Sierra Leone
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L’accord chinois pour la construction d’un port de pêche en Sierra Leone rencontre une résistance ()
19 May 2021
La Sierra Leone a accepté de vendre 250 acres [100 ha] de plage immaculée et de forêt tropicale à la Chine dans le cadre d’un accord de 55 millions de dollars qui verrait un port de pêche industriel construit sur le site.
Cette décision a suscité l’indignation des défenseurs de l’environnement, des…
Prêmios de inovação para o desenvolvimento sustentável: identifique, destaque e apoie as inovações ()
19 November 2020
Os Prêmios de Inovação para Desenvolvimento Sustentável do Secretário-Geral da Commonwealth foram lançados para reconhecer e celebrar as contribuições que os inovadores nos setores público, privado e sem fins lucrativos estão fazendo no avanço das metas de desenvolvimento sustentável nos países da…
7 November 2020
A group of civil society organisations called the Sierra Leone Land Alliance (SLLA) has released a report critical of the situation land ownership and acquisition in the country, with particular emphasis on the Western area.
The report titled: “Land grabbing in a time of Covid-19 in Sierra Leone”,…
30 June 2020
Sierra Leone is among the poorest countries in the world. In the 1990s, when other African countries were privatizing key industries in order to attract foreign investment and become eligible for international loans, a civil war was raging in Sierra Leone that prevented the country from taking part…
24 June 2020
The Land Portal Foundation’s Sierra Leone Country Portfolio provides a comprehensive understanding of the gaps and pitfalls in the country’s land investments scheme.
Sierra Leone is the first of a series of countries to get a new portfolio on the Land Portal. This knowledge piece summarizes the…
1 June 2020
This special bulletin wants to pay tribute to the forest communities and peasant families around the world who despite all odds and difficulties due to the Covid-19 pandemic – including the movement restrictions imposed by governments and the corporate and elite profit-seeking abuses -, have still…
29 April 2020
Open Letter to Socfin, 29th April 2020:
We demand justice and safety for workers on Socfin’s rubber/oil palm plantations during the Covid-19 pandemic
Dear board members and shareholders,
We, the undersigned, are writing you in regards to the conditions of workers on the Socfin plantations as…
26 April 2020
Estão abertas inscrições para o Prêmio GoGettaz Agripreneur Prize, que é uma competição pan-africana de jovens empreendedores (as) inovadores (as) que buscam a oportunidade de financiamento de projetos no setor agroalimentar no continente Africano.
As inscrições serão julgadas para premiar dois…
31 March 2020
Com a pandemia, a China deixou de importar madeira cortada de forma ilegal nas florestas africanas e a actividade parou no parque nacional Outamba-Kilimi. Um raro contributo positivo de uma doença que já matou milhares.
O caminho de terra que conduz ao parque nacional Outamba-Kilimi, na Serra…
11 March 2020
The Minister of Environment Professor Foday Moriba Jaward, has disclosed to Head of Ministries Departments and Agencies ( MDA)that deforestation is a serious threat to water supply in Sierra Leone. Large-scale cutting down of trees, construction of buildings and other environmentally unsustainable…
11 March 2020
Residents of Rutile say they lack basic electricity and good roads. The absence of those amenities in Rutile have affected the lives of thousands of people and a host of small and medium enterprises. Rutile is one of the wealthiest areas in Sierra Leone with a lot of minerals. The community, which…
10 March 2020
Young people should focus on agriculture, said the Minister of Youth Affair (MOYA), Mohamed Orman Bangura. According to the International Labour Organization data in 2019, the estimated youth unemployment rate in Sierra Leone was at 84.9% and 85.9% in 2018. The Ministry of Youth and the World Food…