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UHC targets overlook most vulnerable

China.dot.org 22 Sep 2023
A nurse treats a Sudanese patient inside a ward in a field hospital at a refugee camp near Adre town in eastern Chad on Aug. 14, 2023. [Photo/VCG]. The U.N ... Simultaneously, there is a reduction in international funding for health, with significant cuts in countries like South Sudan, Sierra Leone, etc ... Dr.
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Who’s in charge here?: West Africa coups complicate UN diplomacy

Politico 22 Sep 2023
International Who’s in charge here?. West Africa coups complicate UN diplomacy. Niger and Gabon vanished from Thursday’s debate after military juntas there left representation uncertain ... Adam Gray/Getty Images. By Mona Zhang. 09/21/2023 08.18 PM EDT ... The U.N ... Other leaders including those of Ghana and Sierra Leone spoke of the instability of the region.
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Vordenker des Zayed Sustainability Prize Forum beleuchten Wege, um den Fortschritt für Mensch und Planet voranzutreiben

The Joplin Globe 22 Sep 2023
The Honorable Dr ... AETOSWire) ... The Hon. Dr. Kandeh Yumkella, Parlamentsabgeordneter und Vorsitzender der Presidential Initiative on Climate Change, Renewable Energy and Food Security of Sierra Leone, richtete bei der Eröffnung des Forums den Blick auf die Notwendigkeit, den globalen Süden, insbesondere Afrika, in eine gerechte Energiewende einzubinden ... .
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China ready to enhance practical cooperation with Sierra Leone: VP

Xinhua 21 Sep 2023
21 (Xinhua) -- China stands ready to enhance practical cooperation with Sierra Leone in various fields and jointly promote world peace and development, Chinese Vice President Han Zheng said Thursday ... Sierra Leone ... China ready to enhance practical cooperation with Sierra Leone.
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Golley’s multi-million dollar agricultural investment to boost food production in Sierra Leone

Sierra Leone Telegraph 21 Sep 2023
Sierra Leone Telegraph ... Sierra Leone is set to witness what could potentially become the biggest and most modern agricultural investment ever from the private sector ... “We have set our footprints in the sands of time…this project will see us unleashing the greatest human resource and agricultural potential in Sierra Leone.
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Sierra Leone's democracy under threat activist to RT

Beijing News 21 Sep 2023
Alleged US interference in Sierra Leone's elections poses a grave threat to the country's democracy, Abdul Fatorma, who heads up the UK-based Campaign for Human Rights Development International, told RT on Tuesday ... He claimed that the Election Commission of Sierra Leone (ECSL) "had done all their calculations, collations, all the processes."
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Sierra Leone's Top Diplomat Says Positive Ties With Russia Will Remain Despite Sanctions

Sputnik 21 Sep 2023
UNITED NATIONS (Sputnik) - Freetown's good relations with Moscow will remain unchanged regardless of Western sanctions, Sierra Leone's Foreign Minister Timothy Kabba told Sputnik on the margins of the UN General Assembly ....
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President Bio criticises America’s stance on June 24 election amid global protests

Sierra Leone Telegraph 21 Sep 2023
Sierra Leone Telegraph ... This time, on the floors of the UN General Assembly yesterday, where he accused the US of interfering in Sierra Leone’s internal affairs ... Protests in Sierra Leone against the government, have been met with live firing of bullets by security forces, killing unarmed protesters.
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Mayor Aki-Sawyerr’s Freetown the Tree Town shortlisted for Prince William’s Earthshot Prize

Sierra Leone Telegraph 21 Sep 2023
Sierra Leone Telegraph. 21 September 2023. ... Acción Andina, Peru ... Freetown the Tree Town, Sierra Leone (Photo above and below). Combining community stewardship and digital tools, the City of Freetown’s initiative, Freetown the Tree Town, is galvanising a grassroots movement for tree preservation in Sierra Leone’s capital. Belterra, Brazil ... ENSO, UK.
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Netanyahu meets with presidents of South Sudan, Malawi

Cleveland Jewish News 21 Sep 2023
Over the summer, senior Israeli and Zambian officials signed several cooperation agreements, Sierra Leone announced it will open an embassy in Jerusalem and Israeli agricultural and irrigation experts have advised counterparts in Chad and in Kenya ...It’s good for their business ... .
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Letter | Area Peace Corps is seeking new volunteers

Santa Cruz Sentinel 21 Sep 2023
Sept. 22 is the 62nd anniversary of President John F. Kennedy signing the U.S. Peace Corps Act. Over the years more than 240,000 volunteers have served in 143 countries ... I taught at a teachers’ training college in Sierra Leone from 1967 to 1969 ... — John Bost, Santa Cruz ... .
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Lieutenant General, U.S. Army (Retired) Francis M. Beaudette Named Ambassador at PenFed Foundation

Victoria Advocate 21 Sep 2023
His operational assignments, totaling six years of deployed time, include the first Gulf War; comprehensive Africa experience to include noncombatant evacuation operations in Sierra Leone and the Congo; multiple peacekeeping operations in Kosovo; numerous deployments in Iraq, ...
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ECOWAS TVET Stakeholders' Forum underway in Banjul

The Point 21 Sep 2023
The three-day convergence that brought together partners and stakeholders from countries such as Nigeria, Togo, Liberia, Benin, Cape Verde, Sierra Leone and other countries was held at the Kairaba Beach Hotel ... In like manner, it is to promote cooperation, exchange of experience and emerging innovations. Speaking at the opening ceremony, Prof ... ....
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Business in ECOWAS sub-region urged to invest in renewable energy sources 

Ghana Business News 21 Sep 2023
They should optimise waste to energy conversion technologies to improve efficient energy consumption for economic development ... Participants at the conference included Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) from Finland, Sierra Leone and the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology in Germany ... Source. GNA ....

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