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Sierra Leone’s president cracks down on his predecessor

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Travel bans issued to Ernest Bai Koroma and dozens of top officials as Sierra Leonean corruption investigation gathers momentum
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Abandoned in Lebanon, African domestic workers just want to go home

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Dumped by their employers, and then stranded by their governments, African workers in Lebanon just want to go home. But it’s not that simple
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Covid-19 puts Sierra Leone’s expectant mothers at further risk

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Almost 70% of the world’s maternal deaths happen in Africa. Now there’s coronavirus — and with poor prenatal and postnatal care on the continent, expectant mothers and children under five are even more vulnerable.
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After a 55-year struggle, a major victory for press freedom in Sierra Leone

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A law used to harass and intimidate journalists has been repealed
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Is WhatsApp shaping democracy in Africa?

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A study shows that the social messaging platform is both emancipatory and destructive, particularly during election campaigns
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Covid-19 restrictions give rise to political tensions in Sierra Leone

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The country has experienced violent incidents of unrest in recent weeks
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Prisoners riot in Sierra Leone

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Correctional centres across Africa are struggling to react to the pandemic and its effects on inmates
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Africa’s ill-resourced healthcare systems need immediate revamping

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Now is the time to rewrite a collective script of Africa’s development agenda and the well being of its people
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The doctor who gave her life to stop Ebola in Nigeria

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When Ebola first hit Lagos, Dr Ameyo Adadevoh knew something was seriously wrong, so she did something about it
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What I miss most about home: My mom’s cassava leaves

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A journalist from Sierra Leone has to teach himself to cook during lockdown in Johannesburg
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How to translate a pandemic

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The key to containing ‘kokoro korona’ is to speak to people in their own languages
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In Sierra Leone, malaria spiked during Ebola. Will it happen again during Covid-19?

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While Sierra Leone was grappling with Ebola, there was a spike in deaths from another disease - malaria. We need to make sure this does not happen again
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Students ‘abandoned’ in Wuhan

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Africans living in China want to be evacuated
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Nigerian peacekeepers haunted by the ghosts of executions past

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They changed the course of Sierra Leone’s civil war, helping to defeat the rebels. But in keeping the peace, these soldiers sins of their own
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‘I’m finally getting recognition’

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Celebrated Ghanaian photographer James Barnor continues his interview with Riason Naidoo, focusing on the later years of his career
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