Essential Stories
Sierra Leone’s Unemployment rate improves, But Youth Unemployment Persists.
Sierra Leone’s unemployment rate saw a slight improvement, decreasing from 3.58% in 2022 to 3.57% in 2023, according to data ...Chidi Blyden Urges Sierra Leoneans in the Diaspora to Unite for Investment Growth
Chidi Blyden, Deputy Chief Executive Officer of the Millenium Challenge Corporation, called on Sierra Leoneans in the diaspora to unite ...Thinking Pink Offers Free Screenings Amid Rising Breast Cancer Cases in Sierra Leone
Thinking Pink Breast Cancer Foundation is offering free breast cancer screenings throughout the month of October. The initiative aims to ...What You Should Know About Ghana’s Anti-Galamsey Protests
Fifty-four (54) individuals have been arrested and detained by Ghana’s police for participating in the anti-galamsey protests held from September ...How a Maryland Doctor is transforming Healthcare in Sierra Leone
How a Maryland doctor is transforming healthcare in Sierra Leone Fouad Sheriff, a doctor in Maryland is on a mission ...Meet Sierra Leone’s Essential Workers: The Petty Trader
Growing up, I didn’t have the opportunity to get a formal education because I was my grandmother’s caretaker. But after ...Meet Sierra Leone’s Essential Workers: The Artist
My journey as an artist started at the age of 5 when I started doing creative, practical arts. I’m self-taught ...Meet Sierra Leone’s Essential Workers: The Seamstress
Some years ago, I worked as a hairdresser, a job that I started just after I dropped out of school ...Meet Sierra Leone’s Essential Workers: The Electricity Sales Agent
I am a 42-year-old electricity sales agent. I sell top-up electricity credit, and I earn a commission from the number ...Meet Sierra Leone’s Essential Workers: The Mechanic
I’m from Makeni, Northern Sierra Leone, currently residing in Freetown. I am 22 years old. I have two children; a ...
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Best of Both Worlds: Sierra Leonean-Nigerian Chef opens African Restaurant in Virginia
From the attieke to the suya, the newly opened Hajara’s Kitchen is ... -
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