UK Aid Supports Better Access to Justice in Sierra Leone: Representatives from the UK Government signalled their continuing support for better access to justice in Sierra Leone, at the launch of the Legal Aid Board on Thursday 8 September. The launch is part of the Ministry of Justice’s ‘‘Scaling Up Access to Justice Leaving No One Behind’’ … [Read more...] about UK Aid Supports Better Access to Justice in Sierra Leone
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Sierra Leone’s Kandeh Yumkella, City Power and Akon Lighting winners in African Utility Week Industry Awards in Cape Town
Dr Kandeh Yumkella, UN Under-Secretary-General and Former Special Representative of the Secretary-General and CEO, Sustainable Energy for All (SE4All), won the Lifetime Achievement Award. Photo: Spintelligent “I know the energy revolution is powering up and ready to take off” Sierra Leone’s Kandeh Yumkella of the Sustainable Energy For All Initiative, Johannesburg’s City … [Read more...] about Sierra Leone’s Kandeh Yumkella, City Power and Akon Lighting winners in African Utility Week Industry Awards in Cape Town
How a project with good aims delivered bitter outcomes in Sierra Leone | The Conversation
An excavator clears land for a palm oil plantation in southern Sierra Leone for a Lichtenstein-based a company. Such projects are criticised by some as 'land grabs'. Reuters/Simon Akam Reports about land-grabs in Africa often attack the corporations that stand to profit from such projects. But little is said of the international development banks that fund the projects. … [Read more...] about How a project with good aims delivered bitter outcomes in Sierra Leone | The Conversation
