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4 Mar 19
The government of Sierra Leone and a United Nations agency have signed a $72.6m deal aimed at boosting food security and rural income in the country.
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19 Sep 18
Sierra Leone is strengthening its tax system to ensure that it can cover its budget deficit and basic salaries – a task that is “quite challenging” – the new finance minister has told PF...
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29 May 18
Fragile states need help to ensure they have the policymaking and public administration capacity to move forward – not just handouts, Sierra Leone’s former finance minister has said.
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2 Nov 17
The African Development Bank has approved €48m from the African Development Fund for reconstruction of the border road from Guinea to Sierra Leone.
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18 Aug 17
More emergency aid from the UK will be sent to Sierra Leone, international development secretary Priti Patel announced today.
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16 Aug 17
The United Nations has released $150,000 in emergency aid relief to Sierra Leone after fatal mudslides in the country, the global organisation announced yesterday.
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18 Oct 16
Sierra Leone is set to launch a platform that will enable citizens to report incidences of bribery in the country, the UK Foreign & Commonwealth Office announced yesterday.
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15 Jan 16
A case of Ebola has been confirmed in Sierra Leone, less than a day after the three countries worst hit by the outbreak in West Africa were declared to be free of the virus simultaneously.
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14 Jan 16
All three of the west African countries hardest hit by Ebola are currently free of the virus for the first time since the start of the epidemic two years ago, after the most recent outbreak of the...
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4 Jan 16
Guinea was declared Ebola free last week after no new cases were reported for 42 days.
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16 Jun 15
US First Lady Michelle Obama announced yesterday a $200m plan to educate young girls in developing countries, warning that it was now a “serious public health issue”.
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20 May 15
Sierra Leone is to implement an $8.3m social safety net programme, aimed at supporting 126,000 extremely poor households and vulnerable communities throughout the country.
4 Mar 19The government of Sierra Leone and a United Nations agency have signed a $72.6m deal aimed at boosting food security and rural income in the country.
29 May 18Fragile states need help to ensure they have the policymaking and public administration capacity to move forward – not just handouts, Sierra Leone’s former finance minister has said.
2 Nov 17The African Development Bank has approved €48m from the African Development Fund for reconstruction of the border road from Guinea to Sierra Leone.
18 Aug 17More emergency aid from the UK will be sent to Sierra Leone, international development secretary Priti Patel announced today.
15 Jan 16A case of Ebola has been confirmed in Sierra Leone, less than a day after the three countries worst hit by the outbreak in West Africa were declared to be free of the virus simultaneously.
16 Jun 15US First Lady Michelle Obama announced yesterday a $200m plan to educate young girls in developing countries, warning that it was now a “serious public health issue”.
