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Diamond mining in Sierra Leone: Destructive impact on the environment and livelihoods
Mining still continues but the land and communities suffer the impact of mining with homes, farms and livelihoods destroyed.
thesierraleonetelegraph2d
Burkina Faso – the machiavellian threat to African Leaders
Captain Ibrahim Traore took power in Burkina Faso on 30th September 2022, citing former President Paul Henri-Damiba’s inability to deal ...
The Nation Newspaper3d
The rise, rise and rise of capitalism (VII)
For all that however, the slave trade had to be brought to an end because it was standing in the way of the development of something even more profitable, if not any less abhorrent than the slave ...
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Sierra Leone electrifies three-wheelers to counter rising fuel prices, air pollution and climate change
UNEP and Sierra Leone launch a pioneering e-mobility initiative: introducing electric three-wheelers (e-kekes) in Freetown to ...
At Mother Bethel, Villanova professor previews ‘Last Seen,’ her book about how Black families searched for relatives sold during slavery
Villanova University history professor Judith Giesberg has written a new book, "Last Seen: The Enduring Search by Formerly ...
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Rare portraits reveal the humanity of the slaves who revolted on the Amistad
On the night of July 1, 1839, 53 enslaved Africans revolted aboard the slaving schooner La Amistad – Spanish for “Friendship” ...
Show explores role of forgotten Black abolitionists
The often-forgotten contributions of Black Georgian and Victorian people will be told in an exhibition about the fight to end ...
The Conversation15d
Rare portraits reveal the humanity of the slaves who revolted on the Amistad
Kidnapped and trafficked from modern-day Sierra Leone to Havana on a larger vessel ... three of these portraits are now on display, “In Slavery’s Wake: Making Black Freedom in the World ...
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One of Europe's most wanted fugitives is hiding out in Sierra Leone, Dutch officials say
One of Europe's most wanted fugitives has been hiding out in the West African nation of Sierra Leone for at least six months, according to prosecutors in the Netherlands. Convicted Dutch drug ...
The New York Times22d
Man City signing Juma Bah – the Sierra Leone teenager who paid his own €6m release clause in Spain
Within the space of six months, 18-year-old centre-back Juma Bah has gone from playing football in his homeland of Sierra Leone to paying his own €6million release clause in order to ...
El País in English22d
Modern cotton slaves in 18 countries work for large textile companies and many are children
They then conducted up to 200 interviews with workers and farm owners. The results go beyond the horrific: almost half of the farms are exploited with forced labor (i.e. slaves), and many of them are ...
The Boston Globe22d
Staff laid off at Harvard Slavery Remembrance Program, university outsources research
Harvard University on Thursday laid off the staff of its Harvard Slavery Remembrance Program and outsourced the project, which is part of a $100 million initiative to identify the direct ...