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Lady P and the sex work sisterhood in Makeni – abused, trafficked or killed?

February 10, 2021 Abdul Rashid Thomas 7

BBC Africa Eye: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 10 February 2021: BBC Africa Eye documentary follows the life of a group of sex workers in Sierra Leone, where sex workers are often seen as immoral outcasts to be shunned and avoided, even though their profession is legal. BBC Africa Eve investigates an [Read More]

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Sierra Leonean in Canada faces second-degree murder charge

February 7, 2021 Abdul Rashid Thomas 3

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 7 February 2021: A 27-year-old man from the Sierra Leone community in Winnipeg, Canada, is in police custody and facing second-degree murder charges in connection with a January 28, 2021 assault on Craig Street in Winnipeg. Issa Pa Musa was arrested last Monday evening in the death [Read More]

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World Cancer Day – adaptations and innovations in cancer care through COVID-19 and beyond

February 3, 2021 Abdul Rashid Thomas 0

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 03 February 2021: Marking World Cancer Day on 4th February, the Union for International Cancer Control (UICC) gives voice and says thank you to the nurses, doctors, researchers, volunteers, advocates and other caregivers in oncology from around the world, as well as government agencies, who have worked [Read More]

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Curfews and lockdowns may not be the answer to Covid-19 in Africa

February 1, 2021 Abdul Rashid Thomas 5

Alhaji U Njai: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 01 January 2021: In Africa, curfews and lockdowns as measures to contain COVID-19 infections may probably help to spread the virus among the population rather than slow it down. Based on my anthropological observations and review of the science around COVID-19, over 90 percent [Read More]

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Over 300 new cases of covid-19 reported in Sierra Leone in three days

January 31, 2021 Abdul Rashid Thomas 7

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 31 January 2021: Sierra Leone has in the last three days recorded 311 new coronavirus cases, with most of these new cases reported in the capital Freetown. Last Friday, 29 January 2021, there were 100 new cases reported, and yesterday Saturday 30 January 2021 – another 146 [Read More]

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Help finally arrives for Etta the Sierra Leonean lady stranded in Jamaica

January 27, 2021 Abdul Rashid Thomas 8

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 27 January 2021: Help has finally arrived for Etta and her twenty year-old daughter, after world-wide publicity by the media including the Sierra Leone Telegraph about her sad story of love, estrangement, and abandonment by her husband in the island of Jamaica. But thankfully, in the last [Read More]

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China donates100,000 disposable masks for healthcare staff in Sierra Leone

January 26, 2021 Abdul Rashid Thomas 1

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 26 January 2021: Following a request from Sierra Leone’s Ministry of Health and Sanitation in 2020 to meet the urgent needs of the country’s COVID-19 response, the UN has helped to arrange the shipment of one hundred thousand disposable face masks donated by Guo Kong Health Management [Read More]

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Lost and found in Freetown – a policeman saves the day

January 25, 2021 Abdul Rashid Thomas 10

Guru Mike: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 25 January 2021: A lot of people make disparaging remarks about the police in Sierra Leone and look on them negatively. However, I recently had an experience that casts one in a more positive light – SLP OSD Hinger Lebbie. I was on a business [Read More]

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Sierra Leonean who dropped out of med school after finding love now struggling in Jamaica

January 22, 2021 Abdul Rashid Thomas 8

Stabroek News: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 22 January 2021 Etta Isatu Findlay was on her way to earning a medical degree from the Carlos J. Finlay University of Medical Sciences. She said that she left her homeland of Sierra Leone in West Africa, and was receiving medical training at the Cuban [Read More]

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