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A watchdog group in Sierra Leone responsible for monitoring elections has reported irregularities in voting results in the 24 June ballot, as 67% of Sierra Leonians reportedly believe their country is headed in the wrong direction, according to Council of Foreign Relations. National Election Watch said in a statement that it “has noted large inconsistencies […]
President Julius Maada Bio was re-elected in the first round for a second term at the head of Sierra Leone with 56.17% of the vote, the head of the Electoral Commission said. “By virtue of the powers vested in me, I hereby certify that Julius Maada Bio is elected President in the election of June […]
Senior officials from Sierra Leone’s main opposition party on Sunday (25 June) accused the country’s military of an assassination attempt on opposition presidential candidate Samura Kamara, which came a day after presidential, parliamentary and local elections took place following a tense campaign marred by violence. It is a vote, in which President Julius Maada Bio […]
Deadly violence broke out around Sierra Leone’s main opposition party headquarters on Wednesday, just three days before a general election, in which incumbent President Julius Maada Bio is seeking a second and final term. At least one supporter of the opposition All People’s Congress (APC) was killed by the police, a spokesperson for the APC […]
Recorded executions in 2022 reached the highest figure in five years, according to an Amnesty International annual report published on Tuesday (16 May), which also decries the situation particularly in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) with its “most notorious executioners (carrying) out killing sprees”. Recorded executions worldwide reached 883 last year, the highest […]
Gabon and Sierra Leone have become member of the Fund for Export Development in Africa (FEDA), the impact investment arm of the African Export-Import Bank (“Afreximbank”), set up to support intra-African trade growth, value-add export development, and industrialization. “The accession of these two countries is a crucial step in strengthening its ability to provide significant […]
Home to the second most crypto-currency holders in the world, Africa is in urgent need for greater consumer protection and regulation of the crypto industry, experts say, which has been highlighted by the collapse of the world’s third largest crypto exchange FTX and subsequent plunge in the prices of major crypto assets, most notably Bitcoin. […]
Although palm oil production has been linked to environmental damage and human rights abuses, it remains an important industry providing jobs and contributing to economic growth in several countries in Africa. The global palm oil market size reached US$53.1bn in 2022 and looking forward, the market is expected to reach US$67.6bn by 2028, exhibiting a […]
Algeria has flashed out in recent days close to 900 sub-Saharan migrants as the country closes ears to criticism of its inhuman expulsion of Africans abandoned, unattended in the desert at the border with Niger. Exactly 899 migrants from 16 southern Saharan countries were deported by Algerian authorities on February 12, said Alarm Phone Sahara, […]
As the global economy sinks into another period of crisis, African currencies are depreciating against the US dollar and rising import costs are adding to inflationary pressures. With around half of all international trade invoiced in dollars, a stronger greenback hurts consumers across the world — including in Africa — that use dollars to pay […]