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Special Reports
Sierra Leone: Sand Mining – Who’s benefiting and at what cost to the environment?
Sand is one of the most precious and extracted natural resources with about 50 billion tones used per year, according...
Presidential Third Term: After Macky Sall, focus turns to neighbour, Barrow
Senegalese President Macky Sall’s announcement earlier this month not to contest for a third term brought to an end months...
Energy Poverty: Dwindling forests, high power costs worsening energy security in Sierra Leone
By Kemo Cham Originally Published by Down To Earth Sierra Leone’s energy poverty, like other countries in the African continent,...
IMNHC2023: A call to action for maternal and newborn survival
From May 7 – 11, 2023, more than 1,500 stakeholders gathered in Cape Town, South Africa, to accelerate solutions to...
![A group of children with an average age of 13-years working at a construction site [Kailahun market] in the eastern Kailahun District of Sierra Leone. Photo credit, Stephen Lansana.](https://manoreporters.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/A-group-of-children-working-at-a-construction-site-Kailahun-market-in-Kailahun-350x250.jpg)
Sierra Leone: Child Labour Hinders Children’s Education
By Stephen V. Lansana George Kamara works in “Dama pit”, an underground gold mining site in Salowa Village, Penguia Chiefdom...
Pujehun: Celebrating 100 years of life and leadership
Paramount Chief Madam Edna Fawundu, one of Sierra Leone’s oldest traditional leaders alive, marks her 100th year birthday and 40...
Sierra Leone: Slow progress for women in public life
Kailahun District was one of the hardest hit by Sierra Leone's civil war which left much of its infrastructure in...
Cervical Cancer: Calls for multisectoral approach to tackle biggest killer cancer in Sierra Leone
Collaborative approach is the only way to tackle cervical cancer, experts and campaigners have said and reiterated the need for...
The Smell of Money
By Ian Urbina A pile of fishing nets next to Gambian fishermen and their vessels. Fábio Nascimento/The Outlaw Ocean Project....
