$ 15m loan for drinking water project in Sierra Leone Modified date: The government of India has agreed by signing a financing agreement with her Sierra Leone counterpart to provide a US$ 15m loan for a drinking water project in the West African country, located on the southwest coast along the Atlantic Ocean to be precise. The funds will be provided through the Export-Import (EXIM) Bank of India, which is a specialized financial institution set up for financing, facilitating, and promoting foreign trade of the South Asian country. It is wholly owned by the Government of...
International Coordinator Women In Ministry International (WIMI) As much as Sierra Leone as a whole is limited as far as basic socioeconomic opportunities, rights, services and amenities, there are, however, communities that are so deprived that it is very pathetic. Exclusion of such under-served communities cannot certainly contribute to our human capital development in the transformation of our nation, as our president and other like-minded visionaries are envisioning. Our local parlance refers to the poorest among the poor as “popolipo.” These are the communities I would like to ...