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SLIDESHOW: Children break rocks to pay for school in Sierra Leone
18 March 2013
(IRIN
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Thousands of children in Sierra Leone are paying for their own education or helping their families make ends meet by working as rock-breakers for the country’s construction industry.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97669/SLIDESHOW-Children-break-rocks-to-pay-for-school-in-Sierra-Leone
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African migrants pay high prices to send money home
27 February 2013
(IRIN
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New data from the World Bank has revealed that African migrants pay more to send money home to their families than any other migrant group in the world.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97557/African-migrants-pay-high-prices-to-send-money-home
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Sand-mining threatens homes and livelihoods in Sierra Leone
1 February 2013
(IRIN
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Round-the-clock sand-mining on beaches within a few kilometres of Sierra Leone’s capital Freetown is having a devastating effect on the coastline, destroying property, and damaging the area’s hopes of a tourism revival.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97394/Sand-mining-threatens-homes-and-livelihoods-in-Sierra-Leone
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Call for targeted investments in cholera-prone areas
25 January 2013
(IRIN
),
Aid groups are urging donors to invest in water and sanitation in areas known as hotbeds for cholera. They say while such projects might directly affect a relatively small population, the indirect impact in terms of cholera reduction could be immense.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97338/Call-for-targeted-investments-in-cholera-prone-areas
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In Brief: Staples, not export crops, key to tackling Africa’s poverty – report
18 January 2013
(IRIN
),
Africa could reduce its poverty levels faster by focusing more on the production of staples rather than export crops, according to a study by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97278/In-Brief-Staples-not-export-crops-key-to-tackling-Africa-s-poverty-report
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Cholera in West Africa - lessons learned
31 December 2012
(IRIN
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The cholera epidemic that struck Guinea and Sierra Leone in 2012 is winding down. What to do now? Start preparing - for cholera.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97157/Cholera-in-West-Africa-lessons-learned
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GUINEA: New cholera strain poses prevention challenges
18 December 2012
(IRIN
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The cholera that struck more than 7,000 people in Guinea this year was caused by a new generation of cholera strains - atypical variants of vibrio cholerae O1 El Tor, epidemiologists have confirmed.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97068/GUINEA-New-cholera-strain-poses-prevention-challenges
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SIERRA LEONE: The political battle on FGM/C
17 December 2012
(IRIN
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Campaigns to lower the rate of female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) in Sierra Leone are having some impact, but efforts to ban the practice have failed thus far, and despite a push to communicate its health risks, many still believe FGM/C promotes good health and hygiene.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97066/SIERRA-LEONE-The-political-battle-on-FGM-C
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SIERRA LEONE: Diamonds lure children out of school
6 December 2012
(IRIN
),
Sierra Leone’s diamonds fuelled the 1991-2002 civil war, and are now boosting economic growth, but at the same time they are keeping thousands of children out of school.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/96982/SIERRA-LEONE-Diamonds-lure-children-out-of-school
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IDPs: African IDP Convention comes into force
6 December 2012
(IRIN
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The African Union Convention for the Protection and Assistance of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) 2009, also known as the Kampala Convention, came into force on 6 December; it is the world’s first legally binding instrument to cater specifically to people displaced within their own countries.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/96984/IDPs-African-IDP-Convention-comes-into-force
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SLIDESHOW: Illegal fishing hits fish stocks, livelihoods in Sierra Leone
6 December 2012
(IRIN
),
Fishing communities in Sierra Leone have been hit hard by illegal and unregulated fishing off the West African coast. Unsustainable local fishing practices and the activities of foreign trawlers engaged in so-called “pirate fishing” have led to a significant decline in fish stocks in Sierra Leone, environmental groups and local officials say.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/96980/SLIDESHOW-Illegal-fishing-hits-fish-stocks-livelihoods-in-Sierra-Leone
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SIERRA LEONE: Shifting tide on abortion law
27 November 2012
(IRIN
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The new government is responding positively to health workers and youth groups who have long called for a change in the 1861 law banning abortion except in exceptional circumstances.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/96907/SIERRA-LEONE-Shifting-tide-on-abortion-law
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SIERRA LEONE: Slashing the maternal mortality rate in Bo
22 November 2012
(IRIN
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In Bo, central Sierra Leone, maternal mortality rates have dropped 61 percent since 1990 thanks to cost-free 24/7 emergency obstetric care and an efficient ambulance service and referral system.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/96847/SIERRA-LEONE-Slashing-the-maternal-mortality-rate-in-Bo
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SIERRA LEONE: Opposition cries foul after election
21 November 2012
(IRIN
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The Sierra Leone People’s Party, the main opposition party in Sierra Leone, has accused the National Electoral Commission (NEC) of bias in favour of President Koroma’s All People’s Congress (APC) in presidential, parliamentary and local elections on 17 November.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/96838/SIERRA-LEONE-Opposition-cries-foul-after-election
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HEALTH: Breaking out of the cold chain
20 November 2012
(IRIN
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Health workers currently immunizing thousands of children and young adults against Meningitis A in Benin are currently doing so without having to spend days preparing ice packs and sourcing generators and fridges to load on trucks because the vaccine has now won approval for being kept at up to 40 degrees Celsius for as long as four days.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/96827/HEALTH-Breaking-out-of-the-cold-chain
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SIERRA LEONE: Ethnicity trumps policy in upcoming polls
15 November 2012
(IRIN
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Supporters of the opposition Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP) will today take to the streets of the capital Freetown for the last time before presidential, parliamentary and local elections on 17th November.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/96793/SIERRA-LEONE-Ethnicity-trumps-policy-in-upcoming-polls
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GUINEA-BISSAU: Cholera on the rise
14 November 2012
(IRIN
),
As cholera case rates decline in Guinea and Sierra Leone, they are on the rise in Guinea-Bissau, with 1,500 cases reported and nine deaths as of 11 November, according to the Ministry of Health.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/96772/GUINEA-BISSAU-Cholera-on-the-rise
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SIERRA LEONE: Elections – sampling opinions in the diamond-rich east
13 November 2012
(IRIN
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On 17 November Sierra Leone will head to the polls as President Ernest Bai Koroma of the All People’s Congress (APC) and his main rival Julius Maada Bio of the Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP) face off in what will be the country’s third election since the end of an 11-year civil war.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/96766/SIERRA-LEONE-Elections-sampling-opinions-in-the-diamond-rich-east
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SLIDESHOW: Youth unemployment - a threat to Sierra Leone's security?
5 November 2012
(IRIN
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Sierra Leone has come a long way since the brutal 1991-2002 civil war, which left thousands dead, countless numbers displaced, and the country's economy and institutions in tatters. Youth unemployment was a major cause of the conflict, so it is worrying that despite significant economic growth at a macro-level and large-scale foreign investment, up to 70 percent of youths are underemployed or unemployed, according to the World Bank.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/96711/SLIDESHOW-Youth-unemployment-a-threat-to-Sierra-Leone-s-security
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SLIDESHOW: Cholera ebbing in Sierra Leone
18 October 2012
(IRIN
),
Sierra Leone’s worst cholera outbreak in 15 years has eased in the past two months and new infections each week have recently dipped to below 1,000.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/96584/SLIDESHOW-Cholera-ebbing-in-Sierra-Leone
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