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The Interview: How Is Sierra Leone Doing with Tobacco? 

 

With Kemo Cham

Tobacco is one of the leading causes of preventable deaths in the world.

The World Health Organization (WHO) has been at the forefront of the fight to prevent tobacco related deaths. It seeks to achieve this through the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC).

One Small Step for Fair Trade

By Abdul Tejan-Cole

The announcement last week by the governments of Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana to suspend forward sales of cocoa beans for 2020/21 until further notice and to demand the implementation of a floor price of US$2,600 per metric tonne of cocoa beans is revolutionary and must be welcomed by all those interested in fair and greater equity in international trade.

The Martyring of Mohamed Morsi

By Abdul Tejan-Cole

Mohamed Morsi al-Ayat died on June 17, 2019. With no fanfare, Egypt’s state television and all its daily newspapers published the same announcement – “Mohammed Morsi died yesterday during his trial in an espionage case. The deceased asked the judge to speak, and the court gave him permission. After the court was adjourned, he fainted and died. The body was transferred to hospital and the necessary procedures are underway.”

Sierra Leone can beat blackout with renewables

By Mohamed Jaward Nyallay

Sierra Leone has a population of just over 7 million and just over 1 million people in the country have access to electricity in the country. This number stands for 16% of the population. This is according to World Bank’s current estimation.

Some 57 years since independence the country still depends on old and battered thermal machines and an overstretched network supply and distribution facility across the country to provide electricity.

How bad is the situation?

FC Kallon v East End Lions: Glory, revenge and the title race

By Mohamed Jaward Nyallay

So here we are again, about to watch two teams built with grit, resilience and swagger. They are meeting again to sweep us off our feet. They are both separated by distinct style and a single point. This is the story of the greatest derby in today’s football in the country: FC Kallon versus East End Lions.

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